I'm bored when I heal because I need more complex DPS rotations

[Aravell]

What I can see happening, which is a concern I've voiced before, about adding an actual rotation or burst phase to healers is that healers will be encouraged to not heal if it will interrupt the rotation or burst phase. No matter how dire the situation you will either be healed at the end of a rotation when it won't interrupt other abilities they use for DPS or not at all during a burst phase so they don't waste GCD or oGCDs if they have them for dps during that time.

If a healer doesn't heal when required, they are a bad healer, it really is that simple. Whether or not healers have more damage spells or not, if someone is not healing when needed, they are bad. Also, no one is asking for a 20s long double Enshroud window on a healer or a 20s long No Mercy burst window, healers by nature are flexible, you don't need to keep 100% dps uptime or not have enough gauge for the next burst.

[vetch]

If a healer doesn't heal when required, they are a bad healer, it really is that simple. Whether or not healers have more damage spells or not, if someone is not healing when needed, they are bad. Also, no one is asking for a 20s long double Enshroud window on a healer or a 20s long No Mercy burst window, healers by nature are flexible, you don't need to keep 100% dps uptime or not have enough gauge for the next burst.

Healers already do have a 'burst window'; it's exactly as long as their group's raidbuffs are up and they try to fit as many damage GCDs & oGCDs as they can into it. Same as every other job under the current boring game design. Any incoming damage during that window that can't just wait until buffs fall off is getting an oGCD heal that doesn't interrupt the DPS 'rotation'.