Dear SE, I am a Healer

[cicatriz313]

There are 6 ranged dps jobs currently, 5 if you discount BLU.

I have no idea why people can't comprehend this.

Guy. Even SE designates them differently through role actions. Role Actions. Obviously they're different roles. There are only 2 that are in the same camp.

[Physic]

Guy. Even SE designates them differently through role actions. Role Actions. Obviously they're different roles. There are only 2 that are in the same camp.

they arent really different roles, in fact all dps is basically just built role wise to do the same thing. The difference is just how you do dps, but that can be said to be different for all dps.

[AxlStream]

they arent really different roles, in fact all dps is basically just built role wise to do the same thing. The difference is just how you do dps, but that can be said to be different for all dps.

Erm... Ranged DPS in this game actually support their party by powering them up. Bard brings a critical hit increase whenever they sing and Troubadour's effect varies depending on which song you are on. Machinist also bring Hypercharge which is their version of Trick Attack and Dismantle to reduce incoming damage. The Ranged DPS role bring Refresh, Tactician and Palissade all to aid their party. No other DPS role currently brings these tools to the extent the physical ranged DPS do.

[Paladinleeds]

There are 6 ranged dps jobs currently, 5 if you discount BLU.

I have no idea why people can't comprehend this.

The game splits them into ranged physical and ranged magical. The former are more support role focused.
PR-DPS: Bard, Machinist (Dancer coming in 5.0)
MR-DPS: Black Mage, Summoner, Red Mage (I do not count BLU due to being a limited job).

So PR-DPS are getting a third option. Something to take on the BRD monopoly (with MCH hopefully getting a nice rework too). But given they said the reason for adding GNB as a tank was to give the OT (WAR) competition... why aren't healers being given similar treatment?

[Binahel]

all this mess for me is a clear sign of lack of funds, people working on it and creativity.

[Dark_Lord_Kuro]

Dps didnt get 3 job in stormblood since blue mage dont count
Because its a limited job

[Miste]

they won't read it on the lodestone blog, but you could have posted this in one of the other... what 4 or 5? Shadowbringers healer threads instead of making yet another special snowflake thread and clogging the forums even more

This isn't feedback. Feedback is posting on one of the threads already talking about this that hey I want a healer too. This is a Tumblr post.

I'm sorry I offended you both so much with my post O.o

It wasn't my intention to do so.

I'm free to post just as both of you are, so its fine! Don't worry so much about it, and it is fine if you disagree with my feedback or opinions. So relax~

And @ OP: I feel you. I've mained AST since like a year into HW, and I'm just so tired of being forgotten as a healer (and being stepped on by other players) that I'm just dropping the role entirely. Catch me being a Career Dragoon for the rest of my days or something. At least then I'd be praised for not dying every 20 seconds like DRGs usually do.

Yeaaah...I really loved this game, and I don't want to quit really...I probably won't end up quitting, but I still wanted SE to know my feedback about it. It just sucks cause I really want to support the game, but they are kind of ignoring the role I prefer. If I play I'll prob switch to DPS like you are, maybe RDM, or DNC if I like how it plays.

Dps didnt get 3 job in stormblood since blue mage dont count
Because its a limited job

I'm not counting BLU. I said "Since 4.0", this includes the 5.0 jobs that have been revealed.

Since 4.0 DPS got SAM, RDM, and now DNC. 3 jobs.

[BillyKaplan]

Dps didnt get 3 job in stormblood since blue mage dont count
Because its a limited job

She's including DNC and GUN in the count

[Jinxie]

Just one more disappointment in an ever-growing stack of failures. We have less and less healers because people give up on it to do other more compelling things. Soon we'll be rarer than tanks. I look forward to that day, because it will be abundantly obvious to everyone then, just how big a problem this is. It might take a while, but left untreated this is going to become a big problem.

[kazzel120]

What confuses me about this is that it's not like tanks are all balanced right now either. DRK was promised a rework in ShB, last I remember, but they're still adding GUN as a tank. So to see them use that justification for healers truly makes me quirk a brow.

Yoshi also said the reason they added Gunbreaker was to have another option to WAR for OT since PLD and DRK both are used primarily as MT.