Quote Originally Posted by Silverbane View Post
That's because just saying "healers need an overhaul" is non-actionable. It's useless whining that SE has no choice but to ignore.
Unless there's a consensus on what's broken, and even better how to fix it, there's nothing productive SE can derive from this thread, because if SE were to adopt some people's proposals, it would just piss the other people off even more.
And y'all aren't even trying to reach a consensus, you just keep harping on your own personal preferences. (snip)
I get that it's somewhat therapeutic to bitch about stuff. But don't delude yourself into thinking it's going to result in a positive change. Reading this thread, it's easy to see that SE will never make all of you happy, or even most of you.
But I'm happy already, so that's fine.
It's SE's game. It's SE's prerogative to say what is and isn't appropriate for each class.

Unfortunately for many here, none of the FFXIV healers are the healers they want to play, but they just can't quit FFXIV healing for reasons I will defer speculating about. So they come here to complain, like each other's posts for the feels, and tear down anyone who doesn't agree with the righteous of their cause, deluding themselves that this echo chamber they've created with their screeds and their polemics is reflective of a larger reality.
But I guess that's the new internet normal, right?
1- There doesn't need to be a consensus for SE to be able to derive that there are some serious issues. After hundreds of post and numerous threads there are a number of issues that keep popping up. The fact that some of them might conflict isn't surprising- that does not mean that nothing can be done. it means that there is a lot of data to look at trends and do various types of analysis and that is actually extremely good.

2- You have no clue at all about what will make me happy, nor about about what I consider positive change. I work on projects for a living, this past weekend we just successfully put a a 2 year project successfully into Production. it takes a LOT to discourage me.

3. this is our game- by that I mean SE and us, the customers. We both need each other. SE does not decide alone what is "appropriate" for each job, if it did have that attitude the game would not be where it is now. If you enjoy healing now, great1 I'm sure other people do, just as I am also sure that some people do not and want changes.

4 Your last point regarding why people post? Honestly, why is that even necessary to speculate about? If anything that is an example of the 'new internet normal" that you seem to deride, otherwise the posts here have been aimed at trying to get more attention at improving healer engagement in an objective way for the most part . of course each person will bring their own personal experiences into their opinion. Accusing people of being delusional is not reflective of reality.