Quote Originally Posted by Enla View Post
They'd have to pry Holy from my cold-dead fingers if they ever forcibly shifted the meta towards a more 'pure' healing playstyle. I don't even use it for damage in most cases, though I remember the dreaded days of T4, just popping it a few seconds into a pull gives me enough time to top everyone off and throw out my own dots to help make the pull go that much smoother.

That also brings me to another point. Where does SCH sit in this new meta people are proposing? That classes entire schtick is rooted in mitigation and damage output, to the point they had to GIVE US BACK A DOT a patch into Stormblood because their attempt to make our class more 'healing' focused was so woefully at odds with how the class should be played. We also had to get potency buffs across the board as well for our shields and aetherpact is still somemwhat under performing compared to a macro'd faerie. I'd hate to see what would happen to that class if the developers suddenly decided to shift the meta.
Honestly if they shifted towards a 'healers only heal' meta I don't know if I would still be here. Tree gin of healing (for me) is the adaptation. If you take away half my kit and I'm just a Cure II bot.... Why? I guess I've liked tanking so far, maybe I would switch mains.

But yes, they'd be prying Holy away from me as well. It's one of my favorite abilities in the game. There is little more satisfying than a PLD popping Hallowed at the end of a megapull and getting to throw up Cleric, PoM, Thin Air and just light everything on fire.

In terms of SCH it is certainly the healer I've played the least of this expansion so far. I loved it in HW and for me the Bane nerf just hit me right in the feelings. I appreciate the efforts of the devs with Miasma II but it just doesn't feel as powerful as spreading all those dots at full potency to 10+ enemies to me. It's also less spam-worthy compared to WHM/AST. I think SCH would have a hard time adapting to a pure healer world, they'd likely have to nerf fairies into the ground which would be a real hit to their identity.