#FFXIVHEALERSTRIKE

[Aravell]

Yeah, fair enough. I guess I'd just rather not make life harder for others because I'm unable to accept something. Healing isn't the best but it doesn't stop me playing with friends or enjoying the story. So I have no desire to participate in a strike that, if it gains enough traction, would cause chaos and probably create issues in other fields for the rest of the expansion. But I guess others don't see it that way.

We are simply dropping a job that we don't enjoy playing anymore, there's nothing wrong with that at all.

Besides, as other posters have said, we're a drop in the ocean and others are eager to replace us, let them.

[jameseoakes]

We are simply dropping a job that we don't enjoy playing anymore, there's nothing wrong with that at all.

Besides, as other posters have said, we're a drop in the ocean and others are eager to replace us, let them.

It's such a depressing take that healers have to keep playing a role they're not having fun with so other people can enjoy the game.

[GrimGale]

It's such a depressing take that healers have to keep playing a role they're not having fun with so other people can enjoy the game.

That's what it feels like. DPS jobs seem to get fixes and changes on the run (MNK, NIN, even PLD got reworked mid expansion.) while healers have to wait for expansions to be fixed beyond numerical adjustments.

Healers want to feel useful. That's the whole point of the "support" fantasy. You want to feel like you're contributing, you want to be there when a party faulters, you want to be there when a party struggles. But you also want to be always there. You want to always feel useful. Parties will not faulter always. So you have to design healers to be able to contribute in other ways. Buffs, debuffs, CC, direct damage even. Healers need other tools beyond healing if they want to keep feeling useful. The healer fantasy is all about "contributing". These changes make me feel not only I am not really useful, but as If I am holding my party back.

[Aword3213]

It's such a depressing take that healers have to keep playing a role they're not having fun with so other people can enjoy the game.

Ngl, some people here just gave me "Go back to kitchen and make me a sandwitch" vibe