Pipe Dreams: Expanding the healer pool

[Romper]

I think they fear the fate of FFXI's WHM (75 cap). I remember it became very difficult to level from 60+ on WHM due to RDM's superiority in exp pty/general content. Which i guess only got worse with the introduction of DNC and SCH. Although WHM was still useful for Harder difficulty events, its usefulness for everyday events was minimal.

TL;DR situational shit is situational, they fear WHM becoming a niche class only useful in a handful of events.

[Kinseykinz]

I think they fear the fate of FFXI's WHM (75 cap). I remember it became very difficult to level from 60+ on WHM due to RDM's superiority in exp pty/general content. Which i guess only got worse with the introduction of DNC and SCH. Although WHM was still useful for Harder difficulty events, its usefulness for everyday events was minimal.

TL;DR situational shit is situational, they fear WHM becoming a niche class only useful in a handful of events.

You mean like the tanks and dps'ers already are? This IS a different game. FFXI had the whole 'deleveling thing' + needing to level in a party. It took time (back in my days of playing) to get a job to level 75 cap. Due to this, people didn't have more than 2-3 jobs leveled to cap (usually). So yes, in FFXI, being overlooked for a party due to job role was sucky but that was typically due to FFXI game mechanics that have been done away with in this game.

In FFXIV, we are ENCOURAGED to level multiple jobs. While yes, there are people who 'only want to play one role', the game itself is designed for people to be flexible. Not only that, if you are in an Endgame LS...there is an expectation that you have at least 2 different job options available (and are good at them) for events.
- There is no de-leveling. So you don't have to constantly exp to remain at level cap.
- You can effectively solo on leves, or regular mobs or party in small groups.
- While we don't know what getting to level 75 will be like in FFXIV, my guess is that it won't be as daunting as FFXI originally was...even if because you won't HAVE to wait for a full exp party to level effectively.

As to the 'yeah, but I only wanna Main White Mage' people: That is a perfectly valid choice, but you need to understand that if you decide to limit yourself to one role/job, then you will not always be the 'first choice' job for all events, content etc. Not all content is designed to be optimal for one job/class...nor should it be. DPSers and tanks in this game already deal with this. Healers should have a little variety too. The difference in this game vs. FFXI on this is that THIS time, the player chooses to limit their choices, the game is not limiting you to being one party role.