Discussion: Healer Identities & Implementation of Healing Roles in FFXIV

[Seraphyel]

How are those identities and roles implemented in FFXIV / how can they be implemented or further improved upon?


1. White Mage

What is it right now? Mix of healing over time + direct healing.

What could it be? The HoT-based healer

In other games this niche is very well covered (WoW: Druid / Monk, ESO: Nightblade, LotRO: Runekeeper) and one of the most popular healing roles in MMORPGs.

I don't know why SE isn't going the route of the Hot-based healer further with WHM. Lilies could be turned into some kind of mechanic that adds HoTs of different potencies to your basic / direct healing spells or easily enhance Regen's duration or potency overall. How do I imagine this?

For example: Regen

1 Lily: Increases Regen's duration by 6s / potency by 20%
2 Lilies: Increases Regen's duration by 9s / potency by 35%
3 Lilies: Increases Regen's duration by 12s / potency by 50%

For example: Medica II

1 Lily: Increases the potency of the Medica II HoT by 40%
2 Lilies: Increases the potency of the Medica II HoT by 70%
3 Lilies: Increases the potency of the Medica III HoT by 100%

For example: Cure II

1 Lily: Your Cure II leaves a 6s HoT on the target for 35% of its initial heal
2 Lilies: Your Cure II leaves a 6s HoT on the target for 50% of its initial heal
3 Lilies: Your Cure II leaves a 6s HoT on the target for 75% of its initial heal

For my suggestion the use of Lilies must be triggered by a new skill so that you can deliberately alter / enhance your healing skills when needed; after so you lose the Lilies you stacked.


2. Scholar

What is it right now? Mix of absorption / shields + pet / AI-based healing.

What could it be? Pure pet / AI-based healer.

In other games this is a frequent type of healer as well (WoW: Shaman).

I think the fairy / pet theme fits scholar very well and should be the base to build upon. For that case remove the absorption / shield skills and hand them to AST.

I don't have as detailed suggestions as for White Mage but I think the first thing would be to give SCH some short-timed healing pets / totems or something in that regard; Aetherflow could then increase the duration / potency of those summoned idols / things to improve them furher. Eos / Selene stay and SCH maybe get an additional permanent pet on top of that.


3. Astrologian

What is it right now? a mix of WHM and SCH.

What could it be? Buffer + absorption / shield healer

In other games this is a popular type of healer (WoW: Discipline Pries, ESO: Dragon Knight, LotRO: Runekeeper).

Instead of making AST a mashup of WHM and SCH they could very well have their own identiy by keeping the buffer-nature they already have and get on top of that the absorption / shield component SCH have while losing the WHM healing component. I haven't thought about it in detail yet but might update this section later on.


4. Future healing job: Necromancer? Chemist?

Could be based on the yet missing healing types of healing-via-damage or sacrificing own health to heal others.




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