My take on the simplicity of healers and the healer problem

[Tiramu]

I don't know if a lot of these are where healers *need* work.

Fight Design:
1. More vulnerability debuffs instead of damage downs
2. More % damage raidwides or ones that require you to have a shield in order to survive
3. More 1HP drops that require a quick topping off before the actual damage hits.
4 An actual heal-through enrage not the 2 soft enrage aoes into hard enrage we currently have.

1.A move away from burst damage into more consistent damage would be a better solution to healing flow.

2. This could affect party comps making a shield healer mandatory.

3. Again, this could affect party comps too much.


4. No feelings on this.

WHM:
1. A party wide shielding ability. - AST has shield, SCH/SGE have regen abilities, so I don't see why not.

2. Another aoe regen ability tied to lilies. Can even be as simple as reworking freecure to give a regen to Afflatus heals. This will make Rapture/Solace stand out and not be a Medica/Cure 2 equivalents but with a fancier effect and no cast.

1. WHMs toolkit is an utter beast. Adding shields on top could make it a bit OP. Why bring a shield healer?

2. I don't think another AOE or single target regen is needed.

I'd rather see an AOE DoT, Cure upgrading to Cure 2 and Medica to Medica 2, and an expanding of our DPS toolkit.

Something like BLMs Umbral/Astral phases where we can lean ourselves into healer or DPS modes and extend DPS abilities with a rotation. I think with WHM being the opposite to BLM this kind of approach would make sense and expand the job more.

AST:
1. Rework Astrodyne - I want the fantasy of buffing my allies, why on earth do I need a selfish buff?
2. Make Minor Arcana a card you can draw out of combat and allow astro to pick if they want a heal or dmg card.

1. I guess it could work.

2. Sure. But it would need an expanded DPS toolkit for it to be useful - maybe something similar to what I said about WHM above?

SCH:
1. Remove/rework Energy Drain - it should reward you for healing not punish you for using your healing gauge for damage.
2. Make fairies unique again.
3. Allow Seraph's Fey Illumination/Whispering Dawn equivalent abilities to match the capstone ability that Seraph is meant to be, rather than it being the same but with a fancy new name.

I have so many issues with Scholar.

1. Agreed

2. Agreed, from a pet class I expect to choose different fairies that have their own characteristics and tools. A regen fairy, a shield fairy and a support fairy.

It would also be cool to order them to cover certain party members. How about a shield fairy you can order to cover a BLM when they have Leylines out?

3. Sure I guess.

I also think it needs stronger tools to recover from emergencies. It can be a pain to recover from bad pulls, and a non mitigating tank can easily wipe a group going too hard in 4 player dungeons.