TOP cleared with no healers

[ZephyrMenodora]

/sigh

Why was there a Tank shortage in SB?

...and NOT in ShB?

EDIT:



I wasn't talking "authoritative", good god.

I was saying that looking at the Aion classes, one seemed to be a focused Healer, two seemed to have some Healing but were more Support roles, and one seemed to be...not a Healer at all. Moreover, the person saying the Healer "and support" (their own term) roles were the majority never provided data to support that conclusion anyway, nor which classes they were calling "Healers" for the purpose of that argument.

You invented the idea that I was definitively saying what they were, despite my post saying things like "seems like", and instead of saying "Well, here's how they played and what they actually did", you chose to be disparaging instead. Moreover, it sounds like reading your response, that my initial conclusions were fairly accurate.

"did not play at all like" - okay, so what FFXIV Job DID Chanter play like? If the answer is "well, none of them", then the comparison in the first place is meaningless and unhelpful.

Which FFXIV Job DID Chanter play like?

If the answer is none of them, what is the CLOSEST?

Which FFXIV Job does Songweaver play like?

If the answer is none of them, what is the CLOSEST?

Did Cleric even play like any FFXIV Job? If so, which? If not, which is CLOSEST?

Chanter would be like a melee bard with backup heals. Mid tier damage at melee range but constant modest buffs on your party. The backup heals were strong if you took those skills but not good enough to heal top content alone. Not great if they went into more dps. They had to choose.

Think Bard in EQ2 if you ever played that. But with more heals and less impressive buffs. Chanter was the only support class at launch and I think was their version of bard at the time.

Cleric would be White Mage. It was the only pure healer. They did bad damage in heal specs and gear but could do amazing damage in dps spec and gear. They had to drop big heals for big damage.

Clerics were versatile and often viewed as OP. They were one of the few classes that could solo harder content that other classes could not so it attracted a lot of that type of player. Plus they were always needed and in demand. Some groups would even take two clerics.

Some people played song weaver like a Red Mage (I guess?) Or you could say XIv Bard with better heals and cc. They could also choose to spec for more damage or more support. They had a good amount of healing and defensive buffs if they choose that path. They also could do strong burst damage if they chose those skills.

What makes Aion interesting is most classes had two specs so the same class felt a but different as you didn’t have your full kit at all times. You had to pick between a certain number of interchangeable skills which changed a lot of what the class could do.