Quote Originally Posted by Semirhage View Post
I like feeling powerful and skilled. Yanking people back from death is *part* of that. Helplessly standing around and spamming useless spells makes me feel the opposite of that.

Doing damage as a healer is fun for me. Because it means, in a well-designed combat system, that I'm skilled enough to do it. I don't heal in FF14 anymore because dealing damage as a healer requires neither skill to perform, nor skill to reach.
Right. You clearly understand that the purpose of a videogame is to have fun, since you say outright that you abandoned FF14 healer because the DPS spells ceased to be fun and, in effect, became just as 'useless' to you as heals cast on a full-health party. Lucky you to have the option! But, for those of us who find all MMO DPS kinda boring, there's no other role to fall back to.

Spamming healing spells is the boring part of healing. The rush from pulling people back from the brink dulls considerably if it gets reduced down to Medica Medica Medica Medica Medica.
Crucially, I also do not want to spam the same heals over and over. I would like a healing and buffing kit with some level of interplay involved where I have to use my judgement and experience.