Healer identity in 5.0

[Hustensaft]

They did not blame it on shield healing alone. The current dichotomy limits the ways they can design healers in their minds. And they want to fix this and this is why they did not add a new healer.

If they believe the problem is pure vs. shield, then there is zero hope for improvement.

Plus that quote is pretty much only from MrHappy. All japanese interviews that mention pure vs. absorb is that it isn't as much of a distinction as MT vs. OT. Heal vs. Absorb is essentially only a way to do the same task