Would Discipline Priest Mechanics work in FFXIV?

[Ragology]

War is the games self healing tank but that doesn't mean all its tankiness has a healing component attached. Scholar is the mitigation healer but that doesnt mean every heal spell gets a barrier on it.

I doubt a melee healer would have absolutely all its healing locked behind it.

[Slappah]

War is the games self healing tank but that doesn't mean all its tankiness has a healing component attached. Scholar is the mitigation healer but that doesnt mean every heal spell gets a barrier on it.

I doubt a melee healer would have absolutely all its healing locked behind it.

Yeah the disc priest and mistweaver monk were the same.

Disc could heal through dps ala "Pennance healer" but it also had some other heals while also relying on shields to bubble party members.

Mistweaver's dps moves heal other players but it also had many raw healing abilities and a fire and forget healing statue similar to how you throw down a machinist turret

[MistakeNot]

I doubt a melee healer would have absolutely all its healing locked behind it.

Probably not all of it, but the majority.
What I think of when I hear "melee healer" is something like the Bear Shaman from Age of Conan, or the (blue-line traited) Captain from Lord of the Rings Online. Both of them have major healing abilities that require hitting opponents in melee to trigger. They have some lesser healing abilities that can be used even outside melee, but they are quite limited outside of melee.
They also happen to be my favourite classes in those games, so I certainly would welcome a melee healer class in FFXIV as well.