It all depends on an individual basis. You'll have character concepts plausible within the game lore and ethos, but on the flipside you'll also come across very poorly written characters and RP.
On the topic of WHM specifically, the worst player character I've been unfortunate enough to encounter claimed to be a white mage... while at the same time being possessed by an evil demon from the Void. And cartoonishly addicted to wangst and deliberate self-harm.
Squick and flippancy on serious mental health issues aside, that simply doesn't seem like the kind of person either the padjal or the elementals would ever teach succor to. So again, it boils down to whether the individual roleplayer is just acting out the same old tired melodrama they do in every MMO, or if the established lore and mindset of the job is being taken seriously.
On the topic of WHM specifically, the worst player character I've been unfortunate enough to encounter claimed to be a white mage... while at the same time being possessed by an evil demon from the Void. And cartoonishly addicted to wangst and deliberate self-harm.
Squick and flippancy on serious mental health issues aside, that simply doesn't seem like the kind of person either the padjal or the elementals would ever teach succor to. So again, it boils down to whether the individual roleplayer is just acting out the same old tired melodrama they do in every MMO, or if the established lore and mindset of the job is being taken seriously.