Speculation / Dreaming / Melee Battle Healer - Maybe Mystic Knight?

I'll start by saying that healing is my favorite role in MMOs. I'm also not an epic raider or super player, just a casual who runs duties. So as I describe a role that would be interesting to me, I'm not doing so with fine-tuned raiding mechanics in mind.

We know that there are no new healers at the start of Shadowbringers, and probably no Ninja-style mid-expansion new jobs either. However, that doesn't mean that we can't wish for Square-Enix to introduce a new healer job later on. Seriously, what's better than a healer to help save the day when things get dark? Or maybe in Shadowbringers, when things get light? So everything beyond this point is, "What if?" and I would be curious if anyone else has ever wanted to try a melee healer.

Before we knew anything about Red Mage, I was seriously hoping that it would be a battle healer. Those hopes were dashed, but the job still turned out to be pretty fun. So this time around, an even more viable melee range battle healer could be Mystic Knight. Better armored, possibly requiring melee attacking to charge MP or other healing skills. Would something like this be too difficult for positioning or keeping an eye on health bars? Do healers always have to be ranged? Am I asking for something that would never work in an MMO? Most importantly, what would their style be? Dual blades?

What do you think?

Not going to happend. Not becuse the idea is bad, but because squix seems to think that healers don't need to DPS.

I remember in the interviews Yoshida said his team was having troubles coming up with new ideas since 2.0
Personally dont see how they dont notice the obvious choices.
(Melee healer being one of them.)
We currently lack;
Caster Tanks (not ranged) (PLD is a hybrid, and moving away from that now in SH)
Physical Ranged Tanks (people think tanks would kite if they could use 25yalm attacks, despite being a DPS loss, and failing DPS checks. Ive tanked as RDM in EX fights with BLUs being my team i had to keep alive. felt no different from normal tanking, except no tank swaps possible, and less mitigation options for tank busters. Kiting got my team killed, and took longer to kill the boss.)
Melee Casters (dunno why yoshida thinks all caster have to have most of their spells be at LEAST 2s cast times. even a 0.5s cast time requires u to stop and cast, before you can start moving again.)
Melee Healer (both physical and caster types)
Physical Ranged Healer.

I assume the reason melee healer isnt a thing, is because they think the heals range is melee only? rather than the primary DPS options.
But just as melee have ranged attacks as filler dmg in emergencies or during unique mechanics, they would have a weaker ranged option, to keep mechanics up. (and the ranged could help make the melee stronger slightly, to help make up for the down time.)

Back in 2.0 I tested out the idea of melee healer, by sticking in melee range (wacking with a cane on WHM) just to see if it were possible, and going to ranged positions when mechanics required it, and felt it was EASIER than staying at ranged, and have stayed in melee range since. (easier to avoid back cones, since near the boss the cone is smaller, and all my AoE healing hits the melee easier.)
parts where the boss needs everyone to split up, you move ahead of tiem and early for it. Which WHM was the worst for, since it has the worst cast times, and lack of instant cast options. (and i more so mean its a waste of an oGCD in that scenario, due to not being serious enough to need to do it.)

give the healer gap closers. (now that DNC is out, it would feel "samey" even though melee healer needs it more than most jobs that were given it for visual flare)
To the boss, allies, and away from the boss. (There are a few alternatives to help make it less samey, wont go into it here.)

(bb, ill finish more later)

Melee healers are definitely possible in the technical sense, and I made a brief outline when people were speculating DNC might be a healer as well as when some folks were calling for a darker, edgier healer. I recall seeing some other people lay out some frameworks or themes as well.

Personally, I think melee healers would be a good candidate for tying healing to damage in some way. Like a long-cool down that let you convert a portion of damage into healing or a buff to healing, perhaps draining the enemy targets in some way. The job would need to keep moving like a ninja, monk, dragoon, etc. which could involve a mini-game of when "cast while moving" vs. "stationary cast" options are available to make sure party member didn't die while their healer was dodging mechanics. Another solution would be strong shields or regen to cover that movement time, but that's already readily available in other healers.

Some people have chimed in for Chemist as healer, which could be modified to either primarily ranged or primarily melee in its reimaging, or even a hybrid. Lots of other jobs from other FF games or new types for IV could be on the table as inspiration for a new healer as well. But, SE has by their own admission been struggling for a couple of expansions on the healer role issue, so I don't seem them in a rush to push for a new healer job even though the next window would likely be 6.0.

Though if they want to balance fighting jobs by number, that would mean another Physical Ranged DPS and another Healer in the next expansion to make an even four of each category :p