A summary of healer issues

[ForsakenRoe]

I remember a lot of people complaining about the idea of GCD mudras for NIN, saying it'd slow the class down, it'd be clunky, weaving ninjutsu was part of it's identity, if you clipped your raiton it was your fault get better internet scrub, etc. Turns out it's not actually so bad as doomsayers claimed. Similar happened when 4.2 WAR happened, expert theorycrafters decided it 'felt like a nerf' to WAR damage because IR was going to change from 120s to 90s (it no longer aligns with Trick, must be a nerf!) Turned out guaranteed Crit/DHit meant it was actually a sizeable buff.

Something tells me that GCD cards would be one of those 'you have to try it before you can really say either way' kind of changes in the same vein. I also don't particularly like the sound of GCD cards either, but I'd be at least willing to give it a try before passing full judgement. Maybe it'd feel smoother in some way, maybe it'd allow us to use Lightspeed for mobility instead of it being forced into 'use it to be allowed to play your class', who knows

[ASkellington]

I remember a lot of people complaining about the idea of GCD mudras for NIN, saying it'd slow the class down, it'd be clunky, weaving ninjutsu was part of it's identity, if you clipped your raiton it was your fault get better internet scrub, etc. Turns out it's not actually so bad as doomsayers claimed. Similar happened when 4.2 WAR happened, expert theorycrafters decided it 'felt like a nerf' to WAR damage because IR was going to change from 120s to 90s (it no longer aligns with Trick, must be a nerf!) Turned out guaranteed Crit/DHit meant it was actually a sizeable buff.

Something tells me that GCD cards would be one of those 'you have to try it before you can really say either way' kind of changes in the same vein. I also don't particularly like the sound of GCD cards either, but I'd be at least willing to give it a try before passing full judgement. Maybe it'd feel smoother in some way, maybe it'd allow us to use Lightspeed for mobility instead of it being forced into 'use it to be allowed to play your class', who knows

Yeah, it would be a thing you'd have to try, all I can do is give feedback on what I see on paper, but I don't see the point in trying a GCD system when we have an oGCD system that worked (SB) is my point. And after 2 expansions of a card system that I don't really like, I'm not interested in having a third.

[Deceptus]

Yeah, it would be a thing you'd have to try, all I can do is give feedback on what I see on paper, but I don't see the point in trying a GCD system when we have an oGCD system that worked (SB) is my point. And after 2 expansions of a card system that I don't really like, I'm not interested in having a third.

And sadly past experience is with healer design is what we see on paper is pretty much what we get even when said decisions are clearly detrimental to the job.

It's early and I can't remember off the top of my head but an expansion or two ago healers lambasted the design choice at the beginning of an expansion (Stormblood maybe?), and we got the usual "Just wait and try it yourself!".

It was as terrible as was predicted.

[HyperiusUltima]

And sadly past experience is with healer design is what we see on paper is pretty much what we get even when said decisions are clearly detrimental to the job.

It's early and I can't remember off the top of my head but an expansion or two ago healers lambasted the design choice at the beginning of an expansion (Stormblood maybe?), and we got the usual "Just wait and try it yourself!".

It was as terrible as was predicted.

Heh. Remember when they removed Energy Drain and people whined all the way to heaven and back? That was so much of a racket that they gave it back to SCH rather quickly. Did it for ShB too and the exact same thing happened. The main one I can remember they lambasted the most was WHM Lilies - and GOD it was horrible. Just use 1 Benison and you basically lose all your Lilies, which was bull.

[Aravell]

I remember a lot of people complaining about the idea of GCD mudras for NIN, saying it'd slow the class down, it'd be clunky, weaving ninjutsu was part of it's identity, if you clipped your raiton it was your fault get better internet scrub, etc. Turns out it's not actually so bad as doomsayers claimed. Similar happened when 4.2 WAR happened, expert theorycrafters decided it 'felt like a nerf' to WAR damage because IR was going to change from 120s to 90s (it no longer aligns with Trick, must be a nerf!) Turned out guaranteed Crit/DHit meant it was actually a sizeable buff.

Something tells me that GCD cards would be one of those 'you have to try it before you can really say either way' kind of changes in the same vein. I also don't particularly like the sound of GCD cards either, but I'd be at least willing to give it a try before passing full judgement. Maybe it'd feel smoother in some way, maybe it'd allow us to use Lightspeed for mobility instead of it being forced into 'use it to be allowed to play your class', who knows

You can't really speak for everyone about those changes, I'm one of the people who hated NIN mudras being made GCD, I still hate it to the point that I barely touch the job anymore, it did slow down the class and the fast-paced gameplay I played it for is no longer there.

On GCD AST cards though, I'm open to the idea. The diversity of GCD usage is lacking on healers, seeing it shaken up in any way would be welcome. Also cards on the GCD would mean lightspeed can actually be used as the movement tool it was meant to be instead of being a 2 minute fixture in the opener/reopener despite having a shorter cooldown.