Developers : Healer design mentality needs to change

[Lilseph]

Here's the link

Thanks! Was definitely an interesting read. Regardless though, the old card system caused a hefty imbalance when it came to the three healers with Diurnal being essentially a better WHM. Shadowbringers has the best "healer balance" we've had so far. If anything, they really only need to add a bit more for healers in terms of tools during downtime.

Its not an exaggeration of low healing requirements if the hardest raid in a tier can be done without a healer. If that's not proof they don't into account just how abundant our heals are then what is?

There isn't less healing per say, there's actually more; it's just that the new healing tools they've introduced compensate for the extra outgoing damage so it feels more same-y.

I think it's more of a testament to the strength of the sustain that those jobs have. Putting up what amounts to double the potency of Media II, and having access to a Manaward every 90/30 seconds respectively is pretty insane. Not to mention having Addle for practically every raidwide and mechanic. WAR and PLD are pretty self-explanatory, and the DNC has a mini Medica that's slightly stronger than actual Medica.

Finding the fights easier to heal and being able to find and use downtime says more about your improvement as a healer skill level-wise. Also keep in mind that e4s is the first raid tier of this expansion. In Stormblood, o4s (Neo Exdeath) is similar in that regard because it's literally just "healing downtime the fight", yet that's never really ever brought up. They just need to fill in the gap for downtime so it isn't monotonous.