why do you heal?

Just something else to do in the game to keep me from getting bored. Same reason I am leveling up other jobs, gets kind of boring only using one or two all the time.

I don't prefer DPS or heals over each other, I just swap between the two randomly when I feel like it.

Couple of Reasons really. Talking from SCH perspective here.

- Eos does most of the healing, I'm a sub-par extra DPS which turns healer when things go sideways
- I can keep a bad tank alive, a good tank can't keep a bad healer or bad DPS alive
- I like helping people, Healers are great helpers
- That moment when you are in a raid, everyone goes down. You are the last (wo)man standing. Everything starts charging at you. LB3 bar finally finishes and you press that button. BAM everyone back. You just saved the day. They won't thank you for it, but damn will you feel good and epic at that moment.
- Que times
- My FC mates consider me to be contender for top FC healer (Vee if you reading this; the student shall surpass the master!)
- I always PVP with my girlfriend and best friend, they generally are immortal when I'm healing PVP

2 very simple reasons: short queue times, and scholar is a very fun class to play.

I heal because...well, after trying out ARC and LNC in the beta and then stopping for months, I wanted to try out something new when I finally decided to play for the long term. Being my first major MMO, I had barely any idea what to do, but the faster queue times were nice and I eventually got the role down. I'm also very bad at remembering rotations and figuring out when to blow cooldowns and such, so I stick to healing and tanking for that reason. I also enjoy getting to know content well enough to stance dance optimally, and adjust to any mistakes that are made. ^^

At first I picked up healing not because I like the role of healing but because of how much I love playing Scholar, especially for end game. If we only had White Mage and Astrologian then I would not have developed a practiced hand at healing, similar to why I haven't seriously picked up tanking till Dark Knight came along. However now I am at a point where I enjoy playing all 3 roles, experiencing each perspective fully even in savage content........also let's be real here tank and healer queues are the best.

DPS - Get a rush from perfecting rotations and damage output through various mechanics
Heals - Get a rush from countering intense raid damage and multitasking between raid support and dealing damage.
Tank - Get a rush from holding down huge packs of mobs in key positions for both healers and dps

I heal because i want to play the role of support. I want to help my team mates out so i like classes like PLD, AST, SCH, and BRD. The second reason why i like being a healer is the short queue times....seriously it amazes me how short the wait is for tanks and healers

The simple answer is because I hate you all.

I want to see you get blasted by fire. I want to see mobs stab you with their swords/claws/teeth. I want to watch Bahamut and Thordan step on your with their giant feet. And I relish when Titan punches you in the face for staring at his tiny loincloth. And then I'm going to heal you so that you won't have to stop when it happens again, and again, and again. You just keep on those mobs and poke poke poke away like the proverbial form of needle-torture that you are, and I'll make sure that every kick, every slap, every gut-rending slice, and every debilitating evisceration is healed up so that you won't have any excuse to run away.

And don't think dying will help you escape. I burned things alive for a few levels so that I can swiftcast resurrection, so rest assured I'll have you back on your feet as expediently and as often as possible. So get back in there and keep getting wrecked. Don't worry, I'm watching.

Because I like having control over who lives and who dies? Oh wait, everyone gave that answer, damn.

I do it because it's my favorite type of play in MMOs. Tanking has always made me a nervous wreck in this game, and similar MMOs. DPS on the other hand I either find boring in many games, or stressful in its own way because I know others around me are watching my rotation, numbers, etc... I don't play this game to feel stress. While healing may be stressful at times, overall I find it to be a much more calming and therefore fun experience.

I heal as my secondary class simply because I enjoy the gameplay. After DPSing as a MCH as my main, SCH healing is incredibly laid back and easy, but not so easy it gets dull like tanking is. I'm also not having to rely on anyone else to keep me alive, (barring the tank dying and us wiping as a whole). If I make a mistake, I know that I can be the one to solve it, rather than have to hope that the healer is paying attention/available to heal my wounds before I die. I suppose it's the independence of the gameplay as much as anything that draws me to the class....

Why do i heal...?

1. It is fun
2. It's a job I can do well without spoiling content for myself by reviewing it a billion times over on YouTube beforehand.
3. It can be disorienting when you are forced to be in a big group hug with the boss constantly.

If I didn't heal I would probably be a Dark Knight....but tanking is irritating because everyone wants you to review the content a billion times over on YouTube beforehand...while they personally only watched it once...then have the nerve to blame things on you when there is a wipe. Really...can I just enjoy the game?

So there you go, I heal because that helps me to enjoy the game. That should be the bottom line for everyone I think.

I've always been a fan of the healers in games. They are generally my favourite character and whenever I play a game with my brother I run for the best healer first, generally. Like with Tales of games I play as Natalia, Estelle, Cheria, and Elize. Other Final Fantasy games my favourite characters are people like Garnet (Dagger), Rosa, Vanille, Penelo (best healer in FFXII), Celes (kind of like a Paladin), and Aerith (though my TRUE favourite is Tifa, Aerith is a close second). And in MMOs I always try to focus on being support or healing. It's just something I've always done and always liked.

I won't lie, I became a WHM originally for the robe. On the way, I realized it suited my caring personality (as well as the darker side that loves to rant about the bad things). Aside from making a name for myself in Second Coil as a healer (seriously had a group that insisted on me healing though my main was BRD), I found it fun to learn how to mitigate incoming damage effectively. Almost a game in and of itself to keep people up.

Plus, I enjoy the style moments. Watching people pucker for party wide damage, then they're hit with the Medica/Assize I had ready just as they take damage. It's like, "Damage? Nah bruh. Lace in the place. Feel the heals."

Healer can carry the group. ^^;

I love the support type roles. I get confused with dps rotations and tanking is just too stressful. I switch between white mage and scholar as the needs of the party arise.

I was a supporter class in ffxi (brd rdm and whm) and started off as mnk in xiv to try something different...but i got lured back to healing and never went back.

I've always played Healer and Support classes in games sometimes I alt a DPS class just to play something different but I just get most enjoyment from being able to micro manage the fight in the background. Often what you do in those roles is subtle and I like being able to plan ahead when I know a fight well. Mostly it's just the feeling of getting things right and knowing people are having fun because they can go all out without worrying about their support not being good. Even if people don't even notice it sometimes I like the feeling of carrying a group through having experience healing especially if it's a new group that are having problems with the fight. People feel good when they achieved something no matter how insignificant it may seem to some and I like that.

I've never liked DPSing in any mmo I've ever played. I just find it so boring and repetitive. Always played heals or tank.

When I knew nothing about the game, I googled what the hardest job in FFXIV was. A lot of the responses were Scholar at that time and so I decided to go with it. Plus they had a pet which made it even more appealing. So I didn't really stumble upon healing cause I enjoyed it, it's just that this was my first MMO and I happened to get into it cause I seeked a challenge. I love it now though, I could never change my job, let alone the role!

I heal because I roleplay. And my character is just the type that would heal. She's no hero, definitely cannot be on the front lines. She is a very reluctant adventurer. She's not aggressive. But she likes it when people depend on her. She likes to help and support. Healing just felt like the right role.

cause i heal on other mmos and i learned other healers cant always be trusted

Because I find healing really enjoyable in this game

Why do I heal?
Because I have no faith in healers the DF ever places me with. I spend DF runs on dps talking shit out loud to my PC because the Healer is fail. >.> (this might also cause me to level a tank for basically the same reason ;p)
I main heal, because Astrologian is so much FUN!

I heal because I eventually want to max all the jobs in level and healing seems initially less stressful than tanking (Lily aside, there is not need for positioning other than Be close enough to heal), and are excusably Disciplines of Magic I am a fan for astronomy and astrology so AST seems right up my alley, and Starting with BLM (and maining it) I wanted to get WHM done as well so that i can call myself an elementalist, And because I wanted the Royal set from Labyrinth of the Ancients to match the Crimson Set

Plus the Swan/Owl PVP gear might be the best healer glamor in the game (helps that the Swanliege one isn't the stereotypical white, even undyed)

...because I get to decide who lives, and who dies xD... Just kidding when you're on a ball keeping the tank alive, dps topped off, stance dancing and comboing abilities (<3 ast) and the run is noticeably smoother it's a rewarding feeling.

I heal because rotations bore the crap out of me and that's all the other classes seem to be based on. Tanking gives you a bit more freedom but it was still boring and it's not that comfortable to get initial aggro on controller.

Healers get to do a lot of stuff and can even cover for other classes, but no one can take our place. In a game with so little freedom to play how you want, we still have that.

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Originally Posted by Moqi

I heal because rotations bore the crap out of me...
Healers get to do a lot of stuff and can even cover for other classes, but no one can take our place. In a game with so little freedom to play how you want, we still have that.

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Partly this for me, as well.

I started the game as a Bard, but I knew nothing about rotations or how DPS worked. I got bored and was sick of seeing my tank friend die because healers weren't healing him, so I leveled Conjurer to White Mage and discovered that I absolutely loved it. I didn't zone out like I did while DPSing, and I felt like I could do far more with the job in general. When HW released and I switched to Machinist, I discovered that rotations didn't just bore me -- they lulled me to sleep. Literally. So I had my fun, and I'll always have a DPS class to toy with, but healing is my priority.

In my case.. Why did I heal.

1. Because I've done nothing but that since Phantasy Star Online version 1.
2. It defines one of my core values. I.e. like to help people.
3. I need to go to bed.
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5. Largely because of #2, but I am totally in sync with healing. I am comfortable with it.

Now off to bed.

I learned to WHM because when Titan HM was hard, a competent healer seemed to be the most in-need role on my server for getting clears, and it was such a fun fight. Then I met Holy, and it was love at first sight, nearly dragging me away from my beloved tank.

When HW came around I was burnt out on tanking and decided to heal because I felt like it gave me a better perspective on fights, and offers you a lot of room to support a less-than-great party in DF, meaning few dungeon fails if any (same reason I liked PLD). I picked AST to main because I love support skills

I'm trying to heal. Tired of the DPS wait times in Duty Finder lol.

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Bard is the only dps class I bothered to level up because it felt the least dependent on rotations, at least for leveling dungeons. It was more fun than most but I still can't get into the whole meta things, and optimization... it puts me to sleep as well. It's much more fun to jump in the battle and adapt on the fly with your tools than trying to follow a script as closely as you can while a bunch of mechanics are thrown at you.

I started with conjurer though because my favourite job in FF is Green Mage and Conjurer felt the closest to it.

I leveled a healer because I wanted at least one of every class role at level cap, to give me some variety when doing tome runs and stuff. I really enjoy it though I consider BLM my main, as a result I only tend to do simple tome grinding or easy raids on healer but I like it and find it relaxing and fun unless I get that horror party that every healer fears.

Been healing as far back as I can remember, even before I got into MMOs I would always pick the healer character.

I just like to help people I guess, and healer is the easiest role to carry a group as in most games, as an added bonus.

The same reason I tank or DPS. Because everyone else is bad and I have to in order to clear content.

Healing usually gets exciting whenever things are going whack. Especially on SCH where you play on your keyboard like a mad person. A particular thing about SCH though is that I get the most information on what's happening during the fight and how's everyone performing. I can usually tell exactly what saved or wiped us, even if it was just a minor thing so we can improve much faster. It's pretty much the backbone of the party.

I guess primarily for me it's just because I know I have decent skills with healers (or generally support classes) and I like to make the most out of that to let my party mates feel safe with me around.

I do have occasional 'oopsies' but I think more often than not my party is pretty happy (I think?) :P

.. and I admit, it does feel nice to be the grim reaper :X

Masochistic tendencies- I also enjoy DF'ing for fun.

Versatility- different play styles/roles or different situations.

Field of view- being able to (in most instances) see what's going on visually and with HP/MP bars.