The death of savage raiding and SE's lack of action

[Havenchild]

“There’s always been this sort of shortage with healers”

Yes that’s the problem, there shouldn’t just be the assumption of a shortage that must be accepted, make healers good to play and you won’t have this shortage, they seemed to have figured this out with tanks

More people cleared this tier because it’s easy as hell, that doesn’t preclude a healer shortage, but you also didn’t read my post saying that

Mr.Math, it still means that more Healers did clear the raid content than before amidst a Healerstrike.

Now as for a shortage or problems with the role, those are both seperate matters than to what the healerstrike specifically contributed to, which with current evidence, is completely contrary to showing any measured affect of the healer strike. Which means, it amounted to nothing.

Again, discontent on forums does not translate to PF especially when those expressing such discontent are largely in optimized statics, the only true realm where the healer "issues" are even noticeable. PF with its random deaths, terrible mitigation, and healer skills overlapping for either overmitting or overhealing wildly disintegrates issues with the healer kit on average, especially when the kit becomes far more useable.

Lastly, you are wildly misinformed on why no one plays Healers. I assure you, every MMO mimics the same issues. No matter how fun you make a healer, MMO players on average just don't like to play the Healer role. They don't like the responsibilities that on average come with the role, moreso in XIV, where healers have more responsibility now than every other role in the trifecta and battle design.

[Supersnow845]

Mr.Math, it still means that more Healers did clear the raid content than before amidst a Healerstrike.

Now as for a shortage or problems with the role, those are both seperate matters than to what the healerstrike specifically contributed to, which with current evidence, is completely contrary to showing any measured affect of the healer strike. Which means, it amounted to nothing.

Again, discontent on forums does not translate to PF especially when those expressing such discontent are largely in optimized statics, the only true realm where the healer "issues" are even noticeable. PF with its random deaths, terrible mitigation, and healer skills overlapping for either overmitting or overhealing wildly disintegrates issues with the healer kit on average, especially when the kit becomes far more useable.

Again why are you arguing like either of us is attempting to pin the shortage on the healer strike. I’m saying there is a shortage because that’s what the listening posts are saying right now, it’s the biggest topic on 2chan right now and it aligns with people not wanting to play the role becquse it’s bad. Reddit meanwhile basically just heaves a sigh whenever healers are discussed because everyone agrees they are shit and they are sick of talking about them. A tier being so easy people who don’t usually do savage could clear it doesn’t mean there isn’t a shortage, it exasperates it, especially in a double DPS expansion

If you disagreee then fine but acting it’s a forums echo chamber problem won’t make it go away

Also healers have more responsibility in 14, that’s rich. You’ll also find that other MMO’s have a bigger tank problem, so why does 14 have a healer problem. It’s certainly easier finding a healer than a tank in WOW

(Also I love your nickname, it just makes me think of you saying “I love your funny words magic man”, just makes you look like you can’t read basic maths)

[Havenchild]

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You both responded to a reply I made to someone else about the Healerstrike being ineffective (true lol)

And both tried to use numbers to justify how either A) a shortage exists or B) not that many healers actually are clearing and are just helping out, again as a response to me pointing out it was a fail.

Now suddenly when the large chunk of evidence we have does support that more healers are clearing compared to alot of other raid tiers, as far more players cleared week 1 than ever before, suddenly neither of you are referring to the healerstrike where my comments have always been about. Im not understanding why you are replying to me then as apparently you aren't disagreeing either.

So back to my point which you both have a hard time swallowing or following, the healerstrike was ineffective. More healers have cleared this tier and faster than before. Shortages have always existed, the healerstrike specifically hasn't really contributed any measureable decline in the presense of healers in PF.

That is seperate from Mr.Math's conclusion that the lack of healers overall in PF is exacerbated now that far more people have cleared.

[Supersnow845]

You both responded to a reply I made to someone else about the Healerstrike being ineffective (true lol)

And both tried to use numbers to justify how either A) a shortage exists or B) not that many healers actually are clearing and are just helping out, again as a response to me pointing out it was a fail.

Now suddenly when the large chunk of evidence we have does support that more healers are clearing compared to alot of other raid tiers as far more players are completing the tier suddenly neither of you are referring to the healerstrike where my comments have always been about. Im not understanding why you are replying to me then as apparently you aren't disagreeing either.

So back to my point which you both have a hard time swallowing or following, the healerstrike was ineffective. More healers have cleared this tier and faster than before. Shortages have always existed, the healerstrike specifically hasn't really contributed any measureable decline in the presense of healers in PF.

That is seperate from Mr.Math's conclusion that the lack of healers overall in PF is exasperated now that far more people have cleared.

You ever consider the fact that I was replying to a part of your comment that didn’t involve your mention of the healer strike

I opposed your weird use of anecdotes when you also tell other people they are meaningless and that an inbuilt healer shortage should be expected and not attempt be be corrected

I don’t care about whether you attach that to a failure of the healer strike or not. My point was the shortage is bad this tier and when you asked me to explain myself I did which caused to come up with a dumb nickname but never actually acknowledge my point

[Havenchild]

You ever consider the fact that I was replying to a part of your comment that didn’t involve your mention of the healer strike

I opposed your weird use of anecdotes when you also tell other people they are meaningless and that an inbuilt healer shortage should be expected and not attempt be be corrected

I don’t care about whether you attach that to a failure of the healer strike or not. My point was the shortage is bad this tier and when you asked me to explain myself I did which caused to come up with a dumb nickname but never actually acknowledge my point

Mr.Math, I apologize I didn't give your comment the attention you wanted. Your point had no real bearing on the overall comment I made about the healerstrike being ineffective so you were decisively ignored since you can't stay on topic. If you are going to respond to my point about the healerstrike working specifically, I am waiting for you to provide evidence of that. Otherwise, it makes no sense for you to respond to a comment that had to deal with the healerstrike and was the response to someone who was referring to the healerstrike.

Your failure to follow context is still not my problem however.

[Supersnow845]

Mr.Math, I apologize I didn't give your comment the attention you wanted. Your point had no real bearing on the overall comment I made about the healerstrike being ineffective so you were decisively ignored since you can't stay on topic. If you are going to respond to my point about the healerstrike working specifically, I am waiting for you to provide evidence of that. Otherwise, it makes no sense for you to respond to a comment that had to deal with the healerstrike and was the response to someone who was referring to the healerstrike.

Your failure to follow context is still not my problem however.

Accuses people of being unable to stay on topic

Literally deflects to a point nobody besides themselves is making for 10 comments acting like everyone else is making the same point then when everyone agrees nobody is making that point besides you suddenly pivots to “well don’t reply to me if you aren’t making that point” despite arguing for said 10 posts as if anyone was actually making that point

Your choice of argument style is certainly………interesting. Being unable to pivot in a discussion isn’t a strength in an argument

Have a nice day this obviously isn’t going anywhere

[Aravell]

Shortages have always existed

This is completely going against the reality that Yoshi P himself acknowledged a healer shortage just 2 tiers ago and also begged people to give healers a try.

Are you saying that somehow the healer population surged from a population low enough for the producer to speak up about it to a healthy sustainable population in less than 2 years? To the point that there's no longer a concern about it?

There's a lot of evidence that you're overlooking to try and make your view of reality to become real. Like I said before, your view may be true for your own narrow circle, but that doesn't make it a hard fact, and cherrypicking your data doesn't change that.

Edit: Not sure why you have to make everything about the healerstrike, but you do what you like.

[Havenchild]

This is completely going against the reality that Yoshi P himself acknowledged a healer shortage just 2 tiers ago and also begged people to give healers a try.

Are you saying that somehow the healer population surged from a population low enough for the producer to speak up about it to a healthy sustainable population in less than 2 years? To the point that there's no longer a concern about it?

There's a lot of evidence that you're overlooking to try and make your view of reality to become real. Like I said before, your view may be true for your own narrow circle, but that doesn't make it a hard fact, and cherrypicking your data doesn't change that.

Edit: Not sure why you have to make everything about the healerstrike, but you do what you like.

You should go back to what my initial response was, who it was to and what I said if you are failing to understand why I keep returning to the point of healer strike being ineffective.
And yes, based off current numbers of clears week 1, I am indeed saying that more healers cleared this tier than previous savage raid tiers (least in the last expansion) for sure. Thus the logical conclusion is that the healer strike is ineffective but that is no surprise as largely it was a forum movement which doesn't have as much impact on PF.

Lastly, I will disagree with your supposition that I have claimed "there's no longer a concern" as I have never claimed the fact. To Mr.Maths singular unrelated point, a shortage of ALL support roles still exists. This is not due to the healer strike OR people thinking support roles are just garbage to play however, nothing specifically measurable that is in comparison. MMO players ,simply, on average, will choose to play DPS compared to Support roles. That's the logic every MMO game ever has shown us and for FFXIV an issue that has consistently remained almost it's entire raiding scene career.

Now if you want to say my view is subjective, that the healer strike specifically is a failure, then ok I guess?
But the numbers simply don't support the logic.

[Supersnow845]

You should go back to what my initial response was, who it was to and what I said if you are failing to understand why I keep returning to the point of healer strike being ineffective.
And yes, based off current numbers of clears week 1, I am indeed saying that more healers cleared this tier than previous savage raid tiers (least in the last expansion) for sure. Thus the logical conclusion is that the healer strike is ineffective but that is no surprise as largely it was a forum movement which doesn't have as much impact on PF.

Lastly, I will disagree with your supposition that I have claimed "there's no longer a concern" as I have never claimed the fact. To Mr.Maths singular unrelated point, a shortage of ALL support roles still exists. This is not due to the healer strike OR people thinking support roles are just garbage to play however, nothing specifically measurable that is in comparison. MMO players ,simply, on average, will choose to play DPS compared to Support roles. That's the logic every MMO game ever has shown us and for FFXIV an issue that has consistently remained almost it's entire raiding scene career.

Now if you want to say my view is subjective, that the healer strike specifically is a failure, then ok I guess?
But the numbers simply don't support the logic.

Your last edit is Exactly why we are disagreeing with you

You are saying stuff about the healer strike because that’s the point you opened with that we replied to…….fair enough, we probably should have specifically mentioned we aren’t discussing the healer strike to give you a choice to bow out of the conversation or engage with our change of direction. However as it stands now you are connecting points to the healer strike we never made. We never said your view that the healer strike is a failure was subjective (hell as much as I championed it I don’t think the current shortage is caused by the strike at all, like I said I think it’s caused by larger clear rates bringing a baseline shortage to the forefront), we said that your view that there is nothing wrong with healers or nothing wrong with healers in PF is wrong because the listening posts are currently discussing problems with it endlessly

You aren’t wrong for being confused and annoyed we pivoted and dragged you along, but you are wrong for continuing to link points we made to the healer striker when we explicitly have told you like 5 times we aren’t talking about the healer strike

[Havenchild]

Your last edit is Exactly why we are disagreeing with you

You are saying stuff about the healer strike because that’s the point you opened with that we replied to…….fair enough, we probably should have specifically mentioned we aren’t discussing the healer strike to give you a choice to bow out of the conversation or engage with our change of direction. However as it stands now you are connecting points to the healer strike we never made. We never said your view that the healer strike is a failure was subjective (hell as much as I championed it I don’t think the current shortage is caused by the strike at all, like I said I think it’s caused by larger clear rates bringing a baseline shortage to the forefront), we said that your view that there is nothing wrong with healers or nothing wrong with healers in PF is wrong because the listening posts are currently discussing problems with it endlessly

You aren’t wrong for being confused and annoyed we pivoted and dragged you along, but you are wrong for continuing to link points we made to the healer striker when we explicitly have told you like 5 times we aren’t talking about the healer strike

Mr.Math, we already know you couldn't follow the initial reply I made to someone being sarcastic about the Healer strike. You don't have to keep reminding us how much you struggle to follow the conversation, we get it. My point has always been about the healer strike being a failure. If you chose to respond to my comment on the healer strike, do so in the context of that if you care to debate my point. Since you have no context to stand on, suddenly I'm the one twisting anyone else's words, when mine have always been focused on one specific point. Go back to page 7, it's right there for you. You are the one who tried to come up with math to strawman away from my point which has always been

-THE HEALER STRIKE FAILED-

to talk about there is a healer shortage overall, which has literally ALWAYS been an issue.