The Problem With Healers as a Role Withing FFXIV

[Kabooa]

While SCH was definitely overpowered in pretty much every iteration (including ShB though to a lesser degree), it's pretty obvious that SE has no idea what they're doing in regards to dealing with that, as the abundance of oGCDs and lack of meaningful GCD heals is the real culprit, and instead SE just removed SCH's DPS options.

There's a few reasons to think it might be better this time around, but far too much history to point at that will show, at least, a rough beginning.

Each healer having its own variant of Cleric Stance returned would be good, IMO.

Give White Mage Seraph Strike.

Have Dissipation eat the current Faerie to give a bonus based on which one was eaten, while summoning the other. So you'd spend, say, 30s of Empowered Healing with 30s of Empowered Damage. Utilize both yours and the current Faerie's abilities, delay moving into the next phase if you need to, and work this in a tight 30 second loop.

And uh..something for Astro. Don't really got a good off-the-cuff suggestions for this one.