Hmmm i dont think anything is wrong with the healer role at all, and i personally do NOT want to go back to arr/hw era either , most of it was just button bloat for dps

In all honesty and in my own opinion....they need to fix the "level sync" i have been healer all my life, and yes ffxiv is VERY scriptive in its mechanics and once the puzzel have been solved it does become very easy

However when it comes to old content via "level sync" there is something seriously wrong with the coding, and it does not help that they slap "echo" on old content aswell + traits like maim and mend, which also boosts potencies, which ultimately "overkills" old content where it makes healers into this turret mage rather then being a healer

However healers is fine when it comes to endgame content (legit endgame raiding of the current expansion) yes im talking about the ones which does not have echo etc slapped on it

Se need to look @ the level sync coding plus traits aswell as the echo buff and redesign all of it....this is the main reason why healers get bored in any old raids/dungeons/maps

Also alot of the player base will always push for more "dps" buttons thinking that would solve "their" own problem with healing, and i can tell u from arr times ..u seriously do not want more buttons, its an annoyance on healers to maintain several debuffs in form of dots...to manage on a "progression" raid where people are still learning, when everything goes "badly" those uptime goes out the window

But people will still disagree either way cause its what the "individual" wants and dont want to see it as a "whole"