Quote Originally Posted by NYCAcimStudent View Post
^ Thank you, Gemina! You just succinctly phrased what I have been trying to say for 2 years. I have been playing MMOs since the original Everquest and I have never seen the "healer" role require healing less than 50% of the time. Sometimes in FFXIV, I am actively healing less than 25% of the time. If I want to play mostly DPS, I would just play DPS.

If we want a revolution in Healer identity, healers need to actively heal again. This oGCD and GCD split is madness. Our healers aren't healers. They are hybrids.
I don’t see it getting better on 5.0, now tanks will have 2 categories (OT and MT). So it will be probably less healing, specially for 2 healers. They could make the auto ataque deal a decent dmg so 1 healer will need to be on the duty to actually heal the tank between mechanics. But the other one will be a green dps till a mechanic.