Quote Originally Posted by StriderShinryu View Post
So much this. There's a ton of armchair game dev going around when it comes to MMO players, and often the longer the player has played the game the more certain they are they that they know exactly how to fix the problems they perceive, without realizing that the developers have likely already thought of that and have chosen not to implement it for one reason or another (be it cost, resources, technical, staffing, intended impact, lack of player desire, etc.).
Exactly and I have watched almost all the interviews yoshi-p did in the media tour and he explained the reasoning including that some healers prefer just to heal and he doesn't want to pressure them, but he also agreed that sage will offer something for healers that want to DPS. More to do on healers would be nice like how astrologian is, but I do find a strange joy in spamming broil.

In the live letter he acknowledged some people want 3.0 class complexity but said they are keeping it in the direction 5.0 went because it has made them playable by a lot more people. When the classes are easier the mechanics can be harder too.