Why don't people stick with the healer they started with?

[Aenomaly]

Honestly, I am not saying this to troll people, but just reading the last day or so all the doom and gloom threads is really a joke. Seriously, if a couple minor changes, and they are minor, is what causes you to switch a class then were you really that into the class? Did you roll a healer simply for the faster queues, which is negligible really with the influx of healers.

When I started as a scholar, first I was turned off by the sheer amount. Wasn't going to level a scholar was going to do a conj, but I wanted one so bad, that the amount of carbys roaming limsa didn't turn me off and I did and am happy to have done so. Even in the beginning when everyone was discounting Scholars as sub optimal, bring two whms, they can't really heal, their pets suck etc etc etc. I stuck with it and am happy to have done so.

People are screaming about all the buffs scholars got this patch, and i kind of roll my eyes *rolls eyes*, because really it was one buff and one nerf. The AI of the pet should have been fixed long ago, so to me that isn't a buff, but merely a fix. To not be able to really control our pets went against the class as a whole. SO NO THIS IS NOT A BUFF, BUT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIXED NEAR THE BEGINNING BUT DUE TO ALL THE OTHER ISSUES IT WAS PUT ON BACK BURNER. But hey at least we are finally getting it. The change to Virus sucks I know, but it only hurts stacking Sch, which is what SE doesn't want, which is another reason to stick with your class through thick and thin. The buff, is a nice buff, and I lurves my Lustrate so I am happy.

Now the few changes that were given to whm are sad but they are minor for the most part. Some consider the Medica II change a buff, I do not, others see it as a nerf. The hit to holy, merely 40 potency, not a big deal in the least, and will only hit speed runs, which is a tiny part of the game. Dps'ing shouldn't be what you are up in arms about, yes it breaks the monotony sometimes of healing, but personally i enjoy healing. So yes it is kind of sad to have a hit to a spell you liked to use during a speed run because you are bored, but it isn't the end of the class or the world. Seriously if you are that bored stop doing speed runs and run some other instances do something different. Maybe you are more bored with doing WP for the nth time and not simply healing. Furthermore if you are bored with healing level a DPS class, or just maybe healing isn't for you.

IMO you should stick with a class, even through buffs and nerfs, shows a devotion to your class, plus you can learn to work around and with the changes that comes with it, and in the end you will be a better player. But in all seriousness it isn't that big a deal and certainly not the end of the world. Change your classes if you will but remember with the anti stacking mentality of SE it may not be in your best interest, the servers, your fc etc etc etc.

aeno