Healer design is still terrible and I'm tired of apologizing for it.

[Sebazy]

Hey Sebazy, question for you, if you don't mind?

What do think will honestly happen with the future of Healers? Do you think it'll get worse before it gets better? Or they'll just continue to ignore and dismiss it outright?

IMHO:

I think they will stay the course for multiple reasons.

Yoshida appears to prefer to keep a smaller more efficient team. A radical overhaul of the game would need a serious recruitment spree and neither Yoshida nor SE's bean counters have shown that that's something they want to pursue.

The game is successful therefore the recipe is working... right? It's pretty easy for a developer to fall into the trap of being almost arrogant about their own game, doubly so when it's big of a success story on all accounts as FFXIV has turned into over the years. Yoshida has shown signs of this over the years right from ARR's launch with the Warrior debacle.

Will things ever change? The way I see it it'll take either WoW having an ARR style rebirth of its own or some other competitor coming out of the blue to steal the momentum away from FFXIV. That'll trigger the inevitable next gen MMO from SE with FFXIV getting handed over to a fresh young team in the same way FFXI was. What we'll get out of that is anyone's guess but I'd expect some shake ups to drag more life out of the old game.

[Deceptus]

IMHO:

I think they will stay the course for multiple reasons.

Yoshida appears to prefer to keep a smaller more efficient team. A radical overhaul of the game would need a serious recruitment spree and neither Yoshida nor SE's bean counters have shown that that's something they want to pursue.

The game is successful therefore the recipe is working... right? It's pretty easy for a developer to fall into the trap of being almost arrogant about their own game, doubly so when it's big of a success story on all accounts as FFXIV has turned into over the years. Yoshida has shown signs of this over the years right from ARR's launch with the Warrior debacle.

Will things ever change? The way I see it it'll take either WoW having an ARR style rebirth of its own or some other competitor coming out of the blue to steal the momentum away from FFXIV. That'll trigger the inevitable next gen MMO from SE with FFXIV getting handed over to a fresh young team in the same way FFXI was. What we'll get out of that is anyone's guess but I'd expect some shake ups to drag more life out of the old game.

Basically: Not until the next FF MMO is released.

[Aword3213]

Basically: Not until the next FF MMO is released.

I have high hopes for Lost Ark to steal the crown, but first they need to deal with their localization disaster

[Melorie]

I have high hopes for Lost Ark to steal the crown, but first they need to deal with their localization disaster

Mhmm I'm not sure, I feel like a huge portion of FFXIV playerbase wouldn't be interested in Lost Ark, but yeah, the mmo industry needs better options for those who enjoy trinity fast.

[EaMett]

IMHO:

I think they will stay the course for multiple reasons.

Yoshida appears to prefer to keep a smaller more efficient team. A radical overhaul of the game would need a serious recruitment spree and neither Yoshida nor SE's bean counters have shown that that's something they want to pursue.

The game is successful therefore the recipe is working... right? It's pretty easy for a developer to fall into the trap of being almost arrogant about their own game, doubly so when it's big of a success story on all accounts as FFXIV has turned into over the years. Yoshida has shown signs of this over the years right from ARR's launch with the Warrior debacle.

Will things ever change? The way I see it it'll take either WoW having an ARR style rebirth of its own or some other competitor coming out of the blue to steal the momentum away from FFXIV. That'll trigger the inevitable next gen MMO from SE with FFXIV getting handed over to a fresh young team in the same way FFXI was. What we'll get out of that is anyone's guess but I'd expect some shake ups to drag more life out of the old game.

My copium take is that their design philosophy is probably working for them especially well because of the influx of new players. But if these players stick and get better, they'll need to do something about healers. They've already acknowledged that healers were bored, I just don't think they fully grasp why. I'm hoping that given a bit of time they'll figure it out. With that said, Misery not having its potency adjusted smells a lot of OG lilies.