Genuine Question about Job Homogeneity

[DiaDeem]

R.e. healers and specifically SCH/SGE. They are the same job with a different coat of paint. I literally did a spreadsheet breakdown during EW mapping all their skills to figure out whether I was going stir crazy and there was something I was missing.

But... I still love SCH and hate SGE

[Astronis]

But... I still love SCH and hate SGE

I'm with you. People in this thread are saying WAR and DRK are the same...but WAR puts me to sleep while DRK never does. I get that these jobs play similarly and maybe too close for some people's enjoyment, but...they're different enough that SGE makes sense to me while SCH is impenetrable nonsense and WAR literally puts me in a trance while DRK is engaging to me.

[VeyaAkemi]

I'm with you. People in this thread are saying WAR and DRK are the same...but WAR puts me to sleep while DRK never does. I get that these jobs play similarly and maybe too close for some people's enjoyment, but...they're different enough that SGE makes sense to me while SCH is impenetrable nonsense and WAR literally puts me in a trance while DRK is engaging to me.

I feel exactly the same, yes, WAR is something I play for roulettes once an expansion to get it caught up on levels for the achievement, and even then I wouldn't have bothered if there weren't mounts tied to them, then I shelve it until the next.

Also not what the thread is about, but some jobs I just enjoy aesthetically, SGE feels great for me to use because I adore they way it goes blib blop when I heal people, it's a gratifying noise for it to make.

[JimCasey_RF6]

I feel exactly the same, yes, WAR is something I play for roulettes once an expansion to get it caught up on levels for the achievement, and even then I wouldn't have bothered if there weren't mounts tied to them, then I shelve it until the next.

Also not what the thread is about, but some jobs I just enjoy aesthetically, SGE feels great for me to use because I adore they way it goes blib blop when I heal people, it's a gratifying noise for it to make.

I like SGE aesthetically because most everything about its kit is blue. From the visual effects to buff icons, it's even bluer than BLU. The way it goes blib blop is cool, too.

[VeyaAkemi]

I like SGE aesthetically because most everything about its kit is blue. From the visual effects to buff icons, it's even bluer than BLU. The way it goes blib blop is cool, too.

Tbh BLU is not very blue beyond the outfits, mostly because of its nature of spells coming from all over the place, your hotbars and animations end up looking like a veritable rainbow.

[Rein_eon_Osborne]

But... I still love SCH and hate SGE

Same, but my reason for that is slightly different: I think SGE is a total waste of design space that could've been something unique on its own rather than a carbon copy. Furthermore they do not fulfill the promise of being the 'healer that heals through dpsing' as they've described. Like, I can't imagine this is what they've cooked up after claiming to have spent a loooooong time to figure out what to make out of 4th healer back in 5.4 LL when they first teased us about the job. Yes, that was to their own admittance.

The only thing that I could do on SGE and not over on SCH is to Rescue a person standing on a wrong spot and Icarus to my own designated spot. I did this in P2S prog back in Asphodelos when helping a friendo static. But I can't do this too often & it's also a super niche thing they're not enough to make me feel I'm playing a different job.