But...I...I don't wanna DPS, I'm a healer...

[Fevelle]

"Adapt to the meta you're given or fall into obscurity"

Yup, continue focusing yourself on metagaming and theory while players give up on the game. Nice, rational choice! Plus, who's going to put me into obscurity? DF players who can't even dodge AoEs right? Oh, I see, that's dangerous. But if you're talking about content where meta game really matters, I really don't care, hardcore is far beyond my line of interest. And it seems it was too for the poor player who got scared by all these people who care more for numbers than for the players confort.

[Ghishlain]

"Adapt to the meta you're given or fall into obscurity"

Yup, continue focusing yourself on metagaming and theory while players give up on the game. Nice, rational choice! Plus, who's going to put me into obscurity? DF players who can't even dodge AoEs right? Oh, I see, that's dangerous. But if you're talking about content where meta game really matters, I really don't care, hardcore is far beyond my line of interest. And it seems it was too for the poor player who got scared by all these people who care more for numbers than for the players confort.

If you're looking for a game with raw and unadulterated necessity of raw HPS, this is unfortunately not the game for that. That's the simple truth of the matter.

As much as I want to encourage the growth of the game, I also don't want people playing something they personally don't enjoy because of the very fact they don't enjoy it. There are other healing metas that are suited for that and perhaps other games that are more suitable.

Will that make our population worse? Definitely. But each individual should try to find a past time that suits them just fine and there will be players that you just can't cater too because of the way the game is designed. That's the unfortunate circumstance of FFXIV Healing and while I absolutely love the choice of being able to mend or maim, I know others do not.

And no, I think the OP left the game because he sampled it, tried to see if he could enjoy it, felt he couldn't and moved on. There's nothing more to it. It's sad to see a player go but I wish him well in his future endeavors in gaming. I don't get the impression he was scared of the people, just didn't enjoy how the healing in this game works. I felt he got the information he required to make an informed and right decision. He wasn't looking for comfort - he was looking for information and made his choice based on that.

Could some posters have been more tactful? Oh yes, that's certainly the case in any of these discussions on both sides of the thread. But that's an unfortunate side effect of posters not filtering for tact on an anonymous message board.