Make The Healer

[Tommara]

If there is no solo content that yields exp for a hybrid healer that a pure healer cannot do (as existed in Everquest), there is no point in hybrid healers.

i.e., if the only way of progressing is in a group, a hybrid healer serves no purpose compared to a pure healer, unless the group content is trivial.

I don't like the fact this is true of FF14. But I have played enough MMO's to know that it's a kindness to prevent hybrids from existing if they aren't viable (because there is no worthwhile solo content compared to grouping).

For the record, I much prefer a game design where hybrids are viable. I find them much more fun.

But FF14 is not one of them.

As long as MSQ is required for progressing and that it requires grouping, all healers must be alike, at least from the perspective of the rest of the group (been there, done that beginning with an EQ cleric, then years later, my disillusion complete in City of Heroes, which had the best healer designs I've ever encountered - if you can't heal stupid, you're of no use in a PUG. If you don't think the game is designed around PUGs, as my view of FF14 is, despite always being in an FC., your mileage may vary.