I'm gonna say it. cause no one else will.

For sure, plus in the case of FFXIV since they already built a system to have different skills in PvE and PvP, i think they could definitely be more daring when it comes to job design for PvE. What's the worst that can happen honestly ? One classe being picked more than another ? Even in the current state of things the proportion of healer mains who play SCH is ridiculously low when compared to WHM and AST ... Plus they can always nerf things to the ground if it's posing too many issues, just as they've been doing until now ...

So yeah, i totally agree with you there. They could definitely take more risks, especially with healers.

On a side note i've been leveling up SCH recently and i finally understand why it's the least favorite of the three healers among the community. It feels really barebones, even compared to the other two barebones healer classes that we have. 61~70 dungeons were especially annoying to heal through with it.
I'll probably just get it to 80 and never touch it again :D

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Originally Posted by Kraniel

For sure, plus in the case of FFXIV since they already built a system to have different skills in PvE and PvP, i think they could definitely be more daring when it comes to job design for PvE. What's the worst that can happen honestly ? One classe being picked more than another ? Even in the current state of things the proportion of healer mains who play SCH is ridiculously low when compared to WHM and AST ... Plus they can always nerf things to the ground if it's posing too many issues, just as they've been doing until now ...

So yeah, i totally agree with you there. They could definitely take more risks, especially with healers.

On a side note i've been leveling up SCH recently and i finally understand why it's the least favorite of the three healers among the community. It feels really barebones, even compared to the other two barebones healer classes that we have. 61~70 dungeons were especially annoying to heal through with it.
I'll probably just get it to 80 and never touch it again :D

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At 80 SCH has the opposite problem from being barebones: it feels superfluous. You get to hit three buttons where another healer would just hit one, an a lot of the abilities feel very weak for a button press. Not to mention throwing two different resource systems and a pet in one class.

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Originally Posted by Ririta

To this day I still have that muscle memory of giving each person in the group Blessing, Agi UP, Assumption, and finally Magnificat. In that order, every time. Then Impositio Manus on melee.

Also timing Suffragium between a high wizard's Magic Power and Storm Gust was my guilty pleasure.

I really miss this kind of buffing in MMOs. FFXIV had Protect and Stoneskin but those are dead for some reason.

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They said that "maintenance buffing was boring". And honestly, I can kind of see that; when I played RO, using Blessing and AGI Up quickly became mundane and routine. Magnificat was fine since it is partywide, but I guess we couldn't have that in FF. Other skills were generally more niche which made them more interesting, my favorite probably going to Lex Aeterna, which wouldn't work in this game either since everyone is pushing buttons all the time.

RO was a slower game than FFXIV is, after all, and I imagine just that changes what designs are viable.