Thread: Healer Wishlist for 5.0

Originally Posted by Brightshadow

As the title says what is your wishlist for the healers upon our descent into the 5.0 expansion.


My wishlist

White Mage
1.) Protect: Remove it from the other healers and give WHM the PVP protect for PVE.
2.) Shell: Places a buff on the target that Absorbs one magical spell and converts the damage into X% HP.
3.) Reraise: Revives the target after one KO, long recast. (debuffs the target preventing them from reapplying.)
4.) Haste: Increases target attack speed, and lowers recast times.
5.) Dia: Replaces AOE Aero (Holy DOT)

Been playing WHM for a long time and I wouldn't want any of these things to happen except #4

Final Fantasy XIV Astrologian (5.0 Update)

My vision for the 5.0 Astrologian is to make them more into proper gamblers, and work on giving them more control over their cards, while that means they won’t get any new healing tools for 5.0 that’s ok because their kit is pretty reasonable for what they are supposed to be, a hybrid between SCH/WHM with enhancements.

LV 72: Wild Card
o A random card is automatically drawn and instantly used on nearby party members; the card is always under the effect of Extend. Does not put Draw on a Cooldown, or consumed a drawn card.

LV 74: Double-Up
o Grants a random secondary royal road enhancement in addition to the one held. Can only be used if you already have a royal road effect up. Duplicated Royal Roads enhance the effect.
 Potency+ = 250% potency
 Duration+ = duration enhanced by x2.5
 Extend+ = 75% Potency on card

LV 75: Draw of the Luck (Trait)
o Using a drawn card has a 25% of negating the recast timer on the Draw ability.

LV 76: Fold
o Currently Drawn Cards is switched to the opposite Arcanum.
 Bold = Balance (And vice verse)
 Ewer = Spire (And vice verse)
 Arrow = Spear (And vice verse)

LV 80: Cutting Cards
o Currently Drawn Card can no longer be used, instead if you ever end up drawing the card while under the effect of Cutting Cards you will cut the card automatically recovering 10% of your MP. This is a stance; however, it wears off upon Death.

LV 80: Undraw Cut Card
o Returns the Arcanum currently cut back to your deck.

Final Fantasy XIV White Mage (5.0 Update)

My vision for the 5.0 White Mage is to make them more into the powerhouse healer they are born to be, by giving them more healing tools so they can use in a pinch, also by giving them more defensive support abilities.

LV 72: Cure IV
o Restores HP of target and all party members nearby the target, also bestows them with a potent Healing overtime effect. Must have atleast one lily to be able to execute the spell.
 1 Lily = Cure Potency: 600 / Regen Potency: 50 (12s)
 2 Lilies = Cure Potency: 750 / Regen Potency: 100 (12s)
 3 Lilies = Cure Potency: 900 / Regen Potency: 150 (12s)

LV 74: Protect
o Reduces target’s physical damage taken by 20%. Must have atleast one lily to be able to execute the spell. (10s)
 1 Lily = 20%
 2 Lilies = 35%
 3 Lilies = 50%

LV 74: Shell
o Reduces target’s magical damage taken by 20%. Must have atleast one lily to be able to execute the spell. (10s)
 1 Lily = 20%
 2 Lilies = 35%
 3 Lilies = 50%

LV 75: Excellency (Trait)
o Lilies can now have a 5% chance of being generated with healing overtime effects. Cannot be generated by Cure IV regen effect.

LV 76: Reraise
o When you are K.O. in combat you are automatically revived with 1 HP (15mins). Cannot be used during combat.

LV 80: Arise
o Resurrects target to a weakened state. With their maximum default HP. Overheal (20s), Recast: 180s.
o NOTE: maximum default HP is your default HP without the weakness effect, think of it as a temporary overheal; however, any healing done while under the effect of the overheal effect has no effect until the weakness wears off, and you still suffer from the regular weakness timer.

Final Fantasy XIV Scholar (5.0 Update)

My vision for the 5.0 Scholar is to give them more utility based on their niche which is shielding. And give their fairies more to do via the scholar abilities.

LV 72: Fortify
o Erects a magicked barrier which nullifies damage equaling 25% of the target maximum health. When critical cast the amount is doubled to 50%. Cannot be stacked with Adloquium shield.

LV 74: Rehabilitate
o Cures the target of all removable status ailments, and renders them temporarily immune to further status ailments. (21s)

LV 75: Offensive Stratagem (Trait)
o Your damaging spells recover the HP of the target with the lowest HP in the party. The amount healed is 3% of the target maximum HP per cast. Does not work with instant cast spells.

LV 76: Vivify
o Orders your pet away while reviving a K.O. party member with full health and no weakness. Cannot summon pet for 30s.
o NOTE: While it might seem overpowered remember that you lose your fairy for 30s and it has a big recast. Plus WHM would have Arise without any penalty to their healing power so I feel that it’s fairly balanced. And they get Reraise too which is a unique but powerful niche to the WHM arsenal.

LV 80: Equanimity
o Temporarily summons your second fairy onto the battlefield to assist you on the battlefield. You will not have control of the second fairy and the AI will take over. Requires your faerie gauge to be full, and while the second fairy is out it consumes the gauge overtime, you cannot start building the Faerie gauge again until the second fairy is gone. (Second Fairy will last for 60s which is the amount of time it will take to consume the entire fairy bar or until killed). (Recast: Can be used anytime your fairy gauge is full)