Quote Originally Posted by Venjenz View Post
Doesn't really go to what Yeol was talking about. A lot of healers NEVER GET TO THE RAID CONTENT where DPS is a must. Yeol's bullet list explains why. #1 (be patient) and #2 (be prepared for everything) sum it all up rather well. The community is not patient, and even more than the tank, healers have to be laser focused, johnny_on_the_spot just for healing, with the added expectation of proper DPS in between making sure nobody dies/wipes and they are managing MP. And oh by the way, the job is thankless.

DPS is not the problem. Cleric Stance is not the problem. How much DPS you parse on 24 player raids is not the problem. Yeol nailed the reasons people don't heal by listing those responsibilities of the role. Again, pay close attention to the first two.
To be fair, this is... somewhat disingenuous. Healers undoubtedly get blamed for a lot of stupid things, but in a world of FFLogs, the DPS are put on notice and frequently mocked; I dare say more so once you step into endgame content. Likewise, it's perfectly easy to be a lazy healer. I know plenty who openly admit they're watching Netflix or Youtube on their second monitor. If you scarcely DPS, healing in all non-progression content is an absolute breeze. That all said, I disagree Cleric's removal wouldn't open up people to healing. XIV is a heavily damaged focused game but only healers are punished for a miss-click. Would the volume increase in droves? Probably not, but I suspect more players would be willing to experiment without the risk/reward style gameplay.