Quote Originally Posted by ForsakenRoe View Post
On the topic of 'if healer dies, chances are it's a RIP cos you'd need to have a RDM/SMN to res that healer', something SE could do to alleviate that issue is to allow Phoenix Downs to be useable in combat (maybe they do already IDK that's how little they're used), and let them stack (You're currently limited to holding just one, for some reason). If they have, say, a 5s cast time, it's still more efficient for the RDM/SMN to use their Res, but the Melee/Ranged/Tank can still have that 'in case of emergency, break glass' option when everything goes wrong. That'd also help alleviate the 'healer anxiety' that SE has mentioned as a reason to not do harder 4man content (before relenting and trying it via Criterion), and it'd also help Statics, because a great many of them have a Caster who gets plonked onto RDM even if they're not a massive fan of RDM, just for the Res potential. If everyone can Res via Phoenix Downs (a classic FF item), you don't 'need' a RDM quite as much
That is an option too, it would become kind of similar to ESO - where, however, by default resurrecting teammates is a priority for DPS, then for Healers and last for Tanks... I personally would prefer the other way around - almost no combat res (WoW-like). Wiping in casual content is and should be unlikely to happen - by the time you level up to play harder casual content (Extreme Dungeons), you should've learned the basics of the game, maybe your job and what to expect from trash and bosses (like, please avoid the red circles and cones ). And even if you wipe, there are always shortcuts so it's not like you're wasting a lot of time running around an empty dungeon. On the other hand, there is also always a lesson to be learned, so you grow as a player and sometimes prepare better for the real end-game, if you want to go in that direction. There might be toxic people that after one wipe might call for a group abandon, so there is a downside... That's just my 2 cents after 15+ years of being a healer main in several MMORPGs