Can we please have some gear thats even remotely menacing?

[Ametrine]

You can't begrudge people for wanting that option. It'd be like mocking emo's for favouring black in such a colourful reality. Option being the key-word, here. Having said that, they can make sets that are a) true to the theme of the class while b) not looking like the ugly, overblown white-messes they consistently stick to.

I'm not begrudging it at all. I'm just extrapolating why I think SE refuses to give us less soft options for healers.

The best solution, I think, would be designing the next healer with a base concept that isn't "soft." Force SE out of the white robe corner.

Chemist, Geomancer, Druid, shoot, it went as far as someone conceptualizing Necromancer as a healer.