Every problem with the current iteration of healers.

[Elladie]

I think it's fair to say that many of us here on the forums, myself included, are unhappy and upset over the current iteration of healers. I know there are several threads talking about healer issues already, but my goal is to put every single healer issue into one thread and not have them split onto separate threads.

A couple of things that I do ask though:
Please be specific, don't just say something along the lines of "healers are boring now and I don't like them", not saying I disagree with such a statement, but it doesn't tell me anything, tell me why you don't like healers

Second point: please do not use this thread as a means of debates with others, I believe there are plenty of threads where people on both sides have argued with each other. I'm asking you here to talk to me, and only to me.

Last point: if you have any positives, I want to hear those as well. As much as I dont enjoy the current healers myself, I'd be remiss to say that they messed up everything, and I have positives to say myself. Tell me, and again only me, what some of these positives are, what draws you to your healing class? Again, do be specific, I want details.

I want every healers perspective, but as a scholar main myself, I'm most interested in what AST and especially WHM have to say, because I know what the issues with SCH are by heart, but I'm not as well versed in the other two.

If you want the game developers to pay attention, for the love of the Twelve just stop making new threads about it. It is seriously getting beyond entertaining - oh look a new healer complaint thread meme - and is accomplishing nothing but diluting your argument and pissing people off who might previously have sympathised a little.

I was prepared to be unhappy with my healers after reading all the gloomy threads here pre-Shadowbringers. But I actually have found them to be fine. My only complaint about SCH was the loss of Energy Drain, meaning that I was wasting aetherflow stacks by using OCD heals I didn't need; now I have Energy Drain back I'm happy. I'm also enjoying WHM; Afflatus Solace is lovely, I feel that I have enough oshit buttons to really try and push my DPS. All the people in my FC and my crossworld linkshell are similar engaged by the current healer interactions. Two friends who main AST are very happy they're not constantly fishing for balance cards and enjoying themselves.

I know you will dismiss this as anecdotal; I would respectfully disagree and say that most people in game do not have an issue with healers. Of course that isn't what you want to hear, and you are of course welcome to disregard it. But reading the numerous posts/threads you are currently making I can't help but feel that the only thing you'd be happy with is an echo chamber where all you hear is people murmuring in support of you.

I do not normally post often on the forums although I've been here since 1.x and mained SCH since ARR. But I am utterly tired of new threads every day on this subject. Please just stop, post everything in one thread, and then maybe the Devs might read it.

Personally I would much rather SE invested their time/money in sorting out housing for example however