#FFXIVHEALERSTRIKE

[SamLeens]

It's not just a matter of having buttons but how often you actually get to use those buttons.

DT job changes in general are being largely panned because they don't meaningfully change our EW rotations for the most part due to being attached to one/two minute CDs.

I understand what you mean, but some people here want more damage and give this example of 2111111211111 which is unrealistic and others want a complete overhaul, so whatever Square Enix is ​​going to do, they're going to do it wrong.

The other thing is, and this really annoys me, we know the skills as of May of this year and we know one dungeon, but everyone talks like they know exactly how easy or hard all the content is going to be.

[GrimGale]

I understand what you mean, but some people here want more damage and give this example of 2111111211111 which is unrealistic and others want a complete overhaul, so whatever Square Enix is ​​going to do, they're going to do it wrong.

The other thing is, and this really annoys me, we know the skills as of May of this year and we know one dungeon, but everyone talks like they know exactly how easy or hard all the content is going to be.

Actually, giving Healers more filler options is probably the easiest solution since it doesn't require content to be changed or adapted to deal higher damage. It is also the most "noob" friendly of the two options.

Your main role as a healer is still to heal, so giving you more to do after you've completed that objective doesn't change the baseline complexity of the role. New healers can still focus on healing and more experienced healers can divert their attention to the secondary part of their kit.

You can also get a more interesting filler gameplay without adding any buttons, just by making the skills passively interact with each other so that there is another layer of decision making in your moment to moment button presses. (Which is what the "more dps buttons" crowd really wants)

And about how people know how easy or hard content is going to be, well we've been here before. Twice already, in fact. Back in ShB and then EW.

[SamLeens]

If the proposed solution to a problem isn't to play better but to play worse, then it's a problem that needs quick fixing.

Its not a solution. Its an option to play different. I mean, you could challenge yourself and see how far you can get.

[PeppermintBrown]

Its not a solution. Its an option to play different. I mean, you could challenge yourself and see how far you can get.

Laughable as the strike is, self imposed challenge runs are not a solution to design issues.

[WaxSw]

I understand what you mean, but some people here want more damage and give this example of 2111111211111 which is unrealistic and others want a complete overhaul, so whatever Square Enix is ​​going to do, they're going to do it wrong.

The other thing is, and this really annoys me, we know the skills as of May of this year and we know one dungeon, but everyone talks like they know exactly how easy or hard all the content is going to be.

The 2-1-1-1-1-1 it's not unrealistic, its quite literally the bulk of our rotation and every healer even in savage can find that pressing those buttons is over 70-80% of the total GCDs (and the 1 alone can easily be over 50% of the total actions). Its a design disaster.

We know that the devs said they won't change the difficulty of the standard content and the problem goes beyond the content. They also said there woudn't be major changes other than potencies, as expected by everyone. They won't overhaul or do big changes from a build of May when the xpac is released in June and the combat is largely solved. We know how we'll play and we know that the DT changes can barely be called changes

[Rozeee]

I understand what you mean, but some people here want more damage and give this example of 2111111211111 which is unrealistic and others want a complete overhaul, so whatever Square Enix is ​​going to do, they're going to do it wrong.

The other thing is, and this really annoys me, we know the skills as of May of this year and we know one dungeon, but everyone talks like they know exactly how easy or hard all the content is going to be.

We know 2 expansions

[KageTokage]

They're more or less stated in yesterday's live letter that the MSQ dungeons are going to be hard as they usually are (AKA not very), but then later claimed the level cap dungeons would be harder.

After ShB and EW's "expert" dungeons...I'll believe it when I see it. Amaurot and the Dead Ends somehow ended up more difficult then the optional level cap dungeons that followed them, which isn't a very high bar, but still...

[GoatOfWar]

Laughable as the strike is, self imposed challenge runs are not a solution to design issues.

Why is it laughable?
I think what we're seeing is a passionate group of players coming together and trying to make a difference.
You don't have to agree with them, you don't have to believe they will make a difference, but why is it laughable?
There's a lot of merit to their complaints.

[nicowawa]

they should just remove healers i think and from now on maybe people shouldn't even play them

[Flay_wind]

They're more or less stated in yesterday's live letter that the MSQ dungeons are going to be hard as they usually are (AKA not very), but then later claimed the level cap dungeons would be harder.

After ShB and EW's "expert" dungeons...I'll believe it when I see it. Amaurot and the Dead Ends somehow ended up more difficult then the optional level cap dungeons that followed them, which isn't a very high bar, but still...

Dead Ends specifically has somewhat involved bosses, especially the second one. A lot of Expert dungeons bosses have 2-3 very easy attacks and that's it. Like Alzadaal's Legacy's first and second bosses spend a lot of time doing the same attacks with very slight variations.