Not sure why the OP thinks healer damage is so potent, of course it's required to clear Savage early on and even then it can barely be enough at first glance. Later floors, first weeks clears are generally near enrage in i320. Obviously as the weeks go by and statics get i340/345 weapons the balance changes. But that's normal raid reward progression. Weekly clears get easier and if you are already a more higher-end group that can push healer and tank DPS, the better.

The A11S designer, aka Mr. Ozma and Sophia hasn't done a Savage floor in Deltascape yet, so we might not be out of the woods yet on awkward phase pushes.

According to an interview by YoshiP before SB, O1S was designed by someone who hasn't done a raid before (that is very obvious), O2S was by the A9S designer, and O3S/O4S was Sudo from A3S/A8S/A12S, the best raid designer this game has. He also did Thordan Extreme, and will be responsible for the "Super Savage" in 4.1. I love that his fights are always well-scripted.

I'm not sure who did Zurvan, he hasn't been on-record who the designer was. But we remember YoshiP saying they considered the higher number of A12S clears as a baseline, and that sure made a pug divide. Aka "Skip Soar or Disband". I kind of enjoyed seeing the salt because it really shed some light on every person contributing good DPS and those who had no business being in an extreme primal.

Quote Originally Posted by Sebazy View Post
At the risk of sounding incredibly snobby;

It gets kind of old seeing people with little to no savage experience (From what I can see at least, no Windup Louisoix, no Gordias/Creator mounts, no logs, nor even any normal alex/omega minions if I'm not mistaken, by all means correct me if I'm wrong) making suggestions involving sweeping changes that would effectively remove a very significant portion of the gameplay healers have in the end game.

Currently we have the choice of either pushing DPS or focusing on the heals, DPS/HPS checks and the rest of the party play a factor in this as well of course, lets not forget that this is a team game now. Irrespective of the pressure you might feel that's being placed upon you, it's still a decision that you have a very substantial say in.
Yeah exactly. I'm sure it shows in my tone sometimes in some questionable threads. However sometimes it needs to be called out when they haven't even stepped foot, let alone cleared the hardest content in the game.