Dear Naoki Yoshida and the Battle Development Team,

[guardin]

there is a minimal and small uproar and fear from the vocal minorities and not the vast population. Do not drag this out of proportion. most players are happy in chat and in game. There are people more excited to try out healers now that they are balanced. Healers are gonna increase. Your concerns are heard but fear not, SE made the best decisions.

love,

- the community

[Ceasaria]

there is a minimal and small uproar and fear from the vocal minorities and not the vast population. Do not drag this out of proportion. most players are happy in chat and in game. There are people more excited to try out healers now that they are balanced. Healers are gonna increase. Your concerns are heard but fear not, SE made the best decisions.

love,

- the community

What is funny is...it's not even balance.
Can you believe that WHM or AST will take the SCH spot ?
No, still not because no issues have been fixed and this is even worse now.

- one of the healer among the stars.

[Melorie]

I bet that Sch and Ast will keep being the meta, they are just more boring now.
Between three things that are pretty much the same, you'll pick the ones that have utility. Which is, currently, SCH and AST.

[ForteNightshade]

there is a minimal and small uproar and fear from the vocal minorities and not the vast population. Do not drag this out of proportion. most players are happy in chat and in game. There are people more excited to try out healers now that they are balanced. Healers are gonna increase. Your concerns are heard but fear not, SE made the best decisions.

love,

- the community

Meanwhile, I know a plenty of career healers looking to switch off to DPS. This is why anecdotes mean very little. What we do know is back when DRK released, people insisted this would increase the tank population. It didn't.

[Vahlnir]

Meanwhile, I know a plenty of career healers looking to switch off to DPS. This is why anecdotes mean very little. What we do know is back when DRK released, people insisted this would increase the tank population. It didn't.

With the tank changes, along with the addition of Gunbreaker, I do see the tank population increasing even if it's by a small margin. It's hard to say what the healing changes will do though. It appears that the changes they made were made with the intention of making it easier for players to get into healing, but will the potential new blood outweigh those deciding to leave? That is something that we will have to wait and see.

[Enla]

With the tank changes, along with the addition of Gunbreaker, I do see the tank population increasing even if it's by a small margin. It's hard to say what the healing changes will do though. It appears that the changes they made were made with the intention of making it easier for players to get into healing, but will the potential new blood outweigh those deciding to leave? That is something that we will have to wait and see.

What I don't understand about that is that this game has always been very easy on healers. People tend to bring their anxieties from other games here where they think they need to constantly be healing, but there's not really any fight in this game (baring maybe Ultimate and parties where everyone is constantly standing in the bad and giving the healers ulcers) that requires the amount of overhealing our new kits seem to be geared towards. It'll be interesting to see how they handle this going forward. Either the damage output is significantly increased, which would give reason for those anxieties, or they follow the ARR->HW->SB transition where it only gets a smidge more difficult each time. In which case more standing around for healers I guess. Yay?

[EriShvakh]

It appears that the changes they made were made with the intention of making it easier for players to get into healing

It doesn't make any sense though. Pure healing was never hard. And if you found yourself wondering what the rest of your buttons do, you are probably smart enough to learn current healers without a need to dumb them down.

[Niqote]

It doesn't make any sense though. Pure healing was never hard. And if you found yourself wondering what the rest of your buttons do, you are probably smart enough to learn current healers without a need to dumb them down.

Honestly, the 'hard' part about healing was never the abilities. It was learning how to watch your other party members and be able to dictate, without knowing them or maybe even experiencing the job they play; how much of your assistance they really need. This balance is the difference between over healing and someone being dead.

This won't change and so I believe it won't really influence the amount of users who love to heal.