Really afraid SE is going to think things are fine because of the amount of WHM/SCHs

[Sebazy]

This would involve them having people within the team that both understood the healers to progression standard and had a vested interest in making them as good as they can be.

IMO the class team don't have as good as grasp of the game as one would expect. It seems to be a bunch of guys who barely play the game throwing ideas at a wall and seeing what sticks. Sometimes they get it very right (RDM is a great example of this) but over the last few years they've generally gotten it rather wrong more often than not. So many of the blunders they've made were obvious to anyone who actively played those jobs at a progression standard. The ongoing saga with tank stats is a great example of this, as is the way the SMN nerfs completely axed SCH's gameplay in 4 man content. I could go on and on with abilities and issues over the last 2 years where it just takes one glance at a tooltip to know that it's not going to work.

Yoshida needs to suck it up and consider hiring a couple of choice people out of the JP raiding scene to inject a bit of common sense and fresh blood into the team imo. It worked wonders for Blizzard during WoW's early days.

[Rubiss]

This would involve them having people within the team that both understood the healers to progression standard and had a vested interest in making them as good as they can be.

IMO the class team don't have as good as grasp of the game as one would expect. It seems to be a bunch of guys who barely play the game throwing ideas at a wall and seeing what sticks. Sometimes they get it very right (RDM is a great example of this) but over the last few years they've generally gotten it rather wrong more often than not. So many of the blunders they've made were obvious to anyone who actively played those jobs at a progression standard. The ongoing saga with tank stats is a great example of this, as is the way the SMN nerfs completely axed SCH's gameplay in 4 man content. I could go on and on with abilities and issues over the last 2 years where it just takes one glance at a tooltip to know that it's not going to work.

Yoshida needs to suck it up and consider hiring a couple of choice people out of the JP raiding scene to inject a bit of common sense and fresh blood into the team imo. It worked wonders for Blizzard during WoW's early days.

I'd like to see the qualifications of the people who are pitching ideas about healer class balance. I can't fathom that even a single one plays any of the three classes. I'd love to see YoshiP actually play a healer in a serious content. He's so out of touch with the game, it's almost amazing.

[Lildragora]

I'd like to see the qualifications of the people who are pitching ideas about healer class balance. I can't fathom that even a single one plays any of the three classes. I'd love to see YoshiP actually play a healer in a serious content. He's so out of touch with the game, it's almost amazing.

I would be in favor of a public testing server or closed betas for major job changes, of course inviting select people who have a solid understanding of the jobs to give comment and work with the teams. I have seen people get mad or upset at nerfs but i've never seen it quite like here and I suspect it's for a good reason, as I feel the same as most.

[Rubiss]

I would be in favor of a public testing server or closed betas for major job changes, of course inviting select people who have a solid understanding of the jobs to give comment and work with the teams. I have seen people get mad or upset at nerfs but i've never seen it quite like here and I suspect it's for a good reason, as I feel the same as most.

I feel there is too much arrogance in the development team to do that. Look at how long it took them to even make AST playable then they overbuffed it. I have no faith in their iterative process at this point. SCH will have to be far behind for them to even remotely consider buffing them. Maybe after we buff Cure, Benefic, Benefic 2 and Cure 2 some more we'll see an even larger gap in HPS.