Charging for runs.

[Belhi]

Except the differences between healers mechanically is much more narrow than DPS.

A WHM has a specific action for a large heal, small heal, aoe heal. Sch much the same, while supplementing with their fairies actions. But mechanically you have a specific ability for these actions.

A BRD to perform properly and a BLM to perform properly are very mechanically different. They have very different ways of reaching the end result of taking down a large group of enemies or a single one.

Similarities of DPS will expand among Stat-types instead of distance of engagement. In a sense DRG(STR) and BLM(INT) aren't that different that their base mechanics being long combo chains, but beyond that they become much different. The same as MCH(DEX) and SMN(INT) both utilize an ammo mechanic.resource management, then branch out.

If healers are so similar then why have they been such a headache to balance for SE? They have been trying all expansion and in the end they just dealt with it by overbuffing AST. Your saying a class that specialises in mitigation, who's emergency heals work of a charge mechanic and who manages a pet is the same as one that just spams direct heals?

Your role in a group as a mitigation healer is notably different to main healing. You focus on minimizing burst damage while correcting with emergency heals and spot heals while trying to contribute to dps. How you do a fight is functionally quite different.

BRD AoE and BLM AoE aren't that different. Fundamentally both are spamming AoE attacks while maintaining a buff.

My point is if you want to start to split roles into categories you will find that it can apply to healing and tanking to due to how the meta works. I am not arguing that the dps getting two roles is unfair. Its disappointing but you can justify the reasoning to the end of time and it wont stop it being disappointing. Its just that with the meta, these justifications seem pretty hollow.

I am more annoyed that people seem to be trying to justify it than I am disappointed with the lack of a tank and healer. I also found Yoshi P's reassurance annoying cause frankly it also sounds pretty lame. Getting balanced Jobs isn't something we should be thankful for. Its something we should be expecting. Were they not going to balance the Jobs properly if we did get a new tank or healer? Same with the 'breathing new life into the roles'. Everyone is getting that. That's not something Tanks and Healers should be extra thankful for.

Now maybe he meant they have major overhauls to how the Tanking and Healer meta work but I am not going to believe that till I see it. Their design choices with Tanking and Healing were pretty hit and miss in HW and that doesn't show me they have learned how to deal with the meta design. If in two months they bring out some amazing overhaul and if so, fantastic. But I don't think that is what they have actually promised and until then I am going to remain sceptical.

Tanks and Healers are perfectly entitled to be disappointed. Currently the new Jobs are about half of what has been offered for us to get hyped about and for people not interested in dps they are both duds. Let them be disappointed and stop trying to justify the decision.

All this is kind of beside the point. How tanks and healers feel about it won't change the length of the queues. Tanks and healers will queue up for as many dungeons as they feel like doing and that is just the reality. Tanks and healers don't get a new job and DF queues for dps queuing without a tank or healer will be long.

And the demand will inspire tanks and healers looking for ways to make gil offer up their services. Some might do it out of spite but most I think will be doing it because the opportunity exists.