Healers need an overhaul

[Laphicet]

I went from playing WHM to playing SGE because the latter is way more fun for me. But there are almost certainly people that enjoy WHM most of all healing jobs, maybe even enough of them that SE doesn't think WHM needs a change. And maybe not. As far as i know, only SE knows how many hours each job is being played, which is probably a good proxy for how much people like each job.

But that WHM might need an overhaul isn't the same as saying all the healing jobs do, as this thread contends. I'm happy with healing as it is because there's at least one healer job I really enjoy playing. YMMV.

Every single job devolves to that though.
For WHM it's Dia>Assize>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Dia>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Dia>Assize>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Dia>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Dia>Assize>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Dia>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Dia>Assize>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Dia>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Dia>Assize>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Dia>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Dia>Assize>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Dia>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Dia>Assize>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Dia>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Dia>Assize>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Dia>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Dia>Assize>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Dia>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare>Glare
For SCH it's Bio>Aetherflow>Broil>ED>Broil>ED>Broil>ED>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Bio>>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Bio>Aetherflow>Broil>ED>Broil>ED>Broil>ED>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Bio>>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Bio>Aetherflow>Broil>ED>Broil>ED>Broil>ED>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Bio>>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Bio>Aetherflow>Broil>ED>Broil>ED>Broil>ED>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Bio>>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Bio>Aetherflow>Broil>ED>Broil>ED>Broil>ED>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Bio>>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Bio>Aetherflow>Broil>ED>Broil>ED>Broil>ED>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Bio>>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Bio>Aetherflow>Broil>ED>Broil>ED>Broil>ED>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Bio>>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil>Broil. Replace EDs with nothing for heal use later sometimes.
For AST it's Combust>Draw>Play>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Combust>Draw>Play>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Combust>Draw>Play>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Combust>Draw>Play>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Astrodyne>Combust>Draw>Play>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Combust>Draw>Play>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Combust>Draw>Play>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Combust>Draw>Play>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Astrodyne>Combust>Draw>Play>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Combust>Draw>Play>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Combust>Draw>Play>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Combust>Draw>Play>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Malefic>Astrodyne. with some changes for the opener.
For Sage it's E.Dosis>Plegma>Phlegma>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>E.Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>E.Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>E.Dosis>Plegma>Phlegma>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>E.Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>E.Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>E.Dosis>Plegma>Phlegma>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>E.Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>E.Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>E.Dosis>Plegma>Phlegma>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>E.Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>E.Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>E.Dosis>Plegma>Phlegma>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>E.Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>E.Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis>Dosis.

For every healer you're going to be spamming the same button over and over and over and over and over again, while weaving in OGCD heals every now and then. This doesn't change from the easiest of content all the way to ultimate. You will always spend at least half the time doing this, and most of the time you'll be doing this for more than 90% of a fight if you're at least halfway competent. If you are truly spending so little time doing dps that you somehow think single-button-spam is engaging and a good thing for healers to have. You're either a god-awful healer who's overhealing and trying to mend every nick and cut, or a terrible healer who thinks standing around and looking pretty between mending cuts is in your job description.
Such heavy single-button spam is boring, flat-out. And FFXIV healers are the worst healers I've played out of every MMO and every RPG I've come across in my years of gaming.