We Need a Dark Healer Class!

[Bonkleberry]

I always thought of SCH as the "dark" healer. Just look at their DPS skills. Bio and Bio II which are poisons, Miasma and Miasma II which are both based on choking darkness, Shadowflare, Ruin and Ruin II, Energy Drain, Virus. Their heals are kind of philosophy/science based as well: Physick, Adloquium, Succor, Lustrate, Indominability... The only things that really dispel the dark/anti-holy theme are the fairies and Sacred Soil.

[Cleftobismal]

I always thought of SCH as the "dark" healer. Just look at their DPS skills. Bio and Bio II which are poisons, Miasma and Miasma II which are both based on choking darkness, Shadowflare, Ruin and Ruin II, Energy Drain, Virus. Their heals are kind of philosophy/science based as well: Physick, Adloquium, Succor, Lustrate, Indominability... The only things that really dispel the dark/anti-holy theme are the fairies and Sacred Soil.

When he says dark he means on the lines of literally dark magicks and the such. Poisons and ailments that leads to death is a dark way to go but not near the OP's point.

The SCH's healing skills are actually latin words, all almost meaning encouragement.


I'm sure SE can think of a "dark healer" through the Void mages. But right now we don't need anymore healers. In my opinion at-least.

[Brightshadow]

I always thought of SCH as the "dark" healer. Just look at their DPS skills. Bio and Bio II which are poisons, Miasma and Miasma II which are both based on choking darkness, Shadowflare, Ruin and Ruin II, Energy Drain, Virus. Their heals are kind of philosophy/science based as well: Physick, Adloquium, Succor, Lustrate, Indominability... The only things that really dispel the dark/anti-holy theme are the fairies and Sacred Soil.

Yes the fairies scream dark healer lol.

[Rennies]

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheFairFolk

[KerrichWard]

I've kinda seen the ast as a dark healer....their signature color is black and they don't really use sacred or holy magic to heal, they use forbidden magic and tarot cards to heal, not to mention with their spells like malific and gravity, they are basically warping the fabric of space and time to heal.

[basketofseals]

Just the idea "dark healer" has always made no sense to me. People on the dark side aren't really concerned with saving lives.

[Greedalox]

Just the idea "dark healer" has always made no sense to me. People on the dark side aren't really concerned with saving lives.

Dark and evil aren't inherently the same thing.

[Cleftobismal]

I've kinda seen the ast as a dark healer....their signature color is black and they don't really use sacred or holy magic to heal, they use forbidden magic and tarot cards to heal, not to mention with their spells like malific and gravity, they are basically warping the fabric of space and time to heal.

What lore in the game says AST is forbidden magicks besides the Ishgardians always saying anything outside of their belief is a forbidden magick? AST magick = Relies on the celestial bodies which are in space. /o/ If anything, dressing up like a stereotypical witch is far from being dark.

[Reinha]

Yes to dark healer! Their mechanic could be something like blood magic, lifesteal, necromancy, insanity or unstable alchemy. Sacrifice the HP of the entire group to give buffs, convert own HP to MP, give self a short debuff to do a big heal, equalize the HP bars of all nearby allies, summon temporary creatures to suck the life out of, surrender to madness (sorry for the reference) and increase healing for a short time while draining your own MP, or throw an aoe potion that gives random players the side effect of a dot whilst buffing/healing everyone.

[Cynfael]

Just the idea "dark healer" has always made no sense to me. People on the dark side aren't really concerned with saving lives.

Of course they are; intelligent evil characters are extremely interested in keeping their allies alive. Pragmatic villains tend to be the most dangerous, after all.

Besides, as Greedalox says, dark and evil are not always the same thing, especially in modern fantasy, which tends to be a little more nuanced. We'd be much more likely to see another case of "well-intentioned characters uses dark and/or blood-themed magic for good."

On a side note, I personally I don't want to see any dark "chemist" stuff. Prefer my healers straight-up magical rather than alchemical, but obviously some players would enjoy that theme.