If you can design one skill into the game on healers, what would it be?

If you can design one skill into the game on healers, what would it be?

Personally, I'd like to see something like Thresh's lantern from League of legends put into healers as a role skill.

Thresh's Lantern provides dual-purpose to the party by:

1. Throws a lantern at a specific range and applies a shield to you and any players who walk in the lantern's radius / Applies a shield if players are in the lantern's radius when snapshotted -- effectively a ranged aoe shield. Basically useful to help keep people alive in general, but nothing as powerful as a 30y radius shield. You can think of this as a shield version of Cure III.

2. Allow players to quickly dash towards the healer by clicking on the lantern as the other end of the lantern is tethered to the healer.

The latter half of the skill makes it entirely the party member's choice if and/or when they want to quickly move towards the healer's location. The lantern is designed to give an additional choice. It's a non-intrusive skill designed to save the party and allows the healer to interact with mechanics with safe spots better, but it can also just be used as an oGCD shield if they don't feel the lifeline is necessary.

I'm not sure what I'd add actually. That skill you came up with, I'd just use it like I already use Cure III: On stack mechanics. Probably ignore it otherwise. The dash thing I wouldn't find useful because it would have the same issue as Rescue already does. The skill doesn't work if a player already can't move, the main time it would even have a use really.

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Originally Posted by Adeacia

I'm not sure what I'd add actually. That skill you came up with, I'd just use it like I already use Cure III: On stack mechanics. Probably ignore it otherwise. The dash thing I wouldn't find useful because it would have the same issue as Rescue already does. The skill doesn't work if a player already can't move, the main time it would even have a use really.

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1- The tresh lantern is clicked by and only the player who wants to be dragged, and if anything would be used as a movement mechanic, if want to be ignored that's fine

2- In the most recent extreme, EX7, the Blackhole mechanic has a strategy that involves puting a player away to make it safer at the cost of this, unless rescued or in this case lantern, eat a laser than will kill him
On the most recent final savage, P12S phase 2, rescue or in this case lantern, would be as useful and rescue is even mandatory as a safe strat

Just because you don't see the potential on utility, could be used as a small cure III as you say, could be used as movement, could be used to reposition or throw it early so when a player goes to a position they can themselves without depending of a secondary player rescuing them, maybe even messing the timing, has to do them

I like tresh lantern

In my most recent Sage rework concept, I came up with an idea for Sage's level 100 capstone ability that I'm really fond of: Psykhomakhia

This is a long cooldown ability that, when pressed, does two things: first it summons a replica of you (visually, they would look like a cyan hologram of you) that begins channeling a laser attack. At the same time, it applies an anti-barrier to your Kardia target. The anti-barrier is a mechanic that eats a certain amount of healing that you specifically deliver to your Kardia target. If the barrier, for example, is worth 5000 HP, and you heal the tank for 10000 HP, the anti-barrier will eat half your healing, and only 5000 HP will be restored to the tank. The anti-barrier's value is based on your max HP, not your Kardia target's, which ensures the value is consistent with your ilevel. It also applies 4 stacks of a buff on your Kardia that, when one anti-barrier is consumed, another replaces it. So 5 anti-barriers to heal through in total.

Now, while this sounds like a negative thing, every time you fully heal one of the anti-barriers, two things happen: You Kardia target instantly recovers 20% of their missing HP (the difference between their current HP and maximum HP) and your replica gains 1 stack of their own buff.

After the duration of this skill ends, or when you have fully healed all 5 anti-barriers, your replica fires a laser attack that works like Flamethrower and deals constant damage each second to enemies in the path of the laser. This laser lasts for 1 second plus 1 additional second for every buff stack your replica received from you clearing your Kardia target's anti-barriers, ultimately capping a 6 seconds of damage every second.

Flood for White Mage.

Create a 5L x 20W AoE zone that travels forward 5y every 3 seconds for 12 seconds, dealing X damage to enemies within the zone on each tick. Flood gains more potency on each subsequent jump.

Some of my fanfic additions for each healer job would be:

-Bravery, Protect, Stoneskin from Bozja/Lost Actions added to role skills

White Mage
Miracle of Nature - Not a very inventive start but I think it’d be hilarious if we could turn big scary monsters into adorable little imps lol. Game-breaking, but hilarious.
Great Gospel - Aerith is totally a White Mage, right? It’d be really cool if you could make the entire party invincible - what could go wrong? I guess realistically it could be a wide range aoe heal that also grants mitigation lol

Scholar
A single target crit buff - as an Aetherflow spender, spreads with Deployment
Damage increase on Adloquium as an additional effect.
A shield spell - grants the shield without restoring additional HP, when broken deals a load of damage to enemies around target.
A Libra spell that increases damage taken (not Chain lol). Spreadable? Yes!
A debuff spell. Miasmalysis? - Reduces damage dealt or slows or something. Also spreadable
Selene revived and her fairy abilities revolve around extended/empowering buffs/debuffs on allies/enemies. Eos keeps healing/defensive abilities.

Astrologian
Sleeve Draw - but it gives you one use of every card in a cycle. Everybody gets a card!
Celestial Stasis - literally stops time for target enemy. Big attack coming and you forgot mitigation? Nope! . You just wait right there, Demigod #426.

Sage
PvP Toxicon / Toxicon II interaction is kinda interesting
Reverse Kardia - You put Kardia on the enemy and it hurts the enemy whenever you heal someone. The ultimate tool for any Sylphie!
[Insert Greek Word] - A super laser beam spell that sucks up all the Addersgall and deals more damage depending on how much was consumed.
[Insert Other Greek Word] - A shield that deals damage to the enemy when struck like Ifrit-Egi’s Radiant Shield. I used basically the same idea with SCH but it’d fit just as well on SGE lol


Note; adjustment may affect balance. Somewhat. Lol

I'd design 2 types of support actions exclusively for healers: An action that cleanses a stack of Vulnerability or Damage Down, and an action that cleanses brink of death.

OGCDs, but I'm not sure how much of a recast time those could have to be well balanced.

Ability A) A way to give MP to your co-healer. Maybe transfer some of your MP to your co-healer.
Ability B) Make our Dot AOE dot again! (not a new skill, more of a change of the current one)

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Originally Posted by Zeastria

Ability A) A way to give MP to your co-healer. Maybe transfer some of your MP to your co-healer.

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I miss Mana Shift, was always nice being able to toss a portion of my MP to a recently raised healer.

Glare 5.7, cast time is 2.5 because old white mage with long cast times was based it was the "BLM" of healers... That with lillies no longer being a dps loss and i might actually be a white mage enjoyer.

Instant-cast ability, 20 second cooldown.
All party members within 30m of the caster have their HP reduced to 1 and gain Inviolate and Flickering.
Inviolate Effect: HP cannot be reduced below 1.
Duration: 4s
Flickering Effect: Cannot be affected by further instances of Inviolate; this effect is removed upon reaching full HP.

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Originally Posted by Zeastria

Ability A) A way to give MP to your co-healer. Maybe transfer some of your MP to your co-healer.

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That is a nice concept, but before it comes to relevance, as well as any other meaningful MP managment ideas, they need to make MP actually matter lol. Currently the only way healers can run out is by overhealing on purpose or mass rezzing, but if you need to do the latter on so many subjects (given how fight mechs are nowadays) is most likely that run is completely busted.

Make healer MP management matter and they open for MP sustain actions, from both the healers themselves, but from the non-healers as some sort of secondary group utility.

SCH: Ruin II upgrades to Kaustra

Kaustra: Spell, Instant, Recast 2.5s 800 MP 25yalms

Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 220.
Additional Effect: Unaspected damage over time
Potency: 40
Duration 12s.
Additional Effect: If the target is under the effect of Biolysis, spreads Biolysis to all targets within a 10yalm radius.

Broil:
Additional Effect: If the target is under the effect of both Biolysis and Kaustra, Broil casts against the target deal 5% more damage.

Float (Ability)(Instant): Levitate into the air, allowing you to move and cast spells without interruption. Knockback and draw-in effects are twice as effective.

Warp (Ability)(Instant): Move quickly to the specified location, creating a Sigil of Return on the ground at your point of arrival. Nearby party members gain the effect 'Return'.
Additional Effect - Return: If you manually cancel this effect, you are teleported to the Sigil of Return.

I think the Tonberry's Lantern idea described in the OP is a good one. Movement support actions are really interesting.

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White Mage:
Reverse - Reverses some heal spells into damage spells. While reversed, the white mage radiates similar to afflatus misery. Could even also play into other parts of the kit.
Decoy - All party members around the object generated will transfer some damage to the object. Range could be indicated with a field of light.
(Call back to the Lost City of Amdapor [hard] boss [white mage dungeon] that can reverse healing into damage)
(Thinking the Decoy could in fact be the boss from Amdaphor but statuesque.)

Scholar:
A damage fairy that could be an alternative form to Seraph when Fairy Gauge is full (Does not consume that gauge). Converts all upgraded skills into damaging ones that consume the gauge. When the gauge runs out, the fairy reverts and heals the party.
(No need to explain especially recently. Could even be her...or invoke the method to become what she was (could be additional lore) [Statice])
New DoT or Debuff or a combination of both . ---> Artifice (single target): Consume 50 fairy gauge. The enemy under Artifice pulses dark green every few seconds for damage. Additionally: When Statice is out, the enemy that is under Artifice has its damage increased...when the enemy attacks, does damage to a percentage of the attack to itself.

Astrologian:
[Not a skill: A new card that when drawn could showcase a glaring eye from the card that then pulses outward. Buffs significantly...and adds some random element back into the cards.] (Based on the Watcher, because tech he is one of the 12 [13] and the cards are based on the 12 indirectly.) [Could be an upgraded Trait for Draw]
Spinner's Fate - Either: charms, burns, and freezes for varying durations. Randomizes on every Draw when skill is usable. Charm and freeze does not work on boss fights.
(Nymeia Skill)

Sage:
Soma (Body) - Sends out a blue aura, any ally with a shield(s) applied by you will gain Soma. Soma causes damage when those shielded allies are attacked. If that shield breaks or expires, will provide additional damage at a percent based on what the original cumulative shielded potency was.
Nous (Mind) - Applies one of your lasers to one party member, each attack they do will cause a followup attack from the laser present and provide a small barrier to that ally. Each further attack extends the barrier's potency from the initial hit. At the end of duration returns laser, barrier is removed and the remaining potency heals that ally.

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Originally Posted by GrimGale

SCH: Ruin II upgrades to Kaustra

Kaustra: Spell, Instant, Recast 2.5s 800 MP 25yalms

Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 220.
Additional Effect: Unaspected damage over time
Potency: 40
Duration 12s.
Additional Effect: If the target is under the effect of Biolysis, spreads Biolysis to all targets within a 10yalm radius.

Broil:
Additional Effect: If the target is under the effect of both Biolysis and Kaustra, Broil casts against the target deal 5% more damage.

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I proposed something VAGUELY similar to this (basically turning Ruin 2 into a combo Ruin 2 + Miasma and having Broil spread DoTs) and people generally liked the idea.

Likewise, I kind of like this one.