Has anyone quit healing?

[ty_taurus]

Not really. As pointed out above, from the get-go, it was clear they wanted a "Healers are for Healing" model. The base kits were largely designed for that, and Lustrate getting around Cleric Stance was a quirk (like NIN's optimal rotation), not an intended design feature. To their credit, the Devs didn't squash it and allowed it to grow. They very clearly did NOT "want(ed) healers to dance between offensive windows and healing windows".

If you don't want to design a car to drive, don't put wheels on it, or install an engine in it. If they really didn't want healers doing damage, why design fights to give you an exorbitant amount of time where no one needs healing? Why include a tool like Cleric Stance? Why make the moral of the entire Conjurer class questline, the first and only questline available for the healer role at level 1 that introduces fresh players to FFXIV's world and its gameplay state, that healing is not about only healing--but about balancing healing with defense and destruction?












This was not a coincidence, nor was it a mistake. This was very intentional from day 1, else this entirely storyline makes no sense. "Learn to embrace your elemental spells and master the balance of destruction and salvation... lol jk."

This isn't about what you, I, or anyone wants from the healer role or expects from it. This is carved into the Rosetta Stone of this game. The devs clearly aren't happy that this direction created conflict and try to keep the role sterilized, but this was the direction they chose in the beginning, whether you, I, they, or anyone else liked it then, or likes it now.

E-Sumi-Yan was going to exile Sylphie from the Conjurer's guild for learning Raise without learning Stone, Aero, and Fluid Aura. What does that say of the stance the designers had for the healing role at launch?