Front Line Healer

[Cairdeas]

Dear SE. I'd really like to see you continue the tradition you created with Dancer, that was mimicked in Warhammer Online with Warpriest.

And that is the Front Line Healer. A Cloth/Leather Wearing Melee Fighter who uses their melee attacks to fuel abilities that assist the party with healing and minor buffs like Haste, Regen, Protect, etc.

When Dancer came out on FFXI it literally became my favorite job and sub job. It changes how a player could play jobs like Warrior and Samurai. I could actually MAIN HEAL as a Samurai with Dancer Subbed. This was quite possibly one of the most fun side effects of the Dancer Jobs implementation.

Now I know, not everyone even likes the idea of a Front Line Healer. For some reason they hate the idea that a healer is on the front line, can deal damage. And Damage Dealt is used to Heal others. But I LOVE this idea. Its still very unique among MMO's, and i think FFXIV would benefit from a class and job that can perform this roll.

[SuzakuCMX]

Sounds kinda...

...broken.

Anyways, I do miss the days of D&D Clerics, where the only healer for a while was the badass cleric with a huge hammer sitting up on the front line....

[Nikita]

I agree, I would really like Dancer to make a return into FFXIV or at least something similar! :P Healing in FFXI always put me to sleep (I really hated it when I had to do it on my SMN -_-) and when they added Dancer, it was the first time I really enjoyed healing, even if it wasn't as powerful as a White Mage.

[Cairdeas]

How is it broken Suzaku? Dancer and Warpriest were some of the most fun, and most challenging (especially in large groups) job/class to play in their respective MMO's but its because you have to constantly be thinking about what manuevers you need to pull off to stay alive and keep them planned 5 steps ahead. Its more input work from the player for an awesome output.

[SuzakuCMX]

How is it broken? Dancer and Warpriest were some of the most fun, and most challenging (especially in large groups) job/class to play in their respective MMO's but its because you have to constantly be thinking about what manuevers you need to pull off to stay alive and keep them planned 5 steps ahead. Its more input work from the player for an awesome output.

Oh no no xD I was talking about main-healing as a SAM subbed DNC.

EDIT: Also I guessed about the abbreviations

[Cairdeas]

Oh no no xD I was talking about main-healing as a SAM subbed DNC.

It was awesome. I used it for our Kraken Club Runs in BCNM because I could use Meditate, WS, then heal the Summoners while they were trying to nuke the KrakenNM (can never remember his name.). It basically turned me into a Healtank.

[Kiroh]

There was really nothing ever stopping WHM in XI from being a DD except that it meant replacing healing and MP gear with melee, which parties would simply /rage about if you even dared. That, and the fact that MP took so damn long to recover...

In fact Hexa Strike was one of the stronger weapon skills (even compared to real melees) in the game, at least at the 75 cap.

In other words, jobs are what the playerbase makes of them.

[Cairdeas]

There was really nothing ever stopping WHM in XI from being a DD except that it meant replacing healing and MP gear with melee, which parties would simply /rage about if you even dared. That, and the fact that MP took so damn long to recover...

In fact Hexa Strike was one of the stronger weapon skills (even compared to real melees) in the game, at least at the 75 cap.

In other words, jobs are what the playerbase makes of them.

Yeah. I saw a White Mage with the Mjolnir and a Kclub subbed ninja walk through ballista and basically one shot people with hexaclub. It was a beast.

[RabidSquirrel]

Sounds kinda...

...broken.

Dancer is kinda broken when it comes to survival abilities. I will admit I am one of those envious thieves, though. But I'm also a ninja! Which is pretty darn broken too. Five shadow Utsusemi: Ni, four shadow Utsuemi: Ichi? Why thank you.

[Nikita]

There was really nothing ever stopping WHM in XI from being a DD except that it meant replacing healing and MP gear with melee, which parties would simply /rage about if you even dared. That, and the fact that MP took so damn long to recover...

In fact Hexa Strike was one of the stronger weapon skills (even compared to real melees) in the game, at least at the 75 cap.

In other words, jobs are what the playerbase makes of them.

True, but even so, Dancer was more of an offensive healer and White Mage more defensive simply by their skillsets. For example, Dancer had Haste, Drain, and Aspir samba, which could only be applied by striking an enemy with your weapon, they had all sorts of steps that reduced enemy evasion, defense, etc. White Mage was more about buffing the party with protect and shell, maybe a haste here and there, etc.

Also, as far as WHM becoming a DD, as far as I remember they had to sacrifice some pretty nice staffs to do so, which had like +10% healing bonuses on them. Yes, jobs are what the playerbase makes of them but what the playerbase makes out of them depends on what abilities and traits are given to the jobs.