The Problem with Healer Feedback, and requested changes

[ty_taurus]

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Apologies I’m on the phone so had to shorten the quote.

Saying that an idea is bad because the designers shifted away from it it is flawed logic, especially considering combat healers are well liked in other games. In HW, they also changed ranged DPS to have cast times, so that means mobile ranged DPS design is objectively bad design, yeah?

And I’m not really sure what Cleric Stance has to do with anything. Is that the only conceivable way combat healer could ever hope to be? Or was that just one poorly executed punishment system, and having an actual selection of DPS tools is a concept that’s entirely different from that?

Yes, the problem is that SE carved a circular hole and is trying to force a cube through a hole that’s too small. The hole is too small for the square and that’s a problem. The square is too large for the circle and that’s a problem. Both are entirely valid shapes on there, but fail to accomplish what the other shape is trying to accomplish.