Suggestion as to how to get people to become healers.

[Reiryuu]

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I agree with just about everything you said lol. I mean, why can't WHM, for example, get some channeled ability that channels onto a mob and when the DPS kill it, it bursts into an Assize like spell which damages nearby mobs and heals the players for a little bit. Maybe during the channel the mob get slowed or has a DMG down effect or something.

Why can't we have abilities like Dia from FFXI? A light elemental debuff that was a DoT + Armor down debuff on a mob? I mean, there you have both a DoT and a utility spell in one.

[Tsunenori]

Why can't we have abilities like Dia from FFXI? A light elemental debuff that was a DoT + Armor down debuff on a mob? I mean, there you have both a DoT and a utility spell in one.

There's definitely room to expand there, and debilitating is a design space that has been almost completely untouched in XIV so far. Rain of Death used to reduce all affected targets' damage dealt by 10%, but that was removed because groups would just keep 100% uptime on it. I assume situations like that are their biggest concern, but I'm sure they can find a way to work those kinds of effects in more. I'm trying to finish this WHM relic I locked myself into before the expansion ends, but I love playing AST for that reason. Having things to do other than just DPS or Heal is a lot more engaging to me.