Quote Originally Posted by MOZZYSTAR View Post
So yeah, just... relax on them buttons. Focus. If you don't need to heal, help DPS. If this is your "style," then maybe you're playing the wrong healing class for you.
Generally agree.

That said, I don't like how the enmity system reacts to PC target effects in FFXIV. In my view, unclaimed monsters should not in any way react to effects targeted at PCs (I believe this is how enmity functioned in FFXI, too, though I may be mis-remembering). This would have a host of advantages from a QoL standpoint: healers could meaningfully assist tanks who pull above their weight class or try to mass pull over too long a distance; Chocobo companions wouldn't get slaughtered in add-heavy situations when their cures gain enmity on unclaimed monsters; all Healers would have meaningful pre-engagement buffs, and would be able to use their full complement of spells for the entire duration of a fight, rather than having to hold off for the last few seconds or so on trash packs. And, of course, newer Healers wouldn't have to learn the hard way to avoid HoT (typically viewed as pseudo-buff spells) during downtime.