All Healers are now Pure Healers only

[Ilenya]

I just want to say, if the meta becomes single healer with DPS, this healer balance attempt FAILED.

[Veis_Alveare]

This is extremely healthy for the meta which has rarely ever made room for bringing a pure healer into content outside of very early progression, and even then it's debatable.

That's a good thing though. Laziness is bad.

[ForteNightshade]

If they significantly increase outgoing damage or nerf healing potencies, thereby requiring a lot more healing. I could maybe get on board with the changes. If this translates into "afk for 90% of a damage," I'll never touch healers again.

This is extremely healthy for the meta which has rarely ever made room for bringing a pure healer into content outside of very early progression, and even then it's debatable.

No, it isn't. Assuming nothing changes from the current design philosophy, it simply caters towards lazy players who can't be arsed to do more than heal while watching Netflix. If they do go this route, healers are going to be the least popular job by a mile.

[hynaku]

If they lower the healers dmg. good luck doing those job quests and soloing main story quests. Just know I'm not going to be healer anymore in 5.0. or ever tank.

[Derio]

I hope they don’t lower healer damage. Solo instances and open world content is already a challenge for leveling

[Kalise]

From what I can tell, based on the fact that WHM is often referred to as a "Pure Healer" because it has limited shields (Only Divine Benison), that it was mentioned that SCH was getting more direct healing skills and that WHM was noted for getting a new DPS options.

I think that this statement of becoming "Pure Healers" simply means they're downplaying or outright removing Shields (Or "Barriers") from the main healing skills.

What this will mean for SCH and Nocturnal AST?

Well, I think that SCH will likely still have some form of CD that provides a shield, to mix with their Tactics spells. But otherwise, they'll probably have some more focus on direct healing, likely involving Lily being their version of Regen in lieu of you know, actually having a HoT spell.

Nocturnal AST? Maybe won't suck now xD I don't know what they might be doing with it though, since they can't just remove it as it's needed for their Role Job quest. But I'm betting it'll be moving away from providing shields and maybe might affect something different about their heals.

But yeah, not sure how "Offensive abilities adjusted" is going to work out but who knows. Maybe it's something like having a slightly more interesting rotation than "Stone/Malefic/Broil x Infinity". Maybe it's some more damage, putting Healers a bit closer to that of Tank DPS. Maybe Scholar will get Broil before level 54 and so not suck absolute butt while leveling.

[Ilenya]

Well, I think that SCH will likely still have some form of CD that provides a shield, to mix with their Tactics spells. But otherwise, they'll probably have some more focus on direct healing, likely involving Lily being their version of Regen in lieu of you know, actually having a HoT spell.

We decided we didn't know how to balance SCH, so we decided to gut them. Please look forward to it.

They then say that SCH's are lacking in the direct heal department (?!) Despite them having Exco, Lustrate, Indom, and Emergency Tactics > Adlo.

At some point, though I may have misheard, it sounded like they had said that the differences between faeries were minor and people mostly chose by looks. If I heard that right, I am 99% sure they don't know what SCH does. Also, SCH kinda is lacking in direct heal *non-OCD* heals, but adding them isn't necessarily a good thing...

[Deceptus]

This live letter proved nothing except that the developers have absolutely zero clue on what to do with healers.

They claim that they want to provide tools that healers are missing.

They then say that they're giving WHM's an instant heal (that they're apparently lacking?!) despite them having Tetra, Assize, and Indulgence

They then say that SCH's are lacking in the direct heal department (?!) Despite them having Exco, Lustrate, Indom, and Emergency Tactics > Adlo.

At that point I didn't even listen to Astro because apparently they're letting them use both sects now.

[Jxnibbles]

We get one slide of data. No new Healer and all we are shown is one slide. More information would of helped.

Pure Healer hasn't worked for Whm do they think it would work for the other two healers.

As it stands I am even more worried. Thanks Square.

[Nuna]

Meaning shields are less of a focus now, not that healers only heal.

Also rip my whm.