A summary of healer issues

[AikenDrum]

everything becomes boring given enough time, that includes cooldowns and resource management; so how much time will it be matters - and for 11111111111 the time is instantly

[Lyth]

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Cooldowns and resource management are influenced by and interact with fight mechanics. You could give Healers a 1-2-3 combo and you will still be bored and you will still have failed to solve the underlying problem.

[AikenDrum]

Cooldowns and resource management are influenced by and interact with fight mechanics.

both 1-2-3 combo and 1111111111 interact with fight mechanics in some way ^^

also these are all mostly static fights, cooldowns and resources on most jobs can be mapped and you'll just get a very long 1-...-N combo so over time every fight will become muscle memory

[Lyth]

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These two things are not equivalent.

I also have a problem with fight designs where you can play off of a spreadsheet, and I suspect that's where a lot of the healer ennui comes from. But you're certainly not going to fix that with combos.

[Truen]

both 1-2-3 combo and 1111111111 interact with fight mechanics in some way ^^

also these are all mostly static fights, cooldowns and resources on most jobs can be mapped and you'll just get a very long 1-...-N combo so over time every fight will become muscle memory

I understand your position and I get where you're coming from. I miss the options we had between dots, shields, heals/shields, and ofc direct damage spells. They stripped away that diversity though and left us with a shell of we once had. THAT is why I say I hate 5.0 changes. The design is very shallow.