#FFXIVHEALERSTRIKE

[Ramiee]

m4s without healer

https://x.com/mitsurugi137/status/1822447998531743794

Not even 2 weeks lmao. No one has bis gear, healers instantly replaced with tanks.
The cycle continues lmao.

[Allegor]

The double standard that the battle team shows is still funny to me.

Ramuh EX tanked by Titan-Egi: "PATCH IT OUT NOW!"

The literal hardest current content in the game being done with no healer: "That's cool "

While at it, let's mention how tanks keep getting more/upgraded dps tools that they absolutely don't need for tanking, but it's fine for healers to keep spamming 11111 (and when we do get upgrades, it's like a whopping 10 potency difference)

[Lak14]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvGxJG0HqtI

filthy healer, stay where you are.

[Sharawiwi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvGxJG0HqtI

filthy healer, stay where you are.

Hardcore clear beyond Ultimate skill requirement made by Neverlands on their alt accounts doesn't prove anything !!! Healers are fine !!!

[CaptainLagbeard]

The double standard that the battle team shows is still funny to me.

Ramuh EX tanked by Titan-Egi: "PATCH IT OUT NOW!"

The literal hardest current content in the game being done with no healer: "That's cool "

It's almost like Healers are abandoned content or something... Maybe we'll get an update alongside Chocobo companions and Squadrons one of these days.

[Ramiee]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvGxJG0HqtI

filthy healer, stay where you are.

So not only are heal checks a joke so are damage checks. They really wanna go back to 1.0 FF11 mmo design lol.

[Supersnow845]

I would also like to point out if you watch that video they never press a GCD heal (ie clemency) during uptime. So this was literally done with zero downside to the party other than lack of “healer fixes someone else’s mistake”

[Ramiee]

So why are healers doing less damage tanks? PLDs are now healers with stronger DPS. There's literally no benefits to taking a healer since DPS is king.

"95% of the playerbase can't do this, pf can't do this."
They can, if hector or some other guide maker made a M1S tank only guide or M4S healerless guide, that would start becoming a strat in pf. Pf are sheep who follow guides all it takes is one of them to make one with a non-standard comp before that happens.

[CaptainLagbeard]

As a first step bandaid fix just buff all Healers damage to match tanks... Or if they suddenly pretend to be worried about balance, drop down Tank DPS and make the two meet halfway.

And then they can start working on making Healers have more to do in fights than just spamming one spell.

[Striker44]

End-game content definitely shouldn't be clearable without a healer... But it's still not the only issue with healers.

As long as it isn't clearable without healers by the general population, it doesn't really mean anything. Top-level players have been doing things that "shouldn't" be doable in games since games existed. You "shouldn't" be able to beat FF1 using only a single white mage as your party. You "shouldn't" be able to beat Super Mario Bros. in under 5 minutes. You "shouldn't" be able to beat FF9 with your party never gaining any levels. But people with "expert" skill at those games find ways to do those things. It doesn't mean those feats are at all reasonably doable for most people who play those games.

I can hear the goal posts shifting as we speak

Anyone wanna place bets on the new excuse

First, that's not even what "shifting goalposts" means, since the M4S thing is just another example of the same thing that's already been pointed out is worthless as an example. What would amount to "shifting goalposts" would be a stream of examples coming in showing random groups are now regularly and easily clearing Savage content, not just top-level statics. Nobody is surprised when someone who already beat FF1 with a party of only black mages goes on to accomplish the feat with a party of only white mages.

Now, if we want to talk about "shifting goalposts," I'd recommend looking at the purported "reasons" for the strike. As each claimed "goal" continues to fail utterly and completely, the goalposts have been moved into the next county by now. We're going to make them change healing! No, we're going to get people to talk about it in-game! No, we just need to make it a big post on the forums! No, people posting here that disagree with the strike and show why it's failing are actually supporting it! It's laughable by this point...

Yup, same. Love healing in other games.

I'll be the one to say it - so go play a healer in those other games. I'm going to step back and look at the big picture here. If you love healing in a bunch of other games, it stands to reason that FFXIV does something fundamentally different with healing. It also stands to reason that other people might enjoy healing in this game, but not all of those other games. You have a bunch of options for playing a game where you like healing. Those people have only one option - this game. But your desire is to take even that away from them just so you can have yet another game where you like healing. Not a fan of that position.

Oh, and for the record, this weekend was the second one in a row where all of my queues for the Arcadion series were instant on Tank but took a few minutes on Healer. Where's the new goalpost going to be set up?