Quote Originally Posted by Rai_Takara View Post
This part isn't necessarily related to healing though. That being said, even with the cards, AST still comes down to Malefic spam. At the end of the day, that is how healers are envisioned in this game and also why I can't see them changing their "formula" again because ShB was their chance to nail it down forever so that next expansion they can add another healer to fit in with that formula.
To be fair, I don't imagine they anticipated their changes to be met with this much vitriol. One year in and people are still complaining. Even White Mage and the dreaded Stormblood Lilies or Bowmage quieted down faster than healer complaints have now. That isn't to say I necessarily disagree as SE has proven time and time again they can be incredibly stubborn but when even the casual playerbase is upset. They tend to listen.