#FFXIVHEALERSTRIKE

[ForsakenRoe]

Just give it Bane back and something else cool to spread with Deployment Tactics

Personally I'd make it so Energy Drain upgrades to Bane (which causes it to deal its 100p damage in an AOE instead of ST), and that Deployment is able to spread Excog and Protraction at 50% efficiency each (Adlo would not be subject to the 50% penalty). Even with the 50% penalty, being able to spread a 5% Max HP boost, and/or a 375p 'heal below 50%' effect would both be crazy powerful, and would add to the 'tactical mastery' aesthetic of the Job. Imagine, an Adlo (not crit) + Excog + Protraction, all spread for a raidwide, which triggers the Excog, and is then followed up by a Recitation Indom. I feel like that's the essence of SCH, combining several of your tools to create a healing outcome greater than the sum of the parts.

Unfortunately, SE somehow decided that SCHs are meant to be angel-related, instead of the previously established 'battlefield tactician with faerie companion' (as opposed to WHM, who has an angelic statue (Kuribu) hanging out in their old home of 'Lost City of Amdapor', Temperance's VFX, all the holy light VFX on their attacks, terms like Tetragrammaton/Divine Benison/Afflatus Rapture/Confession (from Plenary Indulgence), old skill names like Divine Seal, Shroud of Saints, Seraph Cane as their HW Anima weapon,etc) and so this would never happen

[Pip_Chick]

A few days ago I had the best dungeon run as a Healer. My tank was a WAR.
Why was it so good? The WAR had their weapon broken and forgot to repair it. So they would continuously lose mobs who would jump the rest of the party. I did not realise it until halfway through the first pull when I noticed the BLM was getting ganged by floating eyeballs and the MCH was picking their teeth off the floor.
At that moment I woke up from my trance of casting AoW and some Adlo on the tank. I pulled my big girl robes up and started to go into serious mode! I was weaving heals, shields and esuna's around my party members, taking care of my precious DPS babies, and didn't even care about the tank and their self-sustain. I was putting the Excog on the MCH and healing up the BLM, shielding the BLM and topping up the MCH, putting a shield on the tank, and using my entire kit while the party was losing health faster and faster. We did not pull small, the tank had fun managing the agro, the DPS had fun melting the mobs and I had fun Uber healing! The best part? I am a mediocre healer who does baby content and I managed to get everyone out of there alive, it felt great!
The tank did apologise for not checking their gear beforehand, but I was so happy I had such a great run! 10/10 would recommend!

Every time I think about it I feel so happy. But then I immediately get sad because I know for a fact the chance of that happening again is next to 0.
I will forever cherish the memory of that run and will continue to hope the healers will be made more fun in all types of content.

[Rozeee]

A few days ago I had the best dungeon run as a Healer. My tank was a WAR.
Why was it so good? The WAR had their weapon broken and forgot to repair it. So they would continuously lose mobs who would jump the rest of the party. I did not realise it until halfway through the first pull when I noticed the BLM was getting ganged by floating eyeballs and the MCH was picking their teeth off the floor.
At that moment I woke up from my trance of casting AoW and some Adlo on the tank. I pulled my big girl robes up and started to go into serious mode! I was weaving heals, shields and esuna's around my party members, taking care of my precious DPS babies, and didn't even care about the tank and their self-sustain. I was putting the Excog on the MCH and healing up the BLM, shielding the BLM and topping up the MCH, putting a shield on the tank, and using my entire kit while the party was losing health faster and faster. We did not pull small, the tank had fun managing the agro, the DPS had fun melting the mobs and I had fun Uber healing! The best part? I am a mediocre healer who does baby content and I managed to get everyone out of there alive, it felt great!
The tank did apologise for not checking their gear beforehand, but I was so happy I had such a great run! 10/10 would recommend!

Every time I think about it I feel so happy. But then I immediately get sad because I know for a fact the chance of that happening again is next to 0.
I will forever cherish the memory of that run and will continue to hope the healers will be made more fun in all types of content.

I had a similar experience running Golbez ex. with an inexperienced cohealer (less HPS than the tanks) and a RPR with a broken chestgear (40% less HP than everyone else). Everyone was making tiny recoverable mistakes and the whole experience was peak healing. At first I thought about how enjoyable the experience was, but then I realized how sad this role is that I have to roll a jackpot just for a chance at fun. I hope new players can enjoy jobs as it is currently. With BLM getting essentially reworked, I have no job I want to main in DT. As the slides attached suggest, I will "Move to Canada".

[LynxDubh]

Personally I'd make it so Energy Drain upgrades to Bane (which causes it to deal its 100p damage in an AOE instead of ST), and that Deployment is able to spread Excog and Protraction at 50% efficiency each (Adlo would not be subject to the 50% penalty). Even with the 50% penalty, being able to spread a 5% Max HP boost, and/or a 375p 'heal below 50%' effect would both be crazy powerful, and would add to the 'tactical mastery' aesthetic of the Job. Imagine, an Adlo (not crit) + Excog + Protraction, all spread for a raidwide, which triggers the Excog, and is then followed up by a Recitation Indom. I feel like that's the essence of SCH, combining several of your tools to create a healing outcome greater than the sum of the parts.

Unfortunately, SE somehow decided that SCHs are meant to be angel-related, instead of the previously established 'battlefield tactician with faerie companion' (as opposed to WHM, who has an angelic statue (Kuribu) hanging out in their old home of 'Lost City of Amdapor', Temperance's VFX, all the holy light VFX on their attacks, terms like Tetragrammaton/Divine Benison/Afflatus Rapture/Confession (from Plenary Indulgence), old skill names like Divine Seal, Shroud of Saints, Seraph Cane as their HW Anima weapon,etc) and so this would never happen

Sounds fun. My wish for a fun deployment skill would be something with a thorns effect like Vengeance. Something to upkeep on a tank during trash and autos, and then able to spread for multi raidwides or soaks like Harrowing Hell and Ahk Morns. Matches the tactician foresight playstyle.

I abstained from mentioning the angel muumuu nightie. Didn't want to derail the topic too far off of the healer gameplay aspect. But yeah, it's a tacky transformation. Could have just given aetherial wings.

[TsubameMikage]

terms like Tetragrammaton/Divine Benison/Afflatus Rapture/Confession (from Plenary Indulgence), old skill names like Divine Seal, Shroud of Saints, Seraph Cane as their HW Anima weapon,etc) and so this would never happen

Afflatus also means divinely created inspired, and benison is a blessing., Sooo