Tinfoil Hat Time! A new Lens to Look at Healer Changes!

[Yawnie]

Here’s the thing, I’m almost positive none of the dev team mains a healer. I remember them saying they talked to other players (I’m sure the “big” youtubers) and that they found the healer changes positive. Thing is I’m ALSO POSITIVE that none of them main healer either, mostly tanks and dps. I really hope they start listening more or find someone who actually does play healer because as much as I’ve stuck with the role since the time I joined in 2.0 this is the first expansion that I found myself not having fun with the role.

[Gemina]

Here’s the thing, I’m almost positive none of the dev team mains a healer. I remember them saying they talked to other players (I’m sure the “big” youtubers) and that they found the healer changes positive. Thing is I’m ALSO POSITIVE that none of them main healer either, mostly tanks and dps. I really hope they start listening more or find someone who actually does play healer because as much as I’ve stuck with the role since the time I joined in 2.0 this is the first expansion that I found myself not having fun with the role.

The biggest youtubers I know of are Mr. Happy, MizzTech, Larryazur, Work2Game; and perhaps even Meoni, Grael Gaming, and ZeplaHQ. None of them main a healer. I am currently unaware of anyone being representative of the healer community on both west and eastern zones. I honestly believe we are at the bottom of the totem pole. Healer becoming the main adventurer in need was very accurately predicted.

[Risvertasashi]

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Despite the tongue-in-cheek tone of your post, I don't think you're wrong. Even looking at changes before ShB-

For example, SE buffed the duration of confession from 10s to 30s. Technically, this was responding to feedback. But if you were here and reading the forums in depth... it was the wrong feedback. Most consensus was that changes that amounted to MOAR HEALING wouldn't help WHM's standing. And it didn't.

But if you're a dev just glancing over the forums for ideas, you'll see stuff like that. Then maybe go "oh yeah we can do that np". And so we end up with those odd, kind of useless buffs.

The biggest youtubers I know of are Mr. Happy, MizzTech, Larryazur, Work2Game; and perhaps even Meoni, Grael Gaming, and ZeplaHQ. None of them main a healer. I am currently unaware of anyone being representative of the healer community on both west and eastern zones. I honestly believe we are at the bottom of the totem pole. Healer becoming the main adventurer in need was very accurately predicted.

It's also telling how rarely healers get any kind of mention at all in interviews. On the very rare occasion they do, it's nothing in depth.

And of course, the devs don't engage with us here on the forums. Does feel a bit like we're praying into the void at times... or most of the time really.