The Problem With Healers as a Role Withing FFXIV

[Shurrikhan]

Iron Jaws...

...was just the dumbest ability, except perhaps for nearly doubling the duration of DoTs themselves, in terms of button-press diversity. It felt decent back at 18s in multi-DoTing, but otherwise it was just... bloat.

An extra HS per ~18s (later ~30s), albeit at expense of WB's own direct damage? We're paying a button for... that? In single-target? Would have much preferred it to be a Repertoire spender on a dynamic (song-dependent action) key.

I included Scholar in the main group because while I personally don't find dot management engaging, the loss of Selene, SF/SS exclusion, AF management, and overpowered Shield management were still heavy enough blows to warrant it.

Agreed. For my part I only found DoT management on healers interesting in (1) its interaction with Cleric Stance when tracking your co-healers DoTs, too, so you'd know when to switch in and out and/or (2) in the presence of Bane (though I'd still have revised it to have more nuance available).

Honestly, I really wish WHM, for instance, had taken a different approach from the start, such that its plethora of DoTs weren't just DoTs (and, being just DoTs, didn't so quickly arrive at the chopping block). Where's the whole Wind, Water, and Earth aspect those could have played into?
...But, that might involve indirect (doesn't just offer 5% more damage to raid, etc.) utility that'd have to be mindfully used to get increased throughput from, so... can't have that.