Recent discussions I've been having on this subforum got me thinking: how do you think Final Fantasy XIV healing holds up compared to the healing styles, mechanics, and difficulty in other MMOs?

I'll type a response when I get home, as typing on mobile sucks and I hate when my posts are laden with errors because of it, but some things to discuss in your response might be:

-how do other games fare when it comes to healer class design and diversity? Is there a neat healing gimmick that a class has in another game that you'd love to see the XIV devs borrow at some point? Alternately, do you wish other games would copy healing styles that are currently present in FFXIV?

-do you find the average skill floor of healing higher in FFXIV, or higher in other games? What about the skill ceiling? Are there any things you might suggest to improve the healer difficulty in any of the games you've played (whether by making it more or less challenging)?

-how about healer balance? How does FFXIV's healer balance hold up to other games? How responsive do you feel the developers are about listening to feedback and tuning classes? Does any game stand out in your mind as having exceptionally well-balanced healer roles where any class can excel in any environment?

-what was your most memorable healing experience, whether in this game or another one? What about it made it so memorable, and do you think it's something that can/should be replicated in FFXIV?

-of the games that you've played, which one do you think ultimately had the "best" overall healing? What made it stand out to you?



Those are just some guidelines, but realistically I'm interested in having any discussion about the comparisons between FFXIV healing and other-MMO healing, so feel free to talk about whatever you'd like. Let's keep it civil, obviously, we're not GD lol. I'll post my reply in the thread when I get home later today.