A good old boyish cott

[Razard]

I’d switch to healing just to spite you all.

[CrimsonGunner]

i agree with OP about this radio silence is too much and if SE will see healers numbers go drastically down,they will need to at least respond or acknowledge there is a problem,even a small sentence would make a difference.
the fact there are many threads about the problems people have with each healer job that are fully detailed and are 10+ pages and an actual thread that explain why people quit healing with over 20+ pages is bad and SE doesn't give even a small pip about those concerns is even worse.

there is already a decline in healers because of those changes so as things are headed the shortage will get worse as time goes on, so boycott healers will just shorten the inevitable.

I’d switch to healing just to spite you all.

great cause now we wont need to bother help you, you wont play whatever job you main and will have to play with a kit fit for a bot, enjoy .

[Saefinn]

I’d switch to healing just to spite you all.

Is there a point? Or just to be spiteful?

I get why people might not like the approach, as it is one of those things that can seem like people are throwing their toys out of the pram, but it is not an ineffective method to get a response if enough people support it, so I can see why people boycott things or try to. Though of course the "if enough people support it" is the key.

And that's why boycotts aren't really a bad thing. If it's not that important to people overall, then it won't do anything and won't affect anything. And it just looks and sounds silly because nothing came out of it.

If a boycott manages to have an effect, then considering how many would be need to do that then arguably it's enough people to justify a boycott.

[Marianno]

Well I will still be playing. Means more clusters for me to collect, more money to be made, and more suckers to dupe just because a healer is hard too find. To tell you the truth, I love a boycott in this game. There’s always a profit too be made from that suffering of struggling too find a healer lol.

[Doozer]

great cause now we wont need to bother help you, you wont play whatever job you main and will have to play with a kit fit for a bot, enjoy .

I can't read, what does this say.

Also on topic, as much as improvements to healers would be nice, you're not going to be able to organize people. At least not here on the forums. If you tell people you're going to try to boycott healing, they'll just play healers more while simultaneously telling you you're an idiot.

[Impurrrsive]

I wish i would see this succeed, i will constantly monitor the in need adventurer in roulette. It will be hard... Some player base don't even read forum.
Road to united eorzea is long and arduous, some didn't even know the ascian exist

[Brandedblade]

i agree with OP about this radio silence is too much and if SE will see healers numbers go drastically down,they will need to at least respond or acknowledge there is a problem,even a small sentence would make a difference.
the fact there are many threads about the problems people have with each healer job that are fully detailed and are 10+ pages and an actual thread that explain why people quit healing with over 20+ pages is bad and SE doesn't give even a small pip about those concerns is even worse.

there is already a decline in healers because of those changes so as things are headed the shortage will get worse as time goes on, so boycott healers will just shorten the inevitable.



great cause now we wont need to bother help you, you wont play whatever job you main and will have to play with a kit fit for a bot, enjoy .

What radio silence? The last live letter literally had yoshi-p listing off proposed buffs for ast and mentioning improving the usability of sch.

[lunar_seraphim]

The only issue I have with healers is Astrologian's clunkiness regarding Sleeve Draw. I'll continue to enjoy my time on White Mage, however.

[Sloprano]

What radio silence? The last live letter literally had yoshi-p listing off proposed buffs for ast and mentioning improving the usability of sch.

What I think Crimsongunner, and myself, are refering to is first and formost simple acknowledgement. I could wait and see for 5.1 but there's been so much waiting already so I'd rather make things happen sooner. After all, I've spent more time writing about current Scholar than playing it, and find that a lot more fun. There were some big big changes to Scholar in 5.0 I don't agree with, and that's fine. But then I found the changes to make the job feel worse to play, that's not fine. So I had a choice: Just up and quit, leave this game behind and pursue other options. But curiousity got the better of me and now I want to get to the bottom of why these changes were put in place. Doesn't have to be a good reason, just a reason from SE's grapevine.

Heck a "we're looking at it" or "we're reviewing it" would at least give -something- to show there is some level of intent. When the dev team shows good communication on other jobs, even in saying "we don't think there's a problem" (see 3.0 and 4.0 MCH) and when they agree there's a problem, they show intent to do something about it, when there is barely a peep it is easy to find that concerning.

Yes, nicely put. They might not see it as a problem which is very possible, so right now I'm more interested in being shown a modicum of the attention beyond business speak of "improving the usability of scholar." At this point I'm dying for something more tangible.

This game sees it's online players flux during expansion and major patches, if it'd be one point to try and get attention it would be there. Sure thought first worried that "oh this might make a fuss" or "people might not like this" and conviction would falter. Then I do remember Selene, the Pet hotbar, Arcanist skills and turning key skills combat-only. Six years of cornerstones skills just gone with a flick of SE's wrist and nary a word of encouragement or acknowledgement then it does feel worth it not playing healer on 29th.

Is there a point? Or just to be spiteful?

As is his right. If people forgoed Healer on 5.1 it'd be of their own free will, can't force people into it.

At least not until my Healer Union's thugs are in place or my latent pshycic powers manifest.

[Kanitezz]

The issues with healers right now arent big enough for me to join a boycott. I still enjoy the role itself even if the tools with which I have to perform said role are currently not great. Alongside just having one or two DPS actions. But I like keeping people from dying.