A simple revamp to Cleric Stance that might fix raid balancing..

[Connor]

OP you need to understand that healers will not ever change. I understand your suggestions and even agree with a lot of what you've posted before (to some extent at least).

The cold fact of it that healing in FFXIV is always going to revolve round minimising healing, minimising GCD healing, maximising DPS and maximising oGCD healing for more DPS. Being able to clear Savage before it's 'intended' (i.e at lower item levels) by utilising and maximising healer DPS is not a new thing and will continue to apply to allraid content because it's working exactly as intended.

No amount of Cleric Stance changes, GCD support abilities or healing requirements are ever going to change this.

The majority of XIV's healing community doesn't want high healing requirements, nor does it want to dedicate its GCDs to supporting the party. People don't want to use their GCDs on Cure/Physick/Benefic instead of Stone / Broil / Malefic. They want to 'weave' their healing with their DPS (on all three healer jobs and all subsequent healers)

I know it sucks because I generally agree with the base of what you're saying (Cleric Stance changes aside) but that's the way this game works. If you want to really enjoy FFXIV, I suggest playing a DPS class. If you want to really enjoy healing, you need to find a different game, because it's not how healers work here.
I know the last part sounds harsh. I competely understand what it's like when you have an idea of what a 'healers' role should be in battle, but you just invite disappointment and agitation upon yourself by trying to push healers into a more healer oriented role