Quote Originally Posted by Recon1o6 View Post
YoshiP:.but if I have to say anything about this matter what I am able to say at this point is "give healers a try", and that's what I want to convey, since this is a game where you can be multiple roles, and if you're playing in a completely different role you'll definitely find something interesting in doing so....hmmm...well we will need to observe the situation a little more...yeah.
Asking DPS or Tanks to play healer? How about you play healer yourself for a tier, Yoshida? I quit my main, SCH that I played for YEARS this tier to play BLM and I am having more fun than I've had in years in this game. If I can swap to BLM for a tier and quickly understand even more so why healers are boring in this game, surely you can swap to a healer and understand why so many healer mains have been telling you for YEARS that there is a HUGE ISSUE with these jobs? BLM has the level of "plate spinning" engagement that so many healers are looking for. It has multiple timers - Enochian, Astral/Umbral, Thunder III, - unique and interesting optimizations with nonstandard lines, Firestarter procs and even using Lucid Dreaming to get back into Astral Fire as quickly as possible, etc. And none of these optimizations are something any normal Black Mage player has to interact with if they don't want to and they can still perform fine. Healers have none of this, and optimization for a healer is 2 things - healing less and spamming your 1 key more. Every healer DoT wishes it could have the level of complexity that Thunder III does with Thundercloud and Sharpcast, and while it's not "big brain" by any stretch, it is certainly more interesting than Bio, Dia, Combust and E. Dosis combined.

Sorry to be a bit mad at that response, but seriously, before you start asking the players to give healers a try, how about you and your team do so first? Maybe you'll understand why so many people want to do anything but play healer? I don't even want to play a DPS job - I see my main character as a Scholar and that's all I'll ever be able to be happiest seeing them as, but I play this game to have fun and be engaged, and that's something Scholar and every other healer isn't at this point anymore.