#FFXIVHEALERSTRIKE

[WaxSw]

That's a bit of a straw-man IMO. I'm sure there are plenty of people who are against it for that reason, but there are plenty who are like me, and don't want further role homogenization. The saying "If I wanted to DPS, I'd play a DPS." comes to mind. My concern is that if healers were given more damaging abilities, that will likely lead towards further role homogenization and removal of the trinity. If we're gonna go that route, I'd rather just play GW2. That game was designed around not having a full trinity and has a bad story (Thanks Dawntrail), but at least GW2 has good netcode.

This isn't to say IMO we can't have additional DPS abilities, but they should be subservient to healing. For example, someone mentioned an idea where Freecure procced a free GCD heal off of glare or random Dia ticks. Maybe Asylum could also have a damage tick added to it or Aetherial shift turns into a PVE Seraph Strike when targeting an enemy and consumes a lily. Obviously I'm just spitballing, but I think the priority should be to keep healers healing, and if we're gonna get more damage abilities, they should to facilitate our healing.

The game in its ARR/HW/SB era proves that argument wrong, we had as healers a much more extensive damage kit and not only the trinity was in a healthier state than post Shb but also the jobs within the role were the less homogenized they have ever been. DPS actions do not mean that healers stop healing, they are tools to reward efficient gameplay and extend healer utility from just healing (which in a game that has scripted mechanics, damage and a slow GCD like XIV they are very needed).

The problem with dps kits that are subservient to healing is just that... DPS is king. If the tool is a straight up dps gain (like assize, Missery or the asylim you mention) it will be used on CD regardless of the healing required in 99% of the situations and if to access the dps tool a healer may have to take dps losses, unless the gain justify it, it wont see use (your freecure proc for example would be largely ignored for example as cure 2 is not efficient and the Mp gain is not a real benefit).