Quote Originally Posted by Tigore View Post
Derio might just be taking a neutral stance. Even if he were to agree with us, it goes down to a few choices Square has to return the healing to the healers. Either they kill 50 - 90% of the self heals tanks and DPS have now, they incorporate more mechs like what ForsakenRoe suggested with Aetherblight (heal absorb), they reduce the oGCD healing cooldowns present or a combination of the above. The more likely route with the least amount of player complaints would probably be relying on new mechs. The ability to solo those Stormblood Raids / Extremes unsynced for Wondrous Tales might be brought up as one QoL thing we have.
I don't think it's necessary to kill off all tank heals, but it does need to come with some form of cost if you use it badly.

Like let's say Bloodwhetting costs 20 beast gauge, but the barrier breaking will grant 20 beast gauge back, so you get punished for using it badly. If Equilibrium needs to keep the regen, then the upfront heal does need to be weaker. Also Shake it off should be changed a bit, it should just grant a barrier, if it absolutely has to heal, then it can return a portion of damage taken by the barrier as a heal after the barrier breaks.

There's a lot of ways to balance without total removal, it's not necessary to completely remove the system as long as it's balanced properly.