#FFXIVHEALERSTRIKE

[ForsakenRoe]

I don't understand why SE doesn't just make Tenacity and Piety give damage contribution at an equal rate to Determination, I can only assume it's because 'if we make the healer stat grant more damage, some healers will feel like they have to do damage' or whatever

As for me, I'm going to be taking the extra Piety from the raid boots. Not because I want the Piety per se, but I'm not a fan of throwing away 20 item levels (and 3 overmeld slots) just to dodge a substat that doesn't grant damage. Because losing those 20 Ilvls means losing all that mainstat too, so the damage gained is minimal. Plus I don't do log runs. I did my time with the 'crafted accessories are BIS' BS back in Stormblood when I was a Tank main, don't make me do it again

[Shurrikhan]

I don't understand why SE doesn't just make Tenacity and Piety give damage contribution at an equal rate to Determination, I can only assume it's because 'if we make the healer stat grant more damage, some healers will feel like they have to do damage' or whatever.

I think it's more that they're designed to be cheese/safety stats, and why should such a stat then also be wholly competitive in damage atop that?

They don't quite function as such because they just don't do enough Mit or MPR to be noticeable, but that's more a matter of all secondary stats in this game scaling at a snail's pace / having such a low available maximum early in each expansion. Frankly, they should probably be less penalized by leveling but increase in quantity less with ilvl thereafter, allowing more choice early in each expansion without overly exacerbating gaps in the final tiers from whatever quadratic scaling, etc. could otherwise be present.