Quote Originally Posted by Jojoya View Post
Healed a LFR raid in WoW last night for the first time in 8 years. Was nice to have to be on the ball with healing again instead worrying more about how much damage I was dealing. Lots of raid wide damage going out and some large damage spikes on the tanks that had to be healed by the healers because WoW tanks haven't been handed the magic "I auto-win" card.

Just a shame the game still has a lot of other problems like needing Renown levels to progress story and the end game gearing mess (and the bugs, omg the bugs, I've run into more bugs in 2 weeks of WoW than I think I've encountered in the entirety of my FFXIV experience).

To FFXIV developers: I know you're in a rough position. You have to balance the healing experience the JP player base is used to and expects against what the rest of the player base is used to and expects.

But.

We're healers because we want to heal. That is our purpose. That is what brings us enjoyment in a game.

By taking the need to do any real healing away from us, you're leaving us feeling useless and dissatisfied.

You fear that healing might be too stressful for us. It's not. It pushes us to excel. When we actually need to be healing consistently we feel like we make a difference instead of just being carried along in the party's wake in case of "oopsies".

You say that some of us should be stepping into more difficult content if we want to heal. There is no midcore content for us to step into outside of a single EX each patch. For some of us, Savage is outside of what we can do.

A player cannot learn how to heal when there is almost nothing to heal in Normal content. Where will tomorrow's Savage healers come from as today's disappear from normal attrition?

You've learned a lot from WoW in the past. Go back to it again to learn again how to properly fit the healing role into encounter design. I had so much fun last night being a real healer again. I just wish it had been happening here instead of there.
Thank you. no offense but for a time I thought you had drunk too much of the company koolaid

I completely agree. question if I may, have you been in WoW long? the reason is the WoW devs recently basically said they need to re-examine the tank/healer dynamic and tanks should NOT be immortal. do you think they have already implemented some of those changes?

I hope they learn.. something, anything.. at this point, because you are right, I main a healer because I want to heal. assist with DPS sure, if I can, but why have a bunch of healing options if I never use them. all any of us want is to have fun in a game.