Quote Originally Posted by game_enjoyer View Post
I don't believe I ever said I think he's heavily involved in day-to-day balance decisions. You said that I said that, though. What I said was, and I'm paraphrasing here because I guess you didn't understand, "Someone as important to the direction of the game as Yoshida is should be aware of what he is green-lighting, and it appears he doesn't play healers, so he should play healers." And I don't even know to respond to the notion that the head producer, does not, in fact, have much influence on the direction of the game. And hey, the entire ethos of the design team, as stated by Yoshida on multiple occasions, is to ensure casual players can clear all content, which to me sounds like it extends into balancing issues, so yeah, he actually does have a bunch of influence on the balancing because he is the one who is pushing the design philosophy in one direction.
There's no legitimate reason for the game's producer to play every role. None. Zero. That's why teams exist. No one person can be everything, and no one person should be expected to be everything. Even the producer. Even the lead designer. No one. Again: that's why teams exist.

If someone wishes to create a new feedback thread along the lines of 'The development team needs more high-end healer representation'. Different point altogether and one that is probably viable. But that's not the premise of this thread. The premise of this thread is specifically wanting ONE SPECIFIC PERSON to play healers and it's nonsense. Utter nonsense.