Discussion: Healer Identities & Implementation of Healing Roles in FFXIV

[Seraphyel]

TL;DR:

1. Make White Mage a purely HoT-based healer

2. Make Scholar a pet-based healer

3. Make Astrologian a buffer / absorption+shield healer

--> this opens up space for new healer jobs (e.g. healing-via-damage, leech-/self-sacrifice healing)

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As you can see, FFXIV at the moment only implements roughly 5 / 7 healing roles I mentioned above. And even then they're mostly done half-hearted and not very in depth. By giving each healer job their own identiy there's open space for at least two more healing jobs in this game that would make sense and give SquareEnix an idea of what they could bring into the game with 6.0 and onwards.

Please feel free to discuss any of my points in this thread, add upon my ideas or dismiss my suggestions with elaborate posts that show why I am wrong.

As you might have noticed, I am a very devoted healer...




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[CelestaRosa]

TL;DR:

1. Make White Mage a purely HoT-based healer

2. Make Scholar a pet-based healer

3. Make Astrologian a buffer / absorption+shield healer

--> this opens up space for new healer jobs (e.g. healing-via-damage, leech-/self-sacrifice healing)

___________________


As you can see, FFXIV at the moment only implements roughly 5 / 7 healing roles I mentioned above. And even then they're mostly done half-hearted and not very in depth. By giving each healer job their own identiy there's open space for at least two more healing jobs in this game that would make sense and give SquareEnix an idea of what they could bring into the game with 6.0 and onwards.

Please feel free to discuss any of my points in this thread, add upon my ideas or dismiss my suggestions with elaborate posts that show why I am wrong.

As you might have noticed, I am a very devoted healer...




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fact is astra is buffer that we have this imbalience in first place their complete and total ulitity whore with bouderline overpowered buffs. compared to whm that as close to No raid ulitity asta deal mroe damage astra heal better astra buff better that why whm is kicked to curve high end stuff


shouldn't have talk about how unfair and broken balance card is and many things you can do with send card. compared to white mage. what does white mage over that astra dont do better that want needs be fixed not making their heals do different things end results meaning have same proud they started

ppl will see sch/asta as better healer and whm will curve stomped out of end game end game stuff
what can you people not understand? that it isn't so much healing as it the ulitity with no team buffing or ulitity helps their team mates might as well make it a limited job

its not just the healing thats issue its whole class as a whole that broken and unbalance level 1-70 their are over all issues with its design how the class so post function

just fixing the heals isnt going to be enough to make white mage usable again. cause ppl run savage teams wont even bat eye lid at you unless you offer more then just healing. and your sch and asta cause no one gives a fuck bout white mage mains.