Quote Originally Posted by Riyshn View Post
I would argue that the biggest hit to our synergy (aside from the obvious Dissipation/Aetherpact conflict), is actually the removal of Cleric Stance.
Completely agree with this and sadly I do think this was a last minute decision that the devs made to appease to the casuals. Those same casuals who are still not DPSing, but let’s leave that discussion in another thread.

The reason I say last minute is because if you look at SCHs Stormblood additions, both Fey Union and Excogitation seem like abilities that were specifically designed to keep more uptime in Cleric Stance. A kit that would have actually emphasised how good SCH was with the old Cleric Stance, but instead that changed and now healer DPS is faceroll easy on all three. It’s a real shame because people generally considered SCH and WAR to be the best designed jobs, not just because they were powerful but because of their core mechanics. SE did a great job at ruining their own creation in that sense.

I’m not really sure what SCH needs at this point. It’s pretty evident that the job is fine and doesn’t need buffs, just changes to its gameplay. But I think that’s a rework that all healers need. People complain that there isn’t much to actually heal in this game, and on top of that we hardly ever even use a GCD on a heal. For healers to simply DPS, throw an oGCD and then continue to DPS seems like pretty bad design in general. Until some core changes are made to content and the role in general, I think it will be hard to achieve satisfying gameplay for healers. Subjective, I know.