Healer Suggestions Megathread

[ThorneDynasty]

I also agree that WHM and AST are too similar on the healing front (though not as similar as SGE/SCH), I think people harp on about SGE more because it’s a new class they supposedly designed from the ground up and then released it with half its abilities being copies of SCH’s, it has its niches and unique abilities 100% but I think that’s what people get hung up on

WHM and AST also have the advantage of while their GCD’s are copy past their oGCD “bread and butter” heals are rather different, WHM focuses on its lilys while AST rotates CU, CO and star as its core healing, they really don’t have a lot of oGCD overlap (unlike say sacred soil, indom, whispering dawn, lustrate etc)

Don’t get me wrong I’m not arguing to not give spreadlo to SGE because I don’t like SGE, I’m arguing because I don’t want the classes to be even more similar, it’s why I also don’t want SCH to have a gap closer or pulsing shields

AST also has the advantage of cards. While collecting the right seals is kind of limp in its importance now, it does make it an unique healer job in having anything to do besides one-button GCD spam and occasionally healing. Individual parts of the kits being homogenized is kind of overlooked. Partly because everyone knows its' a losing battle with SE being the way it is, and AST players are likely intensely aware it can still get so much worse: I mean who's to say if they start making too many displeased noises, the whole card system won't get completely nuked, since orbital launch seems to be a go-to with job mechanics that SE perceives even a slight problem with?

"AST players are complaining, it's not a very popular healer? Hmm, what makes AST stand out? Cards? What is the most popular healer then? WHM! Remove the cards, make it more like WHM, that will fix it."