White Mage Attraction

[Liam_Harper]

Why would a game designer ramp up damage so high that a healer would find it necessary to use GCD heals when the players complain that "GCD heals are a DPS loss"?

Unnecessary GCD heals are a dps loss. Big difference. No one has a problem using a GCD heal when it's genuinely needed.

[AmiableApkallu]

Unnecessary GCD heals are a dps loss. Big difference. No one has a problem using a GCD heal when it's genuinely needed.

In the parlance of the game, /doubt. The "community's" favored formulas say otherwise.

[ForteNightshade]

In the parlance of the game, /doubt. The "community's" favored formulas say otherwise.

Nothing listed there devalues the use of GCD healing when necessary. The problem being it's never necessary outside week 1-2 prog. Even then, the need is sparingly small. The community didn't arbitrarily decide one day GCD is bad. They realized throughout throughout the tail end of Heavensward and into Stormblood how little of it they can get away with. This has only be exasperated by the continual addition of new, insanely powerful, oGCD heals and the lessening of outgoing damage. When I can do the entirety of P4S door boss without a shield GCD shield, what value do they have? Why should I ever care to press Eukrasia Prognosis when I have at least two of Holos, Panhaima, Pneumba, Ixocholoe, Keracholoe and Physis II for every single mechanic he does. In fact, I sometimes even have three going because damage is so spaced out I can literally stack a ridiculous amount of free mitigation. Keep in mind, of those six abilities, only two of them are on a 120s CD. Keracholoe is a measly 40s despite being a better version of Whispering Dawn with a 10% shield on top of it.

Give us a reason to GCD heal and we'll start doing it again. Unfortunately, the devs refuse due to wanting to make healing as easy as possible. When I can go through an entire dungeon without touching the tank once save for throwing Haima, Panhaima and maybe a Taurcholoe, why would I put any value on GCD heals?