I just had an enlightenment regarding Healers in Shadowbringers

[Brandedblade]

What happened to Astro was terrible, but Scholar got completely butchered. SCH DPS was amazingly fun to play at least in my opinion.

While the fun is a matter of personal opinion, outside of ED, most of our dps toolkit was just fluff and extra busywork. I understand the argument of "Complexity=fun" but...isnt it more efficient overall to have your dot be one stronger instead of two weaker dots, one of which has a really awkward duration that slows down the number of other casts you're doing?

[Aurturia]

While the fun is a matter of personal opinion, outside of ED, most of our dps toolkit was just fluff and extra busywork. I understand the argument of "Complexity=fun" but...isnt it more efficient overall to have your dot be one stronger instead of two weaker dots, one of which has a really awkward duration that slows down the number of other casts you're doing?

As much as anything else its the feeling of being told "No, you're playing wrong" and having our toys taken away. For me synching down to a pre bane level is just painful, applying my dot's one at a time like a commoner. XD
But really though i liked the idea of being a combat oriented medic, poisons and contagions were my best weapons. The idea of being forced into a "pure healer" role is like telling me i have to be a certain kind of character, and i dont like that.