The Healer Double Standard

[Jerichai]

I think it's less cheering and more bitter realization that WHM will never be fixed for the better, if this is SE's true answer to healer adjustments. It's difficult to be happy about anything after getting repeatedly kicked in the crotch for years and years. But hey, at least we still have Fluid Aura. My man Fluid Aura... trusty guy. Like an old dog, he's not what he used to be, but I love him all the same. He reminds me of better times.

And to be completely fair, I can totally get that disappointment. Despite it's huge potencies, WHM hasn't really developed a very interesting identity in all the time since ARR. Combine that with the mechanical clunkiness and issues with general community acceptance, I can totally get why WHM players can feel a continued sense of dissatisfaction and hope one day SE can truly overcome that.

What I can't get behind is the seeming glee some WHMs have expressed on this forum and others over the disappointment SCHs and ASTs have expressed over having large parts of their job upended and dumbed down. It just feels petty.

[fantasticm]

What I can't get behind is the seeming glee some WHMs have expressed on this forum and others over the disappointment SCHs and ASTs have expressed over having large parts of their job upended and dumbed down. It just feels petty.

It's petty, but I can't say I don't understand it either. After being ignored by SE for so long, even something as negative as schadenfreude can feel like real relief. It's a sorry sight, but just like WHM's current advantages, it won't last. I sincerely doubt anyone would feel so bitter if it weren't for the fact that WHM was in the unique position of having their requested fixes eternally ignored, all while seeing AST and SCH get picked up when they were struggling... sometimes sooner than later, and sometimes not. But later is better than never. Obviously this is no one's fault other than SE's, but they are unreachable for us peons, and it is only human for people to take out their frustrations on the nearest targets.

As of now I am in a unique position between pessimism and optimism. I am optimistic AST and SCH will see fixes and that this sort of hostility will not last, because I am pessimistic that SE will return the healers to The Stormblood Status Quo.