#FFXIVHEALERSTRIKE

[Kacho_Nacho]

You know, I'm really enjoying this discussion about Scholars and Sages. It gets right into the heart of the homogenization issue and...

Try to please all, please none. But of course every single one of us is 100% correct on what is wrong and what needs to be done to fix it... I don't envy SE, trying to navigate this.

*emphasis mine* Truer words were never typed. All of us here have experience playing a healer, regardless what that stoopid spreadsheet implied.

Hell, if you total all the time I have played a healer across various MMOs, I've been healing for approximately 20 years. I'm sure I'm not alone in this.

The fact is, we all know what it feels like when healers are designed right and when they are not. We feel it in our gut.

Of course, gamers* all have different ideas on how to fix the current state of healers in FFXIV. Some of them better than others but each has some merit.

Personally, I feel suggestions should be explored via a playtest server where Square Enix/Creative Studio III can obtain real data about the impact of these ideas. They'll be able to see what works and doesn't work quickly.

In addition, we're paying them to play the game. So, it's cheaper than hiring employees to do their playtesting for them.

But would Square Enix be open to the idea of a test server? Would they be open to the idea of allow more player input in the development process?

I hope they would be. It would be a win-win.

They get their data, save money, and their subscribers are more likely to continue playing a game in which they have input. We get a better game.

*Getting gamers to agree on anything is like herding a bunch of hyperactive kittens.