Has anyone quit healing?

[MOZZYSTAR]

I'm especially curious about players who have been healing religiously for the past 4-6 years (and I'll clarify why in a moment): did this expansion ever make you consider quit healing? Have you decided to quit healing?

I've been a healer for the past 6 years, and my only class was for the past four years was AST up until a few months ago when I took up bard (because I was burning out of AST - I loved it, but after playing it a lot for four years, kind of needed a break). I think most of my issues about AST is because I've been playing it since it came out (I was one of the first 3 or 5 people on my original server to cap AST and help others learn AST), and AST has undergone a lot of changes over the years, especially when it first came out, so we have adapted quite a bit. I think if they had done this overhaul shortly after it came out or I had just taken it up a couple months ago, I would've adapted to the new AST much better (but I probably also wouldn't have committed to it because I do like the flexibility and the unpredictable elements of AST XD), but because I've been playing it for so long, so often, that I'm really struggling with the newest version. I just can't play it anymore, and I'm sure it's because of my previous experiences and expectations of the class. So, I've been considering Scholar (despite its own overhauls, but again: AST is the only class I really played until a few months ago) and White Mage (my original main), but they just don't appeal to me. I really struggle to motivate in terms of using either or on my main or my alt.



So, after this past month, it's been like... "Wow, am I really going to quit healing?" I can't imagine not healing (DPS is quickly growing boring, and tanking can be very boring as well in comparison to old healers). I really hope I don't quit, because it hurts my motivation to play the game... and yet I just can't imagine not healing. So, to answer my own question: I seriously don't know if I'll quit healing. I really can't imagine it. I might buckle at some point and take on WHM again (though I am not a fan of its sound effects or animations [neurotic, I know]), but... Motivation is hard.


Anyway, what about you guys? Share your thoughts?