Making All Healing Spells DPS Neutral

[AmiableApkallu]

I’m not a huge fan of feeling discouraged from interacting with a part of my job’s kit. Our baseline healing spells are something that many healers activity avoid using, often saving them as a last resort when survival would otherwise be impossible.

If you feel bad about using a GCD heal when it is necessary to ensure survival, then you shouldn't be playing a healer.

If you're unwilling or unable to grapple with the question of whether a GCD heal is necessary, then you also shouldn't be playing a healer.

That basic question -- should I cast this heal now instead of dealing damage? -- is the only thing that makes healing interesting in the current combat design. There's no need to dumb it down by trivializing the question.

[ty_taurus]

If you feel bad about using a GCD heal when it is necessary to ensure survival, then you shouldn't be playing a healer.

If you're unwilling or unable to grapple with the question of whether a GCD heal is necessary, then you also shouldn't be playing a healer.

That basic question -- should I cast this heal now instead of dealing damage? -- is the only thing that makes healing interesting in the current combat design. There's no need to dumb it down by trivializing the question.

The issue is moreso that the shear volume of OGCD healing has rendered GCD healing almost never necessary for party survival. Back during ARR and HW particularly, OGCD healing was extremely limited. Even back then, the goal was to try and limit your need for GCD healing as much as possible, but because you never truly could even in casual content, it created a healthy balance where skill expression allowed you to push damage while still needing to rely on your heals on some level. This meant it felt good to use your necessary GCD heals thoughtfully and effectively to ensure you were getting the most out of every one, rather than bad that you had to use them at all. But since OGCD healing has gotten so plentiful, it's now incredibly easy to completely eliminate GCD healing from the equation in almost every piece of content, even some tiers of savage on SGE. SCH too, though the utility of a spread crit adlo does hold value that can be worth an occasional DPS drop for certain mechanics, especially in PF where your familiarity with your teammates is limited or nonexistent.