Been seeing a lot of doomsaying in forums/in-game lately

[Deceptus]

There are some very articulate regulars in the healer forums (at least one of whom is lurking in here). I have no personal stake in the issue myself (healer is by far my least played role in this game, largely because I dislike MMO healing's pace in general and find healing truly shines in a faster, more reactive PvP environment), but I'd really be interested to see one of them pick up their keyboard and write a unifying thread on the topic and get it cross-posted on to somewhere like /r/ffxivdiscussion or the main subreddit. Not just for the upvotes, but to build an actual conversation on the subject. If we managed to get Living Dead changed using this approach, I'm pretty sure anything is possible. I'd offer to do it for you, except it's not my place nor my battle to fight.

We've tried just that for years and they always get ignored.

Time to expand a little on my comments about SE needing to hire a healer designer. (After Stormblood Nerfs, pointing out there isn't even a job designer dedicated to each battle role)

The Healer Double Standard (After the Massive Stormblood Nerfs)

Summary of Healer Issues (Comprehensive list of a LOT of issues)

Basically: Stormblood was the breaking point for a LOT of veteran healers. We were told "Healers are being nerfed so we can rebuild them from the ground up" and that rebuild was worse than before.

Also, I've tried posting to the main subreddit, almost any actual discussion is downvoted into oblivion and the only stuff that gets upvoted are memes and art commissions.