#FFXIVHEALERSTRIKE

[Iedarus]

Whyyyy would you give Holy a 1.5 sec cast time? Heaven forbid people learn to swiftcast it when opening a pull.

I understand that people aren't that happy with what they see aas elements of skill expression being removed in a number of cases.

That being said, looking at how this game is adding more demands on jobs to be mobile at all levels of content- maybe it's not that great to play a turret job in a game that keeps demanding more and more mobility? and before you come back with "please, learn to slidecast"- if they are making these changes, it's possible that it aligns with even more need for mobility in future.

I'm sorry, but being the "immobile turret" is the whole point of playing caster. The team keeps saying that these changes are for harder content but when did they ever truly deliver on that promise? And what is going to happen with previous content? People already meme on SMN being the fourth phys ranged because it's a caster with very little cast time, for example. Let us earn our uptime.

[Azurarok]

I understand that people aren't that happy with what they see aas elements of skill expression being removed in a number of cases.

That being said, looking at how this game is adding more demands on jobs to be mobile at all levels of content- maybe it's not that great to play a turret job in a game that keeps demanding more and more mobility? and before you come back with "please, learn to slidecast"- if they are making these changes, it's possible that it aligns with even more need for mobility in future.

BLM manages this with triplecast, aetherial manipulation, firestarter, thunder, paradox, and now Despair. RDM manages it with dualcast, spellblades, and acceleration. Why can't healers have different approaches to mobility needs like them?

[Alice_Rivers]

BLM manages this with triplecast, aetherial manipulation, firestarter, thunder, paradox, and now Despair. RDM manages it with dualcast, spellblades, and acceleration. Why can't healers have different approaches to mobility needs like them?

Hang on a second here, in terms of AoEs:-
Holy stuns,
Gravity is ranged,
Art of War and Dyskrasia are instant cast.

We have no shortage of mobility (or attack prevention in WHM's case) in our AoE spells. Our single target casts are no different to RDM in terms of stationary time.

[Valkyrie_]

10.0: Glare becomes a damage aura affecting all targets within 20 yalms.

11.0 Damage aura is replaced with an effect that increases healing potency of Tank abilities. 2 minute cooldown.

[Moqi]

it's not that great to play a turret job in a game that keeps demanding more and more mobility?

Why did they decide to have casters in the first place then if they were gonna design fights that require too much mobility to play one? They're the ones creating the issuse in the first place.

You can actually reward good gameplay with more mobility. Or you can design fights that take into consideration the fact that the game you're making has caster jobs. Or you can stop being so obsessed with the 2min meta that you account casters having to move sometimes and mess their rotation/uptime.

There are a number of ways to solve the issue without just handing out free mobility. And we're talking about Holy... how many Ultimates and Savages require so much Holy spam while moving anyway?

[Schan]

I guess i'm continuing my own strike of not leveling up every healer this expansion so it reflects on their numbers.

[Iedarus]

The saddest part is that SE does have it in them to make cool healer jobs. Sage is notably more engaging to play when fighting trash packs over bosses because of the creative ways you can use your kit (Toxicon, Phlegma and Pneuma are a gain on 2). E Dyskrasia might not necessarily be a net loss if your tank pulls fast enough but I'm still testing it.

[Tigore]

Yeah. It just looks like a tidy up to keep WHM and SGE balanced with AST and SCH buffs getting better with party gear. I suppose the faster Holy casts would increase WHM's AoE DPS a bit, but that's it. Instant Esuna being a buff remains questionable if they are going to throw out more cleansable debuffs.

I would like to know why the testing told them the shield healer MP is the issue. Excog isn't even proccing from 50% HP anymore for me when I leveled. It triggers when it expires while the tank is pulling the next group. I was throwing random Drucholes just to use the Addersgall and get the 7% mana on SGE.

The ranged DPS did get some changes too, but the buffs are on finishers and cooldowns. PCT may probably still be top, but we will see if it's enough for SMN, BLM and RDM.

[Supersnow845]

Yeah. It just looks like a tidy up to keep WHM and SGE balanced with AST and SCH buffs getting better with party gear. I suppose the faster Holy casts would increase WHM's AoE DPS a bit, but that's it. Instant Esuna being a buff remains questionable if they are going to throw out more cleansable debuffs.

I would like to know why the testing told them the shield healer MP is the issue. Excog isn't even proccing from 50% HP anymore for me when I leveled. It triggers when it expires while the tank is pulling the next group. I was throwing random Drucholes just to use the Addersgall and get the 7% mana on SGE.

The ranged DPS did get some changes too, but the buffs are on finishers and cooldowns. PCT may probably still be top, but we will see if it's enough for SMN, BLM and RDM.

They are changing its cast, not its recast, it’s just getting the same 1.5 second cast 2.5 second recast all the healer attacks already have. It’s just giving holy infinite weave space it doesn’t need for near no benefit

[Tigore]

Ok. So the increase in DPS is almost negligible then. Since it's mostly allows things like Assize and Tetragrammaton to weave without clipping in between GCDs?

In any case, it does make me think what is in the minds of the Square Devs. One of my friends said it mostly affects some TEA runs for instant Esuna.