AST (and DRG) had their improvements pushed to 7.0 PLD are getting theirs in 6.3

[Absurdity]

The played reality though is, that currently the core appeal of playing a healer is being able to enter Savage and even moderately well with a far lower skill level than what is required of any other role. I bite my ass that I made the decission to jump back into raiding in Endwalker as a Healer, because returning to other, challenging roles really shows how the Healer role had get me used to playing on a lower difficulty level than the rest of the team.

This raid tier actually gave a lot of healers a very rude awakening to just how low difficulty the job has been for over 2 years.

A lot of the healers who started in ShB or EW just don't know how to actually handle some healing challenges because for once it can't be solved with 1-2 oGCDs at our current ilvl, even if it's just the incoming tank damage.


The healers who can't handle the challenge are dropping out of the pug raid scene on mass and, atleast on Light, it can take forever to fill parties.
Sadly this will probably give SE the wrong impression.