The Healer Double Standard

[Videra]

Yes. The battle team that designs the job is also the one that designs the encounters. That's the logic. It's sound logic to see the jobs in their new state in the content they were designed for.

And you know what? I've enjoyed White Mage so far. The other two I still need to work through but I only have so much time.

Now, I'm not trying to gloat. I'm actually on the same ship regarding card changes, I just disagree where it should head. Same bit as Scholar. I think resource conflict was a key part of Scholar. I don't care much for Energy Drain but something should replace it.

Considering the fact that FFXIV has been rote and stuck in its ways for several years, whatever made you think that healing in 5.0 would be different appears to be lunacy. At least, to me. I cannot possibly pretend to understand your perception, but people were right. A lot of unnecessary (read: outside of savage/extreme fights) healing tools were added, and what made both Scholar and Astrologian fun got chopped as the cost. This isn't what anyone wanted.

White Mage should get aero 3 back if nothing else. SE needs to expand on the healer DPS toolkits, not contract them. Apparently, massive job changes are incoming in the savage patch, according to JP patch notes, but I will believe that when I see it happen.

To add onto the point about Astro: It was more butchered so that SE could try (and fail) to fight against the concept of 'The meta' and stringent party compositions which only applied in speed kills and world first bleeding edge racing.

[Billythepancake]

Apparently, massive job changes are incoming in the savage patch, according to JP patch notes, but I will believe that when I see it happen.

Knowing SE, I wouldn't be shocked if they did something stupid and DID have big changes, but that they made the situation even worse.

[Videra]

Knowing SE, I wouldn't be shocked if they did something stupid and DID have big changes, but that they made the situation even worse.

You mean like 4.2 Warrior?

[Kabooa]

Considering the fact that FFXIV has been rote and stuck in its ways for several years, whatever made you think that healing in 5.0 would be different appears to be lunacy. At least, to me. I cannot possibly pretend to understand your perception, but people were right. A lot of unnecessary (read: outside of savage/extreme fights) healing tools were added, and what made both Scholar and Astrologian fun got chopped as the cost.

My perception is that encounter design is limited by player toolkits.

And Astro and Scholar were -very- limited toolkits. Adding another facet of DPS to them doesn't change encounter design at all.