#FFXIVHEALERSTRIKE

[ForsakenRoe]

the moment any healer asks themselves the question of "What else can I do to help my party?", the illusion of the healer role being well-designed will immediately break.

Part of the problem resides in the fact that for a majority of players, 'doing more to help my party' is not something that ever crosses their mind, as long as the game says 'you win' they are happy, even if the 'you win' screen was achieved by pressing literally nothing as they die to the first mechanic and watch the tank solo the boss from 95% to 0% over the course of 10mins

The majority of the problem though, is not that this is possible. I don't particularly care if someone does the bare minimum, I don't pay their sub, hell, if I was in charge of designing the healer kits, I'd actually make the 'bare minimum' even more accessible, why not

Instead, the majority of the issues seem to stem from SE making it so that this 'bare minimum' is so close to the maximum. Like, it's sad to say this, but if a WHM player asks 'how can I contribute more in a fight to help my party', the current best advice is unironically 'step 1: equip Soul of the Astrologian'