#FFXIVHEALERSTRIKE

[Supersnow845]

That’s exactly the issue I brought up earlier. The healer role is split into two camps: one group wants healing content without having to play as a "DPS in green," while the other prefers to focus on dealing damage while still being a healer.

What I don’t understand is why tanks and healers should deal similar damage. No other game does this. Most tanks have rotations and damage tools because in most games, those are essential for maintaining aggro. Of course, I know that in FFXIV you can just throw out one AoE and go AFK without losing aggro, but that’s another story. This is why I don’t get why tank damage even comes up in discussions about healer roles.

Again, there’s no way to satisfy everyone. No matter what changes are made, one group will end up unhappy. I get that FFXIV is designed for healers to contribute damage in harder content, but that doesn’t turn them into DPS classes. However, I don’t want to start that debate here.

Long story short, in every other major MMO, tanks deal more damage than healers, and FFXIV is no exception. If you look at other big MMOs like WoW, most tanks deal significantly more damage than healers, maybe not Discipline Priests, but overall, the gap is usually around 30–50%. In Guild Wars 2, it’s 30–40%, and in ESO, it’s 20–30%. These numbers are based on general trends and may not be 100% accurate since I don’t play all of these games extensively.

In FFXIV, the difference is something like 25–35%, maybe up to 40%. That’s completely normal and consistent with other MMOs.

Yes because in other MMO’s healers actually heal. In 14 healers play gimped DPS and then just arbitrarily do less damage than tanks that……..also just play gimped DPS

There is no reason for the DPS difference if we are functionally playing the same role of “DPS with some kinda support we barely press on the side”

If I had to heal as much as WOW I’d be fine doing less damage than tanks but I’m barely healing and they are barely tanking

[Dante131]

Yes because in other MMO’s healers actually heal. In 14 healers play gimped DPS and then just arbitrarily do less damage than tanks that……..also just play gimped DPS

There is no reason for the DPS difference if we are functionally playing the same role of “DPS with some kinda support we barely press on the side”

If I had to heal as much as WOW I’d be fine doing less damage than tanks but I’m barely healing and they are barely tanking

Now, we’re definitely talking in the same direction here. In WoW, you lose aggro much faster than in FFXIV. So, the issue isn’t about the damage healers are doing it’s a broader problem with the battle design in general.

For instance, in WoW, you have to be careful and use stuns or interrupts on random mobs during normal pulls. You can’t just mindlessly pull two big groups of trash mobs with no impact, as is common in nearly every dungeon in FFXIV. Additionally, you’re rarely tanking the boss directly in FFXIV because most major bosses are kaiju-sized enemies. (I was genuinely surprised that Lizardman Zerul Ja was a normal-sized enemy!)

But that’s a discussion for another thread, as it’s more about a fundamental flaw in the design itself and not just about healers. In my opinion at least.