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

[Eraden]

I have only recently begun to try out healing (my main is BLM). I really love it but I have to admit that I am not very good at it (will keep trying to get better though). It requires a focus of attention that is above and beyond what is required for a DPS. I was curious when I first encountered this thread, about why healers would want their jobs to be even more complex. I have begun to realize though, that very good healers might find certain activities a lot more trivial than I do. I am not quite sure what could be done to alleviate this, for lack of a better word, boredom, but I suspect that you, my seniors here in this thread, have likely put a great deal of thought into this issue. This is why I will continue to keep reading this thread to learn more about this. Thank you all for this thought provoking discussion.

[Rein_eon_Osborne]

The solution is simple. Everyone gets one button. Dps get a dps button titled DPS, it does damage to everything. Tanks get a tank button titled tank, it just taunts over and over and over there's no damage only taunt. Healers get a heal button titled heal, it just does an aoe heal. There, now everyone sucks and we have true equality.

I know this is satirical, but given how they've treated this role for 6+ years I feel like they might actually do this at some point lol. Don't give them ideas!! ;_;

I have only recently begun to try out healing (my main is BLM). I really love it but I have to admit that I am not very good at it (will keep trying to get better though). It requires a focus of attention that is above and beyond what is required for a DPS. I was curious when I first encountered this thread, about why healers would want their jobs to be even more complex. I have begun to realize though, that very good healers might find certain activities a lot more trivial than I do. I am not quite sure what could be done to alleviate this, for lack of a better word, boredom, but I suspect that you, my seniors here in this thread, have likely put a great deal of thought into this issue. This is why I will continue to keep reading this thread to learn more about this. Thank you all for this thought provoking discussion.

It is a bittersweet journey indeed. Perhaps if you're interested you can give the Healer section of the forum some reading. It's flavorful.

Does it matter if you're healing nothing if casting that spell still gives you resource (MP) to use for attack?

What do you do when the 2nd boss of Void Ark is charging their ultimate attack (the one where you have to hide behind Irminsul) and they just straight up nullifies your attack? You can't attack Irminsul either, 'cause they're also invincible while charging said attack. Not even attacking the invincible Irminsul will count toward resource building (i.e. RDM's Black/White Mana).

Yeah. Nothing. That's how futile it feels. That's how useless it is---the overhealing. So yes, it matters.