#FFXIVHEALERSTRIKE

[Arylett]

I don't think I can stop playing healer because I'm too attached to the role [and I really really love WHM], but I definitely have the same complaints as you guys and have been extremely aggravated when I get a Warrior in a queue. Saw this coming miles away when they decided to DOUBLE DOWN on Warrior's ridiculous healing instead of nerfing it. God, I hate this so much. [Note: I have no animosity towards Warrior players and would prefer people to enjoy playing what they like. I only object to the job's design, which makes my role feel useless.]

I get the feeling that most casual modern gamers just don't have the patience for support roles because the more recent RPGs I've tried cut out healing and support as much as possible for the RAW DAMAGE NUMBERS. Unfortunately, support mains like us are a minority. We're not as flashy and cool, according to them, so they'd rather eliminate us. They don't understand that being a healer and support is a power fantasy for some people as much as just ungabunga raw damage killdeath numbers. The satisfaction I derive from saving someone from the brink of death, carrying an entire group far surpasses that of merely being another one of the damaging drones that kills the boss. I had that experience reawakened in me when I got some newbies in a level 90 dungeon queue and I felt like a vital piece of the party rather than a big fat nothing. I had to rez, use CURE 2 BECAUSE I RAN OUT OF AFFLATUSES AND COOLDOWNS WITH HOW MUCH DAMAGE THEY WERE TAKING... it was glorious. After that, I felt a profound sadness. It is very unlikely I will experience that rush again.

We're just dead weight to them. I don't have much hopes for anything to change in the general gaming sphere, but MAYBE they'll listen to us in FF14 finally. I say this as a big MAYBE, because I've been around since Heavensward and saw the neutering of Scholar. The most likely scenario is making the healer role into a just support DPS as others have suggested and folding RDM, BRD, and DNC into it. It wouldn't be ideal, but at least I'd get to do something.

I might stick to Trusts so as to not fill the queues, to help in some minor way. Trusts are more fun anyway because they still kind of suck, especially if you do a full pull. I don't really play the game much anyway except for story and I mostly play with my tank husband [thankfully not a Warrior main], so I can just avoid joining queues as much as possible. If things get really bad though, I'll probably switch to RDM. I can't bear to leave behind support still and want to do it in some way, even if it's minor. Having a rez on a job is a must for me and they said they were thinking about axing it from SMN in the next expansion, so that leaves RDM as my only option.

I'm with you guys though! It's worth trying even if nothing is likely to happen.