Why you should play a healer!

[Risvertasashi]

*shrug* It's true exactly the way I wrote it. Healing doesn't depend on combos, timers, or positioning. Encounters are thoroughly scripted. From a mechanics perspective, it's difficult to argue that healer isn't the easiest role.

You're a walking incarnation of the "It's just sitting back there and pushing a button, how hard could it be?" stereotype.

I know I won't convince you, but timing, positioning, and so forth are vitally important to healing. Among other things.

[Cynfael]

You're a walking incarnation of the "It's just sitting back there and pushing a button, how hard could it be?" stereotype.

I know I won't convince you, but timing, positioning, and so forth are vitally important to healing. Among other things.

You’re reading an awful lot into my statements and being borderline insulting on top of it. I’m not sure why I deserve your attitude, but by all means, indulge yourself.

[Kabzy]

...timing, positioning, and so forth are vitally important to healing. Among other things.

He said timers, not timing. Timing is something every job has to deal with, so it can't really be applied to healers specifically. As for positioning, not sure I agree with you there. I stand close enough to the boss/middle and that's about it. Literally only have to move for mechanics (again, like every other job) and nothing else. DPS jobs have actual positionals and tanks do whatever tanks do.

I agree with the point that healing in execution is far easier than the other roles. We literally have 3 DPS buttons, don't even have to worry about Cleric anymore and our heals are ...heals. In the case that we make a mistake, we often have emergencies to rectify them, no other role can do that. In execution it's easy, in everything else you can argue that it's one of the more tougher roles.