Lustrate nerf

[Viviza]

Yeah, SE is really shoe-horning innthe whole, Healers shouldn't DPS idea. WHY SQUARE, WHY!?

Are they? I haven't seen any changes that suggest this. As someone who mains white mage, I see a Holy change that is roughly in parity with Flare, and two new AOE DPS spells, one of which I'll use even if I'm full-time healing because it will restore mana. From a scholar perspective, good points are being made about lustrate being a sidegrade rather than a nerf, and the point of clerics stance still remains that you trade off healing capability for DPS while up.

It seems to me that people are just, well, reacting. They see unfamiliar changes and assume that these changes are bad.

[Cynfael]

Are they? I haven't seen any changes that suggest this. As someone who mains white mage, I see a Holy change that is roughly in parity with Flare, and two new AOE DPS spells, one of which I'll use even if I'm full-time healing because it will restore mana. From a scholar perspective, good points are being made about lustrate being a sidegrade rather than a nerf, and the point of clerics stance still remains that you trade off healing capability for DPS while up.

It seems to me that people are just, well, reacting. They see unfamiliar changes and assume that these changes are bad.

Pretty much. As a SCH main, I'm confident that the change to Lustrate won't hurt my off-DPS game in the slightest. Only those who relied too heavily on Lustrate to maintain CS will suffer.