#FFXIVHEALERSTRIKE

[Ramiee]

Honestly I would change the word 'strike' to 'boycott'. Although I'm not sure if you can change the title? Maybe change just the introduction to that to at least promote a less aggressive and more passive stance.

I've seen many people on the healing forums start off being less aggressive and expressing a desire for change "passively" and nothing has changed. However when Scholar lost energy drain and everyone aggressively wrote about how they wanted it back, suddenly it came back. I don't think being passive really works.

[XiaoShengwu]

The point is not to damage Square Enix, but to make them acknowledge the feedback healers have been giving for 5+ years and to show in their metrics what players enjoy, or rather, don't enjoy. The game is still worth every penny if you're a dps/tank player.

Oh i 100% agree. I've played since mid 2014 on multiple characters & accounts, having finally landed on this one and i've mained healer the entire time up until recently. I don't want to damage Square enix either...however, this is an issue that as you yourself have correctly stated, is 5+ years in the making. i believe that someone else above stated it expertly when they said:

I've seen many people on the healing forums start off being less aggressive and expressing a desire for change "passively" and nothing has changed. However when Scholar lost energy drain and everyone aggressively wrote about how they wanted it back, suddenly it came back. I don't think being passive really works.

....-gestures sidelong at quote-...
5+ years is too long for the select group of players on the job that is BY GAME DESIGN, is supposed to be some of the most engaged players on the game, to be heard. The quality of healing has decreased DRAMATICALLY since i started playing in ARR. HW introduced Astro, which brought in a very diverse method of healing. which immediately was squashed. Then cleric stance was removed in SHB (though my memory is fuzzy and is wear it was removed in SB. i could just be suffering from early onset alzhiemerz). I've watched the job i loved playing, drop further and further down on the priority list of being kept relevant. I do not enjoy playing it anymore. i have every healer at 90 and i can't be bothered to play it anymore because it's dull, boring and underappreciated by the very people who put it in the game. Being told, "play harder content", feels like a slap in the face. I shouldn't have to. Just as those who enjoy the harder content, shouldn't have to hear someone say, "if you want something harder, play something else". There's a middle ground that CAN be achieved, SHOULD have been achieved 2 expansions ago. But hasn't because for those 5+ years. We were passively requesting we be given some adjustment love.

After this long, i don't consider denying this MULTI-BILLION dollar company the majority of their pre-orders income, as damaging. $2.53 billion revenue in 2023, ....and we're still having to beg them to alter some aspects of the game that are affecting part of the game being unenjoyable?