Shadowbringers RDM Wishlist

[Dualgunner]

Well, to be honest, that's... kind of the point. Our primary utility is lessening a healer's job, because we're designed to be a hybrid class.

In a game like FFXIV, healer-support is a very limited utility. I'd like to see healer support reduced somewhat (that's why I suggested overexertion--it still allows for 2 raises every minute via swiftcast and dualcast but it takes away their always-on-demand-instant-chain-raise capacity) and their damage support increased somewhat.

After Heavensward, I'm forever disillusioned to any kind of "healer support" or "healer specialist" job. Paladin suffered in 3.x because of it, and White Mage has been suffering the entirety of 3.x-4.x because of it.

Unless, of course, healing is drastically weakened or changed in some way for 5.x, in which case we'll have to see how that pans out.

[Archwizard]

After Heavensward, I'm forever disillusioned to any kind of "healer support" or "healer specialist" job. Paladin suffered in 3.x because of it, and White Mage has been suffering the entirety of 3.x-4.x because of it.

That... sounds like you just have a problem with being a healer, to be honest?

[Dualgunner]

That... sounds like you just have a problem with being a healer, to be honest?

I mean, firstly I certainly don't undertake dps queues to play subhealer.

Even if you weren't around for Heavensward where Paladin was the "healer / support tank," you can look at White Mage right now and see how, because the way the game works, that it "heals harder" than the other healers isn't really an advantage. The endgame revolves around finding the minimal amount of healing / mitigation required and working as close to that line as possible in order to maximize damage.

[Archwizard]

I mean, firstly I certainly don't undertake dps queues to play subhealer.

Then why pick the class that's historically half Black Mage and half White Mage...?