WHat new healer spell you want to see in the expansion?

From one of my FC Mates, that I thought sounded pretty cool...

Devotion/Martyr: Merit abilities from FFXI. Consumes 1/4 of your existing HP to restore another MP or HP, respectively.

Aquaviel: Non-instant surecast(in FFXI, decreases interrupt rate/stops interruption X number of times)

Full-raise effect: Something on long CD (5 minutes); no weakness.

I would appriciate a better dispel - either a cast that removes every debuff from a single target, or one that removes one debuff from every friendly target within a certain range. (i dont care if it is a placed AoE or pointblank)

edit: i would prefer a singletarget-cleanse since it is a pain in the *cough* to try and get a certain debuf of a tank etc when he also have 3 different dots up. you often just cannot efford 3-4 GCD without healing.

mmmmm I play SCH but no WHT so I don't know what I'm about to suggest should go to which but
I'd like to see a heal that not only healed but granted enmity or full hate similar to provoke like to a freshly raised tank cause sometimes you know
for those "oh shit" moments in full party dutys

Full-Life (5min CD, instant cast no weakness.) Cure IV (instant cast, 2.5 recast, potency same as cure I, MP cost same as cure II.) Maybe Banish? :D Get that extra 40 potency added back to holy? :D

I don't know why some people are so against WHM getting an AOE DoT ability. SCH gets Miasma 2 from ARC which is the exact same thing people are asking for in Aero 2. Its an instant cast, AoE DoT.

I'll preface this by saying I play SCH main and don't really touch my WHM.

I really like where SE went with Ruin 2. Its an instant cast dmg spell but has a debuff (Blind) attached to it. I would love to see a whole suite of spells like that. Dia from FFXI, as others have suggested (too bad its more of a WHM spell since in 11 it did Light/Holy dmg), would be perfect. In 11 it was a fast cast, not instant, weak DoT that blinded the enemy. SCH already has Ruin 2 (Blind), Virus (DMG Debuff), and Miasma 2 (incoming healing debuff). I'd love to see some more (relevant) debuffs too like reduced def or slow (not heavy) but without the diminishing returns. (I understand the point of diminishing returns but it removes the possibility of an entire debuff based class which I would love to play.) SCH already kinda has some of that stuff. Blind and DMG reduction directly relate to healing. Slow could fit in that vein as well.

It'd be cool to see a Trait or something (I know its linked to SMN so a Trait is hard to do) that does something like:

Targets under the effect of Glavanize have increase DPS/SS/Def.

It kinda gets into that party buffing territory that makes playing a healer/support class more interesting without just spamming heals for the sake of regaining HP.

I would also love to see Phalanx make a return. If I remember right in 11 it absorbed all damage from the next incoming attack. I know that its similar to Stoneskin but Stoneskin absorbs X damage regardless of source(s). Phalanx would absorb 100% from a single source even if its a really weak source. Could be fun to time on tanks for certain raid mechanics or to use on recently Raised party members to give them a little extra survivability while weakened.

Maybe SCH could get an alternative to sleep called Confuse though unlike traditional FF titles it just causes the mob to walk around like an idiot for a few seconds thus removing it from the equation ala Sleep but more amusing lol.

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A few things.

1. I am against WHM getting an AoE DoT because they don't need it, unless SCH gets something else a WHM already has Holy and doesn't need an AoE DoT. Besides Miasma II is a PBAoE, you gotta get in there. Pretty sure most everyone is asking for Aero III to be cast on target/area not point blank.

2. Miasma also applies Disease like Miasma II. Just had to point it out because it was bugging me that you put "... Miasma 2 (incoming healing debuff)."

3. I agree with needing more Debuffs. I honestly hope an Astrologian is more of a debuffing/support healer.

4. That Galvanize Trait might be a bit too overpowered, depending. Considering Galvanize is already so powerful and Succor would become an incredible powerful Team wide buff.

5. Phalanx sounds really interesting, but it could be hard to balance. % based reduction/damage absorption is much easier to balance than a flat 100% negation. (edit: If they did have this, then some moves would have to ignore it otherwise you could survive wipes that should have occurred.) [edit #2: Also, all healers would need a spell like this otherwise the one who has this would be the best healer flat out and everyone would want them, and only them, in the group.]

6. FFXIV already has Confusion, it causes you to attack your allies.

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I would appriciate a better dispel...

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Every time I see someone talk about "dispel" I'm always like "But FFXIV doesn't have Dispel... oh wait they mean Esuna/Leeches. Lol." Because Final Fantasy has Dispel which removes buffs from enemies while mmos use "dispel" to mean removing debuffs. ;[

CNJ/WHM trait that allows the use of SS2 during battle.

Another Fairy would be nice, also they did a whole storyline on Eos, would be good to see some Selene storyline or a cut-scene with all 3 fairies or something.
I agree that with having new healers come to play, perhaps they will extend how many players will be in a group. 3 healers / 3 pets. Maybe new one "Helios" can reduce the cost of spells, and then his rotation will be reduce the cost of TP generating abilities. His Big buff could be allies immune to status effects etc for a period of time.

I shrug.

WHM should get re-raise. ;D

Although Helios is a man.... I don't know how will they implement a male fairy. It's a bit creepy receiving an Embrace from a male fairy. :D

If he will take the form of a cherub, then I guess it's forgivable, albeit coming from a different folklore.

Edit.. nearest would be Putto(pl. putti)

My hotbars are already full. I dont want more spells/skills unless they come to replace others.