Korean Live Letter and Job changes (Translated)

[Vexander]

No healer changes because "all healers are viable" is a cop-out, and frankly, insanely disappointing. Nobody CARES that all three healers are fairly balanced healing-wise; what people are losing their nuts over is the OTHER stuff they bring to the table like superior MP regen, better global efficiency or sustainable personal DPS/group DPS contribution. Lack of strict healing requirements leading to the immense focus on these other areas is just soul-crushing and I'm supremely disheartened to hear that the devs are taking such a narrow-minded view on healer balance.

You're reading too much into it. They said that AST is not getting nerfed because they feel that all the jobs are viable at end game. That doesn't mean there are no healer changes coming, it means AST is not getting nerfed. That should be a GOOD thing, not a bad thing. This interview gave us very little information about all the changes to come.

[loreleidiangelo]

You're reading too much into it. They said that AST is not getting nerfed because they feel that all the jobs are viable at end game. That doesn't mean there are no healer changes coming, it means AST is not getting nerfed. That should be a GOOD thing, not a bad thing. This interview gave us very little information about all the changes to come.

No nerf to AST = no nerf to Balance, which is the absolute elephant in the room when it comes to problems within the healer compositional meta ATM. I acknowledge that they might mean AST HEALING isn't going to be nerfed, but that cards might be, but I find that a weird statement to make after a proclamation that all jobs are "viable".

[Vexander]

No nerf to AST = no nerf to Balance, which is the absolute elephant in the room when it comes to problems within the healer compositional meta ATM. I acknowledge that they might mean AST HEALING isn't going to be nerfed, but that cards might be, but I find that a weird statement to make after a proclamation that all jobs are "viable".

Just because Balance is not getting nerfed does not mean Healer Changes aren't coming. It could very well be SCH/WHM are getting a damage boosting buff for 4.0 in their 60-70 job quests. We won't know for sure until the full changes and expansion are before us, but I can't see SE being so laid back about such a big problem if they haven't already resolved it in some manner.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Just because Balance is not getting nerfed does not mean Healer Changes aren't coming. It could very well be SCH/WHM are getting a damage boosting buff for 4.0 in their 60-70 job quests. We won't know for sure until the full changes and expansion are before us, but I can't see SE being so laid back about such a big problem if they haven't already resolved it in some manner.

What changes can they honestly make though? This game is heavily focused on pure damage. Unless they design fights where you're severely punished for lacking the burst healing of a White Mage, it won't matter what they do. Frankly speaking, I want them to do precisely that. There should be a significant trade off for buffing your damage to the extent Astro does. Right now, there is literally no drawback to bring one but a massive DPS loss if you omit them. Although all still speculative, their refusal to account for Balance and the debuff issues is disconcerting. They seem more concerned with viability than acceptability. Yes, White Mage and Paladin can clear Savage but I wish you well attempting to find raid groups willing to take them. This tier saw White Mage drop a staggering 50% due to the potency of Astro. That is only going to increase if their philosophy is only viability.

[ToasterMan]

No nerf to AST = no nerf to Balance, which is the absolute elephant in the room when it comes to problems within the healer compositional meta ATM. I acknowledge that they might mean AST HEALING isn't going to be nerfed, but that cards might be, but I find that a weird statement to make after a proclamation that all jobs are "viable".

Oh I'm not going to beat around the bush about it. Balance needs to be completely removed from the game. No doubt about it.

Ironic it's called that because it certainly doesn't balance anything at all.

[Reiryuu]

No nerf to AST = no nerf to Balance, which is the absolute elephant in the room when it comes to problems within the healer compositional meta ATM. I acknowledge that they might mean AST HEALING isn't going to be nerfed, but that cards might be, but I find that a weird statement to make after a proclamation that all jobs are "viable".

I am with you, but keep in mind: Viable just means that all jobs can fulfill the role of healing (for healers). MNKs are viable in content, they DPS very well. They just offer no raid utility so people don't like them as much. WHM is the same way and with Cleric Stance and Protect likely being shorn from WHM and added to this new healing role thing, WHM desperately needs some utility and abilities that make it more unique and not just a heal spammer. Some readjusting of abilities would be nice too... Shroud of Saints, for example, to a lower level like AST's mana regen is please? As a healer that does do the leveling roulette regularly, the lack of mana regen really hurts on the lower level dungeons T_T