Healers losing popularity?

[HolyGlassofWater]

On top of that, because of the tank favoritism right now, many players are jumping on the tanking bandwagon.

In relation to your horror stories, If you go to the tank forums, you will see tanks saying the exact same thing about tanking, quitting tanking because it's too stressful and people are blaming them too much. I believe nowadays healers are starting to get this attitude as well (with all these brayflox hm speedruns and what not) which is leaving both a lower number of both tanks and healers.

I know when I made my OP I was just upset because my ques weren't as instant as I thought they would be, but now that I cooled off, played both my SCH and my WAR some more, I can definately see that there is a shortage of both roles because these roles have the most blame thrust upon them a lot as you guys have been saying. I'm still getting all the instant ques on my tank, and I'm getting instant que on my healer as well, but there is that occasional time where I do have to wait on both my tank and my healer, so there's that. Healers may be losing popularity, and I could see why, but I think tanks are in the same boat

[Auntie_A]

...If you go to the tank forums, you will see tanks saying the exact same thing about tanking, quitting tanking because it's too stressful and people are blaming them too much.

This is definitely true. I think huge problem is that tanks don't know how healers work and vice versa. There needs to be a synchronicity between the tank and healer. The healer needs to know how Warrior tanking differs from Paladin tanking. And the tank needs to know how a Scholar heals versus how a White Mage heals. It requires some research in the other's thread and walking a malm in their shoes. Pick up coj or gla or mar on your main, even if it's only for 20 levels.

There's a thread of communication that's not easily opened with a new PS4 player without a keypad. The best you can do is gently guide them in party chat. If they're receptive, they will oblige. This game is really full of wonderful, patient players who are eager to learn and to teach.

[ariaandkia]

This is definitely true. I think huge problem is that tanks don't know how healers work and vice versa. There needs to be a synchronicity between the tank and healer. The healer needs to know how Warrior tanking differs from Paladin tanking. And the tank needs to know how a Scholar heals versus how a White Mage heals. It requires some research in the other's thread and walking a malm in their shoes. Pick up coj or gla or mar on your main, even if it's only for 20 levels.

There's a thread of communication that's not easily opened with a new PS4 player without a keypad. The best you can do is gently guide them in party chat. If they're receptive, they will oblige. This game is really full of wonderful, patient players who are eager to learn and to teach.

Definitely agree that we need to play the other roles. If you look at my stats, you'll notice I play a bit of everything.g. I favor healers obviously and Tanks are kind of my secondary, but I play the other roles as well. In personal opinion, I think that to really be able to understand how things work, you need to do a bit of everything.