Please disable changing Cleric Stance during combat for make healer focus on healing.

[Atlaworks]

Yes. These people that keep asking for Cleric Stance to be removed/nerfed for party play are becoming more and more active with their dumb posts and equally dumb reasonings. If no one calls them out at how dumb it is they'll keep on being dumb and assume they are right when they are incredibly wrong.

I'm not saying Cleric Stance is a must for everyone to use, but what is a must is the option to remain right where it is. No bad healer, dps or tank should dictate how a healer that knows how to use it, to use it. Majority of the threads created by these are rear-pained people that have either had a bad player mess up with Cleric Stance, had someone ask them to use Cleric Stance or got maybe kicked from a [insert farm place] party for not using Cleric Stance and they all assume their precious bad experience is the norm and needs to go. What needs to go are these threads and the equally bad people suggesting this stuff.

Whole lot of butthurt healers up in this topic. Man, you guys are freakin' ravenous when someone suggests you shouldn't be DPSing. It's like you take more offense to not DPSing than not healing. Seriously- it's an opinion, and if you want to censor someone for having one, stupid or not, you should probably start dying your clothes red. Back off and grab a sandwich or something.

I actually am one of the people who agree with the OP! Or agreed anyway, on and off over time. I don't agree now, though. I do still think Holy's damage is way too high and it needs to be nerfed again, because holy is supposed to be a mitigation tool not a pretty numbers machine, and that healers DPSing is fine, but should be nowhere near the damage of a dedicated DPS class even on dungeon trash. Actually super fine with Aero3 and Stone3 though.

[Nadirah]

It wasn't considered for the 2.0 storyline, BUT they have announced that Healers will be expected to DPS in Heavensward! I just wish there wasn't a cool-down on clicking Cleric Stance, and that we can click it while casting other spells.

Did you even read the interview?

It is *not* expected in HW.

[Gilraen]

It's funny. People who just want to heal are being demonized for just wanting to heal. Then, should things go bad when they are forced into DDing they are again demonized for not healing enough. DDing is something Healers should be comfortable with, not something they are forced to do. Alexander Hard's (Extreme's?) rewards will just be slightly better (and dyeable) version of what will be available in Alexander Normal, making it entirely optional. The rest of Heavensward will just be business as usual, letting Healers that just want to heal keep doing their thing, and those that have the confidence to DD to do their thing. I, personally, will never ask a Healer to DD, no matter what benefits I may or may not get. So long as noone dies then everything is golden.

[DukeBurden]

Idk why they can't just make DPS abilities on healers spec off MND. That's how it worked on FFXI. It makes the whole process easier.

[Nadirah]

There is so much downtime in endgame content so why not throw some DPS in when you can maybe abit of Holy to stun lock trash, instead of standing around like a cabbage waiting for people to get hit.
You don't have to be pulling 300+ Whilst keeping everyone alive just some extra DPS here and there makes runs even faster for you and everyone else.

Maybe if you have the gear for it.

Some don't.

[Sapphic]

It's funny. People who just want to heal are being demonized for just wanting to heal.

Good players are able to utilize all of their tools to full potential. DPSing when it is safe to, switch back to pur healing when needed. Alos a healer DPSing cuts down on the amount of healing due to the simple fact that suff dies faster or, as in coil, can help push phases to avoid dangerous mechanics. Just like a BRD can DPS and knows when to utilize songs for max effectiveness.

But just because someone cannot utilize the full potential does not mean they should be able to drag everyone else down to their level, they should try to improve.

[Miitan]

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9/10, would read again.

[Nadirah]

Quoted directly from the line you pulled out.

Please don't take away the tools I enjoy using when I do dungeons and raid. Thank you.

You pointed out what's called "normal spell progression.". That's not " new DPs spells", that's "new ranks to existing spells to account for more levels."

[Cynfael]

Maybe if you have the gear for it.

Some don't.

It's not just about gear. Please reference conversations in Healer forum for reasons why (I don't want to import the entire thread into this already contentious one).

[Chihaya]

Okay... I guess you don't want heals... cause gonna see alot of healers stuck in cleric stance.