What I've realized about healing in XIV...

[Gameplayzero]

was more of a stealth insult. You wouldn't say someones attention span is short otherwise (considering healer dps rotations in this thread are regarded as very short). I know its the internet, but I get rather tired of people doing this with the "you must be bad" or "you must have something x". But if I assumed too much then I apologize.

Ignoring all this, I replied to you to hear how similar dps is to healer rotations. Not to antagonize. Healer rotations currently are dot(s) and filler spell that is being spammed majority of the time. With the max being 2 dots primarily. I will not count miasma 2 because you are only using it as a gain in very few situations. I want to hear what dps jobs have similar mechanics and/or why you said what you said. Healers don't really have dps procs and step casting in general I wouldn't classify as every job with casting (even paladin for dpsing and healing) has to do that for their main function. Every healer definitely does have 1 dps cooldown, but not really many to worry about. Whm has assize and PoV. Though assize is mainly it since it also does damage and heals. Sch has energy drain and chain stratagemish, and astro I'm not fully knowledgeable on. All I know is lord cards and earthly star. Which aren't primarily used for dpsing. Cleric is also a dps cool down.

compared to dps it just isn't remotely the same. I agree if you are just stating they share some stuff that dps have. Almost every job does in every mmo. A good amount of content in this game doesn't have you healing constantly to where you constantly are juggling heals and dps as you mention unless you make it that way with stance dancing/big pulls, players are bad, or you are in savage. Even then savage is the only consistent place for juggling. Auto attacks are fluff damage and your dps rotation just doesn't keep you on your toes. Even in primal fights now you can dps a good majority of the fight if everyone isn't messing up.


edit: also tanks do 70% (or about) the damage of a regular dps. Can't say thats minimal. And their new skills are primarily dps skills.