#FFXIVHEALERSTRIKE

[Lyth]

That is not the point of my OP. While I did leave things open for discussion within the thread if players wanted to express their frustrations and suggestions, the entire point was to initiate the petition for the strike.

I could link a hundred threads, if not more that have accumulated over the last several years that points anyone interested in this direction. However, suffice it to say, the dev team has had ample opportunity to formally address this issue and do so with utmost transparency. This is a result of their negligence. I can't speak for everyone, but I don't have anything more to say to them. My previous actions have spoken that I was fine with the direction they have gone when I really wasn't. Now my actions are going to be reflective of how I really feel.

I hope that you have some success with this, in the hope that support roles become interesting to play again in the future.

As an observer who doesn't have a significant personal stake in this, though, I'm not sure how you could succeed without having a clear objective. What exactly are you striking over? It's obviously not over pay conditions, because you're not employed to heal. What are you specifically trying to change?

I think that if you can't distill your vision down to a few concrete, actionable points, then people will just be left with the vague sense that you're upset about something without having any understanding of what it actually is. Nobody is going to understand your specific viewpoint from reading a hundred threads. I know that putting those points on paper can be divisive, but you have to commit to a view if you want things to change. But you have the mic now. If you could make five specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and timely design action points about healers that the development team would then be obliged to follow for 7.x, what would they be?

[Gemina]

I hope that you have some success with this, in the hope that support roles become interesting to play again in the future.

As an observer who doesn't have a significant personal stake in this, though, I'm not sure how you could succeed without having a clear objective. What exactly are you striking over? It's obviously not over pay conditions, because you're not employed to heal. What are you specifically trying to change?

I think that if you can't distill your vision down to a few concrete, actionable points, then people will just be left with the vague sense that you're upset about something without having any understanding of what it actually is. Nobody is going to understand your specific viewpoint from reading a hundred threads. I know that putting those points on paper can be divisive, but you have to commit to a view if you want things to change. But you have the mic now. If you could make five specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and timely design action points about healers that the development team would then be obliged to follow for 7.x, what would they be?

This is a very powerful message. Very eloquent and well articulated. While I had anticipated the backlash, I also feel like Wild E. Coyote if he actually caught the roadrunner. If I got a DM from Yoshida and he said, "Tell me what the problem is, I'm listening." I fear what I would have to say would not address everyone's issues, including my own. Summing up nearly six years worth of feedback from the community's healers into just five of the most important points involving healer design is a very daunting task.

I also couldn't ask for suggestions as this would just result in being overwhelmed, plus I already have all that data in my head. Instead, I would have to ask the community if they can confide in me to be indiscriminate and unbiased in being the voice.

Like I said in my last response. I will put a lot of thought into this. It is late now, and I must turn in.

Thank you!