Quote Originally Posted by Renathras View Post
Those things are all why I play FFXIV. Should I, loving those things, coming to the game when it DID accommodate old-school GCD healers, suddenly abandon the game because some people on an internet forum have told me it's no longer designed to play that way even though the Devs are clearly trying to keep it that way for WHM by the very design it has today with the Lily system?
The problem for some is that they've seen the long-term trend in this game's design, and they've given up on combat ever throwing out more damage for healers to contend with. (I suppose this current raid tier is the exception that proves the rule?) That's why they keep coming back to healer DPS, because we see jobs get tweaks and reworks of their kits all the time.

If I look at my tank toolbars, I get the idea that a tank deals damage and occasionally pushes a mitigation. That's not wrong. If I look at my healer toolbars, I get the idea that a healer heals and occasionally deals damage. That's backwards from reality, especially when a run goes well.