Korean Live Letter and Job changes (Translated)

[Vexander]

No nerf to AST = no nerf to Balance, which is the absolute elephant in the room when it comes to problems within the healer compositional meta ATM. I acknowledge that they might mean AST HEALING isn't going to be nerfed, but that cards might be, but I find that a weird statement to make after a proclamation that all jobs are "viable".

Just because Balance is not getting nerfed does not mean Healer Changes aren't coming. It could very well be SCH/WHM are getting a damage boosting buff for 4.0 in their 60-70 job quests. We won't know for sure until the full changes and expansion are before us, but I can't see SE being so laid back about such a big problem if they haven't already resolved it in some manner.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Just because Balance is not getting nerfed does not mean Healer Changes aren't coming. It could very well be SCH/WHM are getting a damage boosting buff for 4.0 in their 60-70 job quests. We won't know for sure until the full changes and expansion are before us, but I can't see SE being so laid back about such a big problem if they haven't already resolved it in some manner.

What changes can they honestly make though? This game is heavily focused on pure damage. Unless they design fights where you're severely punished for lacking the burst healing of a White Mage, it won't matter what they do. Frankly speaking, I want them to do precisely that. There should be a significant trade off for buffing your damage to the extent Astro does. Right now, there is literally no drawback to bring one but a massive DPS loss if you omit them. Although all still speculative, their refusal to account for Balance and the debuff issues is disconcerting. They seem more concerned with viability than acceptability. Yes, White Mage and Paladin can clear Savage but I wish you well attempting to find raid groups willing to take them. This tier saw White Mage drop a staggering 50% due to the potency of Astro. That is only going to increase if their philosophy is only viability.