Bring Cleric stance back

[Lubu_Mykono]

maybe they could actually have 2 healers that are DPS focused and 2 that are not (like og SCH Vs WHM) and bring back DoTs so SCH can have 6 again?

[Allegor]

Cleric Stance as it used to be, nah, it was clunky, and the SB version was even worse, but as far as I know, many people liked the Lost Seraph Strike spell from Bozja, so the potential for something like that is there /shrug

[Packetdancer]

i don't see how kardia is at all like the cleric stance concept, however Lost seraph Strike is very much much what i had been thinking about, without realizing it.

See below on why.

I'll admit, I also adored Lost Seraph Strike even aside from the Cleric Stance buff it gave you, because until then I had not realized that I really wanted a gap closer on a healer. (That might be another aspect as to why I'm maining sage this tier instead of my traditional WHM... Icarus is SO GOOD.)

Yes, not stance dancing, but I do agree it has a touch of "situational" around it, and it's rather handy to switch it around in a mid level PUG as needed. Moreso with a front-positional RPR in the party. There are times when he needs it more than the tank.

Yeah, I think that's it. It's not really stance-dancing, but it's something you weave in situationally to switch around an aspect of your healing, which is why it gives me a tiny bit of cleric stance nostalgia.

[Jennah]

OP must be trolling or something.

I thought so too; but I think its more that OP heard about Cleric Stance, but never actually saw it in play.
Forum join date is quite recent (even though that often doesn't mean much.)

[Alestorm]

I want the Heansward Cleric Stance back; stance dancing made healing interesting.

[RobynDaBank]

maybe they could actually have 2 healers that are DPS focused and 2 that are not (like og SCH Vs WHM) and bring back DoTs so SCH can have 6 again?

Watch the non-DPS focused healers fall out of favour pretty quickly. Wasn't SCH super favoured back then?

[Jettinson]

Cleric Stance as it used to be, nah, it was clunky, and the SB version was even worse, but as far as I know, many people liked the Lost Seraph Strike spell from Bozja, so the potential for something like that is there /shrug

Imo the reason I like Lost Seraph Strike is because it also acts as a gap closer, something that Sage now has without damaging the enemy.
It was fun but not sure how would you balance that outside of bozja

[Jybril]

I wouldn't mind it tbh, if we had more DPS things to mess with and adds a little more depth to the boring gameplay that is healer.
What we really need is more DPS spells instead of Heal spells that serves the same purpose as the other 3 we have.
Most spells is just Heal potency up with a new animation. It's kinda overkill.

[GrizzlyTank]

Please... no.

[Sunhwapark]

and the SB version was even worse,

I definitely agree with you.
Cleric Stance even took a hiatus for an expansion after Stormblood, it had a little makeover for some extra effects and returned anew in Endwalker as Astrodyne.