The Fields of Glory (Shatter)

[Thekk]

Another thing that continues to frustrate me is as PLD, my ability to CC and defend strongly feels like a pointless gimmick at Shatter Ice pops.

The same kind of point could be made about healers. With the constant fighting going on plenty of heals were needed and you could harass people trying to capture nodes.

In Shatter, if people tunnel on the crystal and no healing is required (sadly, that happens pretty often) the only thing I can do is attack it myself with my pitiful damage (no cleric stance) that is only about to get worse with the increased magic resistance.

[Februs]

The same kind of point could be made about healers. With the constant fighting going on plenty of heals were needed and you could harass people trying to capture nodes. In Shatter, if people tunnel on the crystal and no healing is required (sadly, that happens pretty often) the only thing I can do is attack it myself with my pitiful damage (no cleric stance) that is only about to get worse with the increased magic resistance.

Agreed.

On the few matches that I've been forced to play as Whm whenever there was a crystal up, HoT's were more than enough to keep people alive. I hardly had to worry about stray players running out of range either, because they are hardly ever attacked. By the end of the match, I usually end up casting a lot of sleeps just to troll enemies, cuz' why not? I'm a pretty crummy healer; so, it's still enough to keep me entertained, but I imagine that seasoned healing veterans might find Shatter to be pretty boring.