Favorite healer change previewed for 5.0?

[Selova]

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Theres no question that holy is going to see more use than Afflatus Misery, that's a given due to how long it takes to build up to AM. That being said, it's still a additional spell with 900 potency attack that WHM previously didn't have. Yeah you can only use it once every 90 seconds but I'd rather have it then not have it.


I'm more interested on mechanics im fights that would be requiring its use personally.

[Allegor]

4.0 Lilies were not good by any stretch, and we could tell before the game even went out.

You're joking. Please tell me you're joking.

I didn't say they were good, but at least they do something other than looking pretty. If it's anything like the 4.0 fiasco, I could see the Afflatus spells being turned into ogcd eventually.

[Ilenya]

I didn't say they were good, but at least they do something other than looking pretty. If it's anything like the 4.0 fiasco, I could see the Afflatus spells being turned into ogcd eventually.

They really should be in the first place. WHM didn't just need instant cast heals, they needed them to be oGCD...Badly. If this actually happens, I imagine WHM will be pretty happy with things. And it's not even that big of a buff to...Whatever the damage skill is, since it's still ~90 seconds per use, though WHM technically would get to DPS more while getting it.

[Sylvain]

AST new skills seem like fun and are quite pretty ^^
I don't mind the card change so I'm ok with it.

I really like the new dps rank from WHM and AST.
I remember hating stone3 (that pesky screen blurr....) and Malefic2 in HW, so it's nice to enjoy the visual of your filler.

What else.... The Afflatus spells seems great to use altough a bit underwhelming. Perhaps making them 1.5s recast would make things more spicy (okayt I know it's not good for weaving but still)

Still no new LB3 animation for WHM and SCH.... #disapointed

[Ilenya]

Still no new LB3 animation for WHM and SCH.... #disapointed

What's wrong with SCH's animation?

[Sylvain]

What's wrong with SCH's animation?

It lacks .. "woomph", like you feel it's old.
Same for the BLM and SMN
The problem isn't coming from the design, per just the visual.

The meteor visual is old and looks cheap. (Mostly because most of the visual is "up" when you're looking "down") The Meteor animation tend to enter your camera so you see a part of the rock (like walking through a roof when you see both outside and inside)
SMN one feels bleh, like Arkmorn is shinnier than the 3 spark you shoot. (The wings are cool tho)

For sch it's just, we're summoning Seraph but beside a pulsing aura nothing else happens. And also, the fact that we can now have Seraph in battle makes the whole "I summon Seraph for a lb3 heal" a bit... underwhelming. Seraph used to be a big thing, it's a 2min cd (makes sens we're getting stronger), same could be said for SMN, we used to get bahamut like wings and shoot one of his signature move. Well now we have freaking Bahamut and Pheonix shooting Arkmorn and Revelation every 2min... I dunno.
My generic skills feel stronger (visually) than my LB3.

When the AST does LB3 i mean, that's something, when the RDM use LB3, it's like Vermillion havock-quack-inferno

(I'll refrain from commenting paladin LB3...)

So that's why, I'm not sure I explained my feeling adequatly but that's the gist of it. It just looks like a generic heal now and some of our skill actually look more powerful.
I'm not asking for AST style retina-burning LB3 but... just something that look strongr than my CD.

[MrSmiley]

so all the whm spells are re-using old cast animations this time, and aero 3 is gone. Is is like this for the other healers? I feel like we were an afterthought at the last second...

[Knoahl]

so all the whm spells are re-using old cast animations this time, and aero 3 is gone. Is is like this for the other healers? I feel like we were an afterthought at the last second...

It does feel that way, it feels like a step backwards in some respects, doesn't it? Maybe its something they plan to address in future patches we can hope

[tinythinker]

It does feel that way, it feels like a step backwards in some respects, doesn't it? Maybe its something they plan to address in future patches we can hope

Forward and back and then go forward and back, and then go forward and back

[CoffeeBuns]

For the first time ever, I’m not looking forward to any healing changes. I’m more hype about dancer