Accuracy bonus while I'm cleric stance?

[Zfz]

Tanks are getting the Accuracy bonus because tanks are forced by design to attack from the front. Healers are not. In fact, healer dps was never part of the consideration in tuning raid encounters. You are free to dps, and if you feel you want to emphasize your dps, you are free to stack Accuracy. But it will not be given to healers because it was never part of the healer's design.

For open world content and regular dungeons, existing Accuracy on gear should be more than enough.

[Onikimaru]

I don't play a healer much but this is a great idea!. +1

[Eul]

Somehow I agree to have accuracy for cleric stance, but I'm afraid in the future there's gonna be complain again about "HEALER USING CLERIC STANCE IN COIL ALL TIME AND DIDN'T DO THEIR JOB WELL" IMO.

[jumanjilover89]

Tanks are getting the Accuracy bonus because tanks are forced by design to attack from the front. Healers are not. In fact, healer dps was never part of the consideration in tuning raid encounters. You are free to dps, and if you feel you want to emphasize your dps, you are free to stack Accuracy. But it will not be given to healers because it was never part of the healer's design.

For open world content and regular dungeons, existing Accuracy on gear should be more than enough.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuhgHzuPYiI

[Zaft]

Tanks are getting the Accuracy bonus because tanks are forced by design to attack from the front. Healers are not. In fact, healer dps was never part of the consideration in tuning raid encounters. You are free to dps, and if you feel you want to emphasize your dps, you are free to stack Accuracy. But it will not be given to healers because it was never part of the healer's design.

For open world content and regular dungeons, existing Accuracy on gear should be more than enough.

The way things are originally designed is not always the way things work out. It's important for a company to be flexible and go with the tide, not against it.

[Nektulos-Tuor]

Accuracy is a dumb stat and needs removed. I think <3 lol
Missing period needs removed.

[Ultimatecalibur]

One of the main reasons each tank stance is getting an accuracy boost is to cover the difference between OT rear/flank accuracy needs and MT front accuracy needs. Tanks either had to much when OT, hurting DpS stats, or not enough while MT, hurting their ability to generate and maintain enmity.

Healer gear design paradigms may be changing to account for the new expectation of Healer DpS in Hard content such as Alexander HM. Healer gear may end up with the needed accuracy without requiring a bonus from a stance.

[Lemuria]

I've never had any accuracy issues on my White Mage, but then I don't run coil. I can't imagine healers getting many opportunities to DPS in difficult content either, since they'd be spending more time healing their party so honestly the accuracy seems more of a nice bonus than a necessary addition.

[Zaft]

I've never had any accuracy issues on my White Mage, but then I don't run coil. I can't imagine healers getting many opportunities to DPS in difficult content either, since they'd be spending more time healing their party so honestly the accuracy seems more of a nice bonus than a necessary addition.

The problem is exactly what you said: you don't run serious endgame content. Healer DPS is extremely helpful, and very important when you're pushing new content for your raid. It allows you to push phases faster, bypass certain mechanics, and beat a fight before the enrage timer. There are many opportunities when the damage output is so minor that the one or both of the healers can and should be DPSing. The problem is that shit accuracy means any spell that deals direct damage (so everything other than Bio and Bio 2) can and will miss as a a healer.

There's a reason WoW removed accuracy. It's not a fun stat. It's a stat you hit the cap for, and then dance around trying to keep it from raising or lowering while you get other stats that actually matter. It often means making sub-optimal secondary stat choices simply to ensure you don't miss.

[Atlaworks]

Though, I will agree that accuracy in general is not a fun stat, since it's essentially a "Tax" stat for coils, I still don't think there should be an accuracy buff to Cleric Stance. I'm more against the "WHM should get more things for free" mentality their community seems to have- in general healers aren't focused on DPSing. It's nice you can, but it's not a necessity in any party content, and if you want to DPS more effectively, you should have to build for it like everyone else; not just get freebies so you can accomplish a role that's not necessary in the first place.

Mind you, I form that opinion from current content. It may change by level 60! And I hope it does for the better. You may not need a buff in accuracy to DPS like you want, regardless.