Relatively large concern about new Healer: Sage

[HyperiusUltima]

To be fair about this, I am expecting a Solo Duty at Lv 80 that actually puts people in a position to learn Sage if they even dare to if they haven't already; but for those jumping on the Lv 70 Train, there really isn't. If they get blocked at Holminster, then that's them not bothering to read tooltips. They're your best friend when new to healing. In general I'm looking at potentially trying Sage next Expac given I've always thought of Sage as an in-between, so I'm hoping that the class pans out well with the other healers.

[Ayer2015]

You can already buy boosts for jobs. I fail to see how this is introducing a 'new' issue.

[SpiralMask]

it'll be the swarms of DRK (or AST when it got added) and GNBs who have no idea what tehy're doing yet again, which isn't a really new issue.
boost potions do mean that someone could feasibly start the game wholesale as a 70 healer with no experience, but i'm pretty sure that problem would work itself out--either the player would eventually quit the class due to the difficulty, or would have some folks help them out with working through it, depending on how their pugging luck goes (since people are generally kinder to sprouts).

[Awha]

Being as this is a unique weapon to FFXIV I do think it is a missed opportunity and a shame it will not have a class story.

[IDontPetLalas]

One could simply run PotD and that's often my recommendation since it provides a level of progression and no real threat so one can while away their newbie anxieties. If its for various level caps I recommend to others to undersized and unsync dungeons at that lvl cap. I'm a bit of a idiot savant though so these probably just sound weird.

PotD is good for DPS, but doesn't really help to learn how to heal. Dungeons are really much better. I mean if someone has no idea they could even start with a command mission. Then they could run through DF or their FC.

[SiriusSaltstice]

This is why I have always thought that the new jobs should be restricted until you have one job of its type to max level if they aren't going to make hall of the novice mandatory

another concern of mine- sage is literally going to play as a mish mash of pieces ripped from the other healers. Devs already confirmed its taken WHM's 2.0/3.0 identity of a self buffer. Astro's had noct sect ripped from it, fun and lore be damned. Yet still nothing on making shields stack, so when DF matches two shield healers together they're gonna be struggling again.

I have a sneaking suspicion SE's refusal to step out of their comfort zone entirely with a tech based healer means healer glamour is going to remain robes or overly feminine as well if that was the AF gear

I genuinely hope I'm wrong. But of all they showcasing is the basic heal, shield, nuke and aoe, it makes me worried what they haven't shown

Hall of the Novice really doesn't help, though.

[Payadopa]

oh man this topic again but Sage instead of Gnb ,time sure flies.
anyway i doubt this will be a problem Sage probably wont be very popular.

This is really funny to me. People will always gravitate toward the shiny new. lol
Was the same with every class.

[Huntrss]

You all know what is funny with this post every Healer sucks except White Mage since Astro you need to level to 50 and Have Heavenward to unlock. Yes it send you back to 30 but you need a Job at 50 first
Scholar You have to level to 30 to unlock But White Mage you start at level 1 So White Mage should walk in the Room going I'm the best and look at Astro and Scholar and go you can't beat me I'm the pro Healer.
Sage look up and Go I'm the highest. White Mage: Get behind me, No Behind the Astro Good I have 3 Healers that Suck compared to me.

This is How you all are Acting because that is how Healers have been release and playable Level 30 Scholar ,50 Astro ,70 Sage and only Conjuror/White Mage is Level 1
Now you can be mad but this is how things are and has been.

[Videra]

You all know what is funny with this post every Healer sucks except White Mage since Astro you need to level to 50 and Have Heavenward to unlock. Yes it send you back to 30 but you need a Job at 50 first
Scholar You have to level to 30 to unlock But White Mage you start at level 1 So White Mage should walk in the Room going I'm the best and look at Astro and Scholar and go you can't beat me I'm the pro Healer.
Sage look up and Go I'm the highest. White Mage: Get behind me, No Behind the Astro Good I have 3 Healers that Suck compared to me.

This is How you all are Acting because that is how Healers have been release and playable Level 30 Scholar ,50 Astro ,70 Sage and only Conjuror/White Mage is Level 1
Now you can be mad but this is how things are and has been.

Can someone translate this horrific rant to english?

[Absurdity]

Can someone translate this horrific rant to english?

Sorry, I can't make sense of that either.