Healing get harder?

[FadingMoon]

Everyone is adjusting to their role changes and new actions. Tanks are doing the same. We are also still in the process of gearing up. Give it a few weeks and it won't be as bad. I do believe this is intentional though. I wouldn't be surprised if debuffs play a larger role in omega.

[Elamys]

I'm hoping healing stays a bit harder, honestly. I like DPSing as a healer, but I'd rather be healing first.

[Elamys]

Multiple times, yes.

[Archamgel]

Multiple times, yes.

Eh, that's a bit too short of a quote. The full thing was this: " I hate cleric’s stance! If we take it away though I think people will get mad, so it’ll stay. But I want to reiterate too, you guys are supposed to be healers. So you still need to focus on healing, and then if you want to help your party with DPS you can. Don’t get so wrapped up in DPS that everyone in your party is dead. Please be careful."

This is also coming from the guy who didn't want to add Summoner, but the demand was far too great, and yet he still doesn't like it. They send us mixed signals. On one hand, they made healing much more demanding, which is actually a nice change. On the other, though, Sch is most definitely made to be an off healer and they removed the need to swap into Cleric Stance for the specific purpose of encouraging us to dps (which, in all mmo's that I play, I love being the hybrid healer/dmg, so I really like this).

[Risvertasashi]

On one hand, they made healing much more demanding, which is actually a nice change.

This is temporary. It happened at the beginning of HW too. Just wait until the gear from raids/capped tomestones is out, and we'll be back to overgearing everything.

[Ayer2015]

This is temporary. It happened at the beginning of HW too. Just wait until the gear from raids/capped tomestones is out, and we'll be back to overgearing everything.

Which just means SE needs to implement better ilv sync.

[KisaiTenshi]

Which just means SE needs to implement better ilv sync.

What they need to do is ilevel sync to the same level of the gear drops for DF or the lowest ilevel geared player (not cleared,) whichever is lower. That would keep ilevel creep from making content too easy too quickly. But that would also make a lot of content not very fun if you get a bad party.

Hence, syncing to the lowest ilevel geared player if someone has not cleared it is probably the fairest way to avoid making the content too easy. If everyone has cleared it, then it will just sync to the average ilevel.

And to the thread, no, healing is no harder than it was before. If anything it's easier because that CS mechanic is no longer in the way.

[Uzephi]

I enjoy the increased difficulty. From a lower level perspective, as a SCH, I like not relying on my Eos and once in awhile throwing an Adlo on the tank. I was only level 54 when SB hit and it got pretty boring as a healer. I like fighting to keep my mana up, being an ether addict and using my heals wisely. It adds a flavour in the game that was missing.

[Averax]

Mobs can also direct hit, which is why tanks drop like a bag of bricks.

I like it, i like not being an idle healer, and i like not having excessive amounts of dps time. I'm not bored in duties anymore. The good healers and tanks are really starting to shine out above the rest.

[Underlord]

In my opinion it depends on the tank. I've had tanks where I can easily dps, and others where I spam heal to just survive.