#FFXIVHEALERSTRIKE

[Xurtan]

Thank you for asking me to clarify instead of just assuming! So that was intended to be lightly sarcastic... There is nothing enjoyable about having to wait to play the game the way you want to play it. There is nothing enjoyable about playing a job you don't like.

If you're not enjoying the game, by all means change jobs! Just know that this void you're leaving behind is one of the most sought-after jobs in the game. Everyone needs a healer to queue. There just aren't any competent healers left in the game anymore. If you have a way to queue without reaching out to a random healer through DF then good for you, but others joining this cause might not have that support. So I mean, it's literally a "pick your poison" situation for them. Play a job you don't like or have to sit in queue with 172,634 other DPS (IDK I made up that number) who also changed jobs.

At least there's enough side content I enjoy playing that I can do during periods I'm waiting on the queues, whereas fast queues only matter if I like doing the content - and that's questionable with current healer designs. Like the old adage, 'no D&D is better than bad D&D', the same is true here.

[MoonmoonMoonmoon]

At least there's enough side content I enjoy playing that I can do during periods I'm waiting on the queues, whereas fast queues only matter if I like doing the content - and that's questionable with current healer designs. Like the old adage, 'no D&D is better than bad D&D', the same is true here.

Might be a good time to catch up on all those side quests you never completed from previous expansions, eh?

[Xurtan]

Might be a good time to catch up on all those side quests you never completed from previous expansions, eh?

Honestly yeah, I kinda want to do every quest and I reaaaally need to grind a bunch of FATEs, various crafting and other nonsense on my list. Enough to keep me occupied to 8.0 at least, and I'm hopeful we see something then if not sooner. Maybe that hope isn't realistic, but I'd rather be hopeful than not, y'know?

[Isala]

Might be a good time to catch up on all those side quests you never completed from previous expansions, eh?

The only quests like that for me, are Blahsja and Zadsnore, and that one fishing quest from ARR. And I would rather play healer than do those absolute tragedies of game design. Cause I really don't care about getting ugly relics, and the person who designed that fishing quest, and fishing in general, needs a shot to the junk. Maybe they're the one designing healers, come to think of it.

[MoonmoonMoonmoon]

I'm going to go read the patch notes now... I'll be back later if anyone replies to me. I really want to have a good faith conversation to understand what is going on and why... and we're getting there, but I really need to read the patch notes before I forget AGAIN!! >_<


It seems I have reached my post limit. How incredibly dull.

[ToodlesElNoodles]

I'm going to go read the patch notes now... I'll be back later if anyone replies to me. I really want to have a good faith conversation to understand what is going on and why... and we're getting there, but I really need to read the patch notes before I forget AGAIN!! >_<

I’m glad you want to have a good faith conversation. But just so ya know, it’s hard to have a good faith conversation when players who have been maining healer for a long time are trying again to improve the situation, and someone comes in (who also doesn’t main healer) patronizing their experiences and emotions. (Such as saying: you just need to change jobs, do something different!).

Give people credit here that they actually are coming from experiences/emotions that have merit.They know how they’re feeling. Get to understand that. Edit: And trust me, the Healer forums and even r/ffxivdiscussion has spent a lot of time discussing these things. If you think you have a solution, you probably don’t because someone has already thought it up. Do some research instead.

I used to think back in ShB that the healer complaints were overblown. Especially since I mained Healer in WoW. After actually playing Extremes/Savages in EW, then hopping back into Roulette content…I found myself zoning out, looking at my phone, or even falling asleep in Deep Dungeons and other stuff because FF14 content is NOT challenging and Healers are just plain boring when the content refuses to allow them to do their roles as healers.