Has anyone quit healing?

[ZeroFool]

I think this is something we need to look into and hear about more. Most experienced Healers I know hate the changes(All the healers in my FC, a very small sample size mind you) HATE the changes. But I wondered what new players would think of the current healers. Would they get enjoyment out of it? Perhaps we need to hear more from people that won't learn the healing Role in it's current state rather than just the people leaving it.

To put a different way, the devs could be banking on a new wave of fresh blood Healers to replace the previous group who hate the changes. But if the new ones also hate the current state, well then that's an issue for them.

I'd created a thread regarding my experience with 5.0 AST as a totally new player a month after the ShB release and have just come around to leveling AST after getting SCH to cap and WHM to 70 before I decided to shelve it.

While it has seen improvements since, nothing was actually done that made playing it more attractive. I think its healing kit is very good, but the half that distinguishes it from the other healers continues to be severely lacking; which can be said about every job in the role as a whole.

I have a better time with AST when I can ignore the cards and just play with its snappy cast times, instant Benefics and watching the beautiful effects all the while.

[MitsukiKimura]

I've actually retired from savage content healing, daily content, everything as healer. I don't plan to heal anything until they make some changes for AST. I'm slowly losing my will to even log in these days.

[GhostXO]

I tried to pick healers back up again. Gave them a fair chance and a few solid months of gameplay. I can say for certain now that they bore me so much I'm completely giving up healing in anything. I'm a Dark Knight main now and mostly spend my time in game crafting. Hope they make some changes to healers soon. It's truly depressing the state that they are in.

[Sloprano]

Happy new year everyone, woke up to find 5.0 Scholar wasn't an induced dream produced by mutton and Baileys and actually happend. Here's to a more fulfilling 2020.

Was mentioned in the blu thread, but if by "Quit healing" means "not playing or barely playing ast/whm/sch" then yes. Blu mage on the other hand is a different beast and I guess narrowly escapes thes icy cold grip of SE's 5.0 Healer fever dream by being painted Red. It has actual spells that unique in either it's damage, element, status effects or all three. It's this kind of gameplay with healer mimic, exuviation, pom cure, white whind, gob shields and just endless application of dots and status effects that are as close as it gets to the fun I first had when picking up this game.

While the thought of switching to sch and looking at the half-empty pet hotbar and pressing Broil III again fills me with dread drudge, the thought of playing more blu fills me with estatic joy for what the next Carnival puzzle will be or heal/tank another dungeon full knowing I have more than one nuke/one dot to play with when everyone is safe. It just needs a Cleric stance and Lily pet hotbar now.

[darcstar62]

I love healing and periodically go back to it every month or so but like the rest of you, it's just not the same. I know I'm healer at heart since I love that Curing Waltz on my DNC and that's what I'm playing for now (and leveling RDM too).

I have a better time with AST when I can ignore the cards and just play with its snappy cast times, instant Benefics and watching the beautiful effects all the while.

This so much. I mained AST all through HSW and SB and still love how pretty it is.

[ElazulHP]

Used to main SCH last expansion. Have not healed anything excepting the odd pvp match since 5.0 dropped. Switched to tanking full time this expansion. Unlikely to go back unless major changes happen or something juicy is dangled in front of me like healer mounts.

[Yorumi]

I have briefly picked up my sch to try to beat the queues cause even tank queues can be an issue right now. I figured it might be a good way to get expert roulette fast. I'll probably still go to 80 just to do the crystarium quests for healer but dear god is it boring. If I'm synced my fairy can do all the healing leaving me to just press art of war continually. Sometimes in unsynced dungeons I have to hit lustrate from time to time. I just can't believe how boring they've made healers. There's no way I'm sticking to it even when i get to expert roulette.

[Synaesthesia]

I've found a way to enjoy healing..

I play Samurai! With Merciful Eyes, Second Wind and Bloodbath, I have a lot of fun healing myself while building up Sen for Setsugekka!

Oh, actual healing..

Savage and for friends only now.. It's just not possible to have fun as a healer in most content anymore for me..

[Nantain_Shiva]

I play WHM since 2.0 until 3.0, didn't play the 4.0 to 5.0 extension (game break).
now, i started again with FFXIV at 1.1.2020, things changed a lot, not to the best (in my opinion).

There is no more need of Mana Management, because 50% of all spells are for free, the new mana regen skill "Lucid Dreaming" and "Thin Air" do the rest...
also everyone has 10.000MP ?!, how long it will take and everyone has the same HP?...aahh... let's unify the whole Stats and Skills!
There is no need of aggro management, 2 - 3 Tank hits, and you can't get aggro - even if you spam Cure III.

they removed 3 possible Aero DoT's (Aero I, II and III) and turned it to a single Spell "Dia"... also Fluid Aura is a useless Spell now (and Cure I),
the new "dps" rota is Dia > Assize > Glare > Glare > Glare > Glare.... (so mutch fun!)
and the new bloodlily spell... it's a flower... that grows and do aoe with a "blink" sound... so much impact... feels so powerful... (not!)

Generally the WHM Job system is unnecessary, the Single-Target heal is the same as Cure II (potency) and the AOE Heal is the same as Medica (except range, 30 to 25),
that could have been put together... if a lily is ready = effect: you can now use Cure II or Medica for free and it's instant?

same by the mnk, i miss my Greased Lightning as BUFF... but that's another part

i probably switch to mnk, i really loved it to play as WHM, but now i don't feel comfortable with it.


sorry for this wall of text, but now i feel better
probably some grammar fails, english isn't my Language
cheers

[Ceasaria]

Was in love for old AST during Stormblood.
Played SCH and did great performance in progress and speekill with it during 5.0 and 5.1.
But, the fun is not here anymore.
I will not rehash what I have said before.
A lot have happened during Alexander Ultimate (like some of my teamate trashtalk me when they have no clue of what they are talking about, kicked my cohealer...)
So this plus the fact we have no sign, no words of SE on healer state, I have taken the decision since early 2020 to stop playing healer completely and HL with it. I will continue to play occasionally with my SAM.
I have stopped my subscription too. Will be be back probably at each patch for 1 month (or more if the Eureka like content is interesting).