It's past time, Yoshi-P...

[Naunet]

Except that's not what they've done in any of the other MMO's I've played? I started in GW2 where every class had their own heal and was expected to share the load on top of DPSing. Then I went to LoTRO where even the 'pure' healers were expected to output damage as well. Finally I went to SWTOR where, you guessed it, damage was essential even as a heal spec'd Smuggler/Operative or Consular/Inquisitor. I've literally never played a game where 'pure' healing was part of the meta.

And in the MMOs I play regularly - WoW, Rift, WildStar (GW2 doesn't count as it doesn't really have a trinity system) - healers are not expected to dps. So once again - it's not unusual for someone to come into this particular MMO with that expectation.

You are so dense, even a paid lightsaber from Battlefront II lootboxes wouldn't even scratch you. Because, yes, it seems that I have to explain some things to you, because it's already the third time and you still didn't get it.

Excellent job on both the personal attacks and completely misunderstanding my point.

An addendum that is entirely beside the point I was making, and I will hope that noting such here will make it clear to certain people that again, it is not related to my statements above: The current healer meta is, in my opinion, dull. Periodic bursts of damage that are healed up in one or two GCDs in 8-man content, or damage so low and steady that all I have to do is maintain an aspected benefic on the tank in 4-man content =/= engaging healing content. I main AST because at least I have the addition of managing cards, but even that's just a couple GCDs here and there. The vast majority of my time is spent spamming a single damage nuke and occasionally refreshing a dot. Not exactly exciting.

[Fyce]

Excellent job on both the personal attacks and completely misunderstanding my point.

At least it seems to have worked as you finally understood that the current design is not a flaw just because of your subjective opinion on it.

An addendum that is entirely beside the point I was making, and I will hope that noting such here will make it clear to certain people that again, it is not related to my statements above: The current healer meta is, in my opinion, dull. Periodic bursts of damage that are healed up in one or two GCDs in 8-man content, or damage so low and steady that all I have to do is maintain an aspected benefic on the tank in 4-man content =/= engaging healing content. I main AST because at least I have the addition of managing cards, but even that's just a couple GCDs here and there. The vast majority of my time is spent spamming a single damage nuke and occasionally refreshing a dot. Not exactly exciting.

I understood your point from the very first post you made, which is why I expressed my incomprehension over the fact that you play a game which doesn't fulfill your preferences. You then got triggered for whatever reason and went "I don't need to justify myself to you! REEEEEEE! This game is flawed! Expectations!" (to summarize). And then I had to repeat myself three times while throwing some childish sarcasm at you because nothing else worked.

FFXIV has some similarities with other games, but it's not WoW, it's not Rift, it's not Wildstar. And it never will be. You already know it. You know that asking for such a drastic change is completly ridiculous. Yet, you still made the choice of playing the game and its healer jobs (no, sorry, just AST it seems when it comes to Stormblood) despite the fact that you don't like that system. People won't pity you for playing a game with an aspect you dislike, because you made your own choice of playing it regardless. And the game won't change one of its core design just for a few people like you who can't detach themselves from WoW-clones. In short, I have absolutly no idea what people like you expect when voicing their displeasure in such a way. You're pretty much just venting for the sake of it (edit: nothing wrong with that btw, as long as you present it that way).

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Now, there's one thing that I have to question you about: what is the most difficult content you've ever done in FFXIV? The way you speak about what you do when healing and your lodestone profile scream that you have absolutly no experience regarding anything past expert roulette.
I hope I'm wrong and that you're posting with an alt or something, because if that's really true, then you just lost all credibility for obvious reasons.

So please tell me you already play the current available content which would fulfill your needs about healing being more focused on... well, healing. (Otherwise I'm clearly being trolled and wasted some time already. If that's the case, well, good job. I completly fell for it.)


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@everyone: I want to remind you all that if you are looking for content which focus 100% on healing when you play AST, SCH or WHM, you can already find it in FFXIV. All you have to do, is head to Wolves' den.
You'll also be happy to know that there's a new mode about to hit on thuesday, which is definitly for people who would like some PvE elements instead of strict head-to-head combat.
Yes, it's PvP. But it's still content where you can express your true nature of a "pure healer" without anyone telling you anything about it. In fact, if you are a great "pure healer" you'll actually be praised. How awesome is that.
Fly my pretties, and show the world how you heal.