Every problem with the current iteration of healers.

[Acidblood]

I see this argument come up a lot. About having one healing class with a more complex dps rotation. There's a very good reason this will NEVER happen.

There's only two possible outcomes for making one healer a complex dps rotation healer:

1) You don't increase the dps ceiling. You simply nerf the potency of each skill in the rotation to make the maximum output of getting the rotation right on par with what we have now.

2) You do increasing the dps ceiling. Thereby punishing casual healers AND at the same time locking the other endgame healers out of the endgame meta because this new dps healer will always be able to bring more to the table.

A few players complaining on the healer forums that they're bored with the current 1 nuke and 1 dot is not enough to justify either of those outcomes. Some say they don't want potency increases they just want the same rotation with the same theoretical output but...c'mon, that's absurd. Nobody believes that. Nobody wants increased risk and complexity for no increased reward. Can you imagine what a mess it would be if that idea were implemented and suddenly you had non healer forum users who suddenly saw their dps plummet because a few people on the healer forums claimed they were bored with the nuke + dot?

Every group I've been in with Savage Titan seems to be having a hell of a time with how complex the fight is as currently is. A more complicated rotation to cause even more wipes assuming someone hitting that rotation properly would have the same dps output someone does now with 1 nuke + 1 dot would be an absolute disaster.

When I say 'complex' I don't mean BLM + Heals, I mean something like what SCH used to have: 2-3 DoTs, a weak nuke, an oGCD, 1-2 interaction abilities (e.g. Bane). And if most of this healers’ damage came from DoTs (instead of nukes), then that differentiates them in gameplay (compared to the 'nuke' healer) and adds some 'complexity' (in optimally managing the DoTs), without necessarily* increasing their DPS ceiling.

* Note 1: I say necessarily as there will be some difference based on the GCDs available for damage in any given encounter, but if we are worried about differences that small then the Devs may as we just delete everything that isn't WHM, PLD, BLM, DRG, MNK and BRD.

Note 2: I do not believe that every healer needs to be for (the mythical) everyone, so just because some people prefer to spam 1 button for 70% of an encounter does not mean everybody does, even if the end result is the same.

Note 3: I actually find content around level 50-60 more engaging to heal than max level content. One of the reasons for this is that the healer DoTs don't last nearly as long and the more frequent refreshes help to break up the monotony. Another reason is having less oGCD / Instant heals, which makes each one you do have more important.