Love The New System

[rblyell]

The reason why the OP isn't making sense to me is that nothing about our ability to heal appears to have been improved.

Nothing about the old kit stopped anyone from healing; it actually rewarded you more for healing and generally playing well.

These changes appear geared towards encouraging SCHs to heal more on account of not having enough else to do. Or maybe on account of their Broil hotkey being jammed from overuse (see former point).

I think we need to look at overall the changes to all the classes and how well they're balanced. Where a healer doesn't have to DPS as much or at all because dmg taken is balanced on the tank and DPS by the DPS Jobs are correctly balanced to allow each Role to work with eachother effectively.

[Optee]

I think we need to look at overall the changes to all the classes and how well they're balanced. Where a healer doesn't have to DPS as much or at all because dmg taken is balanced on the tank and DPS by the DPS Jobs are correctly balanced to allow each Role to work with eachother effectively.

But if I actually do that I don't see what you see. I still mitigate enough damage that my healers are bored out of their minds. Balance to heal more is fine if the incoming damage requires it but that isn't the case so if you are healing more it's because something else not the class balance. No one can test the new zones that I know so I have no idea what the new trials or dungeons will do, but running stuff last night was hearing my healers complain on voip how bored they were.

[Spirlia]

I am trying to ride scholar out to level 70, but right now scholar is draining me. It's so boring. When doing level 60 dungeons people don't take enough damage to have to heal, but dpsing is god awful now. Really SE, we use dots as our dps, why take half of them away?

Not only that but on the healing front, I can really tell that our healing has gotten worse. Also our mp management is awful now, so even if I want to full-time heal it's bad.

I really hope something is done, but right now scholar is just.... not fun to play. It used to be so active, but now it feels like they told us to sit in a corner.

[Amenako]

I am trying to ride scholar out to level 70, but right now scholar is draining me. It's so boring. When doing level 60 dungeons people don't take enough damage to have to heal, but dpsing is god awful now. Really SE, we use dots as our dps, why take half of them away?

Not only that but on the healing front, I can really tell that our healing has gotten worse. Also our mp management is awful now, so even if I want to full-time heal it's bad.

I really hope something is done, but right now scholar is just.... not fun to play. It used to be so active, but now it feels like they told us to sit in a corner.

i know this feeling to well its super sad. i feel like i got mugged and beaten.

[Cynfael]

I think we need to look at overall the changes to all the classes and how well they're balanced. Where a healer doesn't have to DPS as much or at all because dmg taken is balanced on the tank and DPS by the DPS Jobs are correctly balanced to allow each Role to work with eachother effectively.

I can take a guess as to what you're getting at, but so far I'm not seeing it.

Hell, even the new actual healing ability, Excog, is fairly useless in dungeon play (not that I really spend more time healing than before; I just have fewer DPS actions, so I Broil like a mfing Burger King).

In other words, it feels more or less the same in practice, just less fun.