Yoshi-P: "If you want more engaging content, go play Ultimate"

[EaMett]

Just going to give my 2 cents because I really want devs to acknowledge this issue.
The problem with healers is that the role isn't engaging to play. We press 1 button on repeat from lvl 1 to 90 ultimate content. And it's not a bit, the majority of our time is spent doing this in ALL content (yes ultimate too, you're looking at 70+% time spent hitting 1-1-1-1-2).
We don't need harder content. We just need more engaging gameplay.

The reality of the current situation is:
Healers are hard to find in high-end content. It's the most requested role in static building communication channels. Most likely because the role doesn't reward anyone with a bit of experience, so most veterans and career healers dropped it. Finding good healers is a real challenge and most of the groups I know have settled for more novice healers for lack of a better option. And forced into a longer prog cycle as a result.
Healers are becoming more and more "in need".. During an expansion that released a new healer. Yikes

I get it, they tried lowering the skill floor and ceiling to get more people playing the role. But the reality is that people don't stick to healer unless they main/career it. And that last demographic has slowly been pushed further and further away from the role because of the design choices.