Can we please have some gear thats even remotely menacing?

Day in and day out its white this fluff that. Can we please have something that doesn't scream "I'm here to heal desu"

I'm sorry for the salt but the restrictive fashion sense for healers is just too much at this point.

There are actually some cool options if you include the pesky limited edition seasonal gear and other items that are not healer specific but can still be glamoured to any job or class. It would be nice to have something Healer Specific tho that made you wonder if you were really safe in the Healer's hands tho.

Really, we need the next healer to be a little less "gentle" by design.

Having a character mending your hurts with a gentle breeze and starshine dressed as something satanic or edgy would come off as a joke more than as variety.

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Originally Posted by Transient_Shadow

Day in and day out its white this fluff that. Can we please have something that doesn't scream "I'm here to heal desu"

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I haven't much liked the gear in SB so far either...especially the omega sets...

BUT I do find it highly amusing you post this while having your character card screenshot of you wearing "white this and fluff that" and that you're Miqote lol

No malice xD It just made me giggle lol

Your highlights are particularly menacing OP.

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Originally Posted by Ametrine

Really, we need the next healer to be a little less "gentle" by design.

Having a character mending your hurts with a gentle breeze and starshine dressed as something satanic or edgy would come off as a joke more than as variety.

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I've made posts about this before but I doubt we'll ever get it. The next thing people are clamoring for is Dancer which I highly doubt will have any edge to it at all. What I'd really like to see is another mitigation class that channeled the dark to heal and mitigate damage. Yes I know drk is pretty much just that but I suck at tanking >.>' submissive personalities don't do well in leadership roles.

For this reason I choose to use the succubus horns and beast claw glams from the gold saucer

Can't agree more. Haven't changed my glamour in ages, no more white dresses please.

I dunno... remember last time?

pvp ones should be what u lookinfor

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Originally Posted by Trunks

I dunno... remember last time?

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something that tries to be edgy and winds up being silly is better than not trying at all imo. I apologize for the salt but it gets frustrating when your supposed be in the middle of a war and you look like your ready for a candle light dinner.

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Originally Posted by Ametrine

Having a character mending your hurts with a gentle breeze and starshine dressed as something satanic or edgy would come off as a joke more than as variety.

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You can't begrudge people for wanting that option. It'd be like mocking emo's for favouring black in such a colourful reality. Option being the key-word, here. Having said that, they can make sets that are a) true to the theme of the class while b) not looking like the ugly, overblown white-messes they consistently stick to.

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Originally Posted by RopeDrink

You can't begrudge people for wanting that option. It'd be like mocking emo's for favouring black in such a colourful reality. Option being the key-word, here. Having said that, they can make sets that are a) true to the theme of the class while b) not looking like the ugly, overblown white-messes they consistently stick to.

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I'm not begrudging it at all. I'm just extrapolating why I think SE refuses to give us less soft options for healers.

The best solution, I think, would be designing the next healer with a base concept that isn't "soft." Force SE out of the white robe corner.

Chemist, Geomancer, Druid, shoot, it went as far as someone conceptualizing Necromancer as a healer.

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Originally Posted by Ametrine

I'm not begrudging it at all. I'm just extrapolating why I think SE refuses to give us less soft options for healers.

The best solution, I think, would be designing the next healer with a base concept that isn't "soft." Force SE out of the white robe corner.

Chemist, Geomancer, Druid, shoot, it went as far as someone conceptualizing Necromancer as a healer.

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*nods* That was in my thread regarding whether or not SE could add any new healing jobs to the game.

Like you, I feel someone dressed too edgy as a healer would come off as a joke. However, I understand why players want something different. The healer gear contest had several great entries that I'd love to have in the game.

I will admit, if you like feminine, robey, white attire, there is no shortage of gear for you to choose from if you play a healer. Some sets I can think of that deviate from this are the Orthodox healing set, Diabolic healing set, Makai Moon Guide's healing set, and Plague Doctor's healing set. You can also look into gear that can be worn by all classes such as the Proto Ultima Mesh (that's pretty edgy for a healer).

If you want DRK kind of edginess for a healer, it probably isn't going to happen in this game. It's just so unorthodox for a franchise who has a very specific image of its healers. If DNC is ever introduced (right up SEs alley), you can expect even more femininity, grace, and ballerina type fight style than even our current WHM.

I'm all for new things so long as the integrity of the franchise and game remains intact. However, the fluff that surrounds our current healers is part of the appeal towards the role for me. Om a side note though, I am still wishing SE would release a more aggressive military style of attire for SCH. I am also tired of all the damn robes.

Military uniforms for SCH would be perfectly in line with lore. Sadly, though after this last patch, I don't GEO would really be the one to break us healers out of white robe hell as these West Asian designs are still white robes...

If we're heading to Aldenard in 5.0, then maybe my old "Chemists were old Garlean combat medics" concept has a little merit, afterall? Could get us something fresh and different, at least. (TP healing, anyone?)

Lost Allagan healer gloves are definitely more armor-y than robe-y. Darklight boots of healing are armor-y.

There are some specific sets like Odin's Dark Divinity Feet/Hands that let you get a more armored appearance as well.

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Originally Posted by Mirch

pvp ones should be what u lookinfor

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Yeah I feel REAL intimidating in my leather speedo.

Seriously it looks like something out of someone's research materials >_>

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Originally Posted by CyrilLucifer

Lost Allagan healer gloves are definitely more armor-y than robe-y. Darklight boots of healing are armor-y.

There are some specific sets like Odin's Dark Divinity Feet/Hands that let you get a more armored appearance as well.

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Daystar too. Hell, the boots and I think also the gloves are completely metal.

I don't want to be "edgy" or "menacing", I just want to be able to wear more armoured pieces.

My own gripes stem more from the restrictive glamour system rather than from not being enough of a specific "type" of gear.

Grab yourself the Aurum Regis Healing Gloves, Boots and Circlet - pretty much full-on silver-plate armour for Healers. Normally I fall into the cow-girl theme (after all, it really suits thighlanders), however I've adopted a sort of Hamish Van Helsing Vampire type deal at the moment, complete with lightning gavel. Not sure how long it'll last, though - I go through new-looks like a starving hobo goes through meals.

https://i.imgur.com/heT5nuW.png?1

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Originally Posted by basketofseals

Yeah I feel REAL intimidating in my leather speedo.

Seriously it looks like something out of someone's research materials >_>

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