Consolidated White Mage 4.0 Feedback Thread

[Exiled_Tonberry]

I'm starting to think they designed WHM for PvP first, then copied the mechanics across to PvE and addjusted it in a spreadsheet to meet some overall 'healing power' number; would explain a lot...

It really does feel that way. It would explain why we kept Repose of all things.
Plenary Indulgence and the lily system in general sounds PERFECT in PvP content. Borderline broken for a healer even.
I seriously hope this isn't the case. WHM, one of the most iconic jobs in the series being isolated into PvP play in a PvE heavy game sounds awful and unfair.

@Divine Seal being lost: The only job this hurt is WHM. SCH still has its healing CDs, AST already had a 20% healing buff so they haven't lost anything, but they did retain their synastry effect to double heal, which effectively makes their healing CD completely better. Not to mention they have a permanent 15% healing buff on everything.

The decision to bring Divine Seal into crossrole is mind boggling. It just doesn't make sense no matter which way I look at it.

[magnanimousCynic]

It really does feel that way. It would explain why we kept Repose of all things.

Except not really. Come 4.0 PVE and PVP skills will be completely separate, so Repose as a PVE skill can't be used in PVP. Hell, Repose isn't even a 4.0 PVP Action!

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/blog/002069.html

SO WHY ARE WE KEEPING REPOSE IN 4.0? This isn't even about me being mad about losing Stoneskin anymore. I'm simply dumbfounded that a skill that mainly saw use in PVP is not only being removed from PVP, but being kept in PVE where the # of useful situations are nearly non-existent!

EDIT #1: On the topic of PVP, what will PVP ranks do once 4.0 hits? Will they be purely for achievements or will you still need them to unlock PVP actions/traits?

[Cynfael]

SO WHY ARE WE KEEPING REPOSE IN 4.0? This isn't even about me being mad about losing Stoneskin anymore. I'm simply dumbfounded that a skill that mainly saw use in PVP is not only being removed from PVP, but being kept in PVE where the # of useful situations are nearly non-existent!

I question this, too. Unless they are introducing mechanics for which sleep skills are useful, Repose will continue to be worthless in PvE. You'd think this skill would be one of the first to get cut when they're looking to eliminate unnecessary actions.

[Fawkes]

Except not really. Come 4.0 PVE and PVP skills will be completely separate, so Repose as a PVE skill can't be used in PVP. Hell, Repose isn't even a 4.0 PVP Action!

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/blog/002069.html

SO WHY ARE WE KEEPING REPOSE IN 4.0? This isn't even about me being mad about losing Stoneskin anymore. I'm simply dumbfounded that a skill that mainly saw use in PVP is not only being removed from PVP, but being kept in PVE where the # of useful situations are nearly non-existent!

Maybe when looking at how often skills are used they didn't separate pvp and pve and saw repose was very frequently used, so they decided to keep it, but then when they redesigned pvp they didn't bother to look at how often skills were used and just tried to design a specific type of pvp and cut repose.