Why don't healers get big flashy abilities

[IsumiSaginomiya]

basically everyone has a big cool ability/cooldown except for healers. Why dont we get big flashy abilities? Closest is like whitemage gets wings with that one cooldown, astro has earthly star i guess??? And scholar has seraph I guess but shes tiny and barely noticable.

Very sad that we don't get a big cool graphics for an ability unlike everyone else, its like were still in heavensward except with half our abilities removed

[ItMe]

That's a good question.
Been lurking since 2015 I see and when you decide to hit us with your first post you hit us with a doozy~

Yeah... I have no idea and don't think they've ever addressed this.
Not every healer needs to have spells as flashy as Holy, but my this just made me realize that I've only ever really appreciated healer spell effects when zoomed in and gposing. They don't need to be seen from space, but you're right, they def could stand to look a bit more dynamic/dramatic.

[Duskane]

Misery??Earthly star??Celestial opposition??all the new stuff for Ast and Whm in job trailer??

only SCH is lacking some big huge effect spell

[Reiryuu]

Misery??Earthly star??Celestial opposition??all the new stuff for Ast and Whm in job trailer??

only SCH is lacking some big huge effect spell

While I agree that the AST stuff is pretty flashy and that SCH definitely needs some major love in the spell effect department, the WHM stuff isn't all that cool or interesting. Glare/Dia II look very similar to their original versions, Holy 2 or whatever is just a white misery and... that... heart-lily-thing....? is just.... what? And... I'm sorry if I'm picky here... but the WHM spells are just so bland. Aside from misery they're virtually all white and washed out colors.

Once again, I agree with you that SCH needs some major love in the effects department [edit:] hell scholar needs some major love all over[end edit], but... the whm effects are pretty meh.

[EmpyreanHelios]

People can see Earthly Star?

[Reiryuu]

People can see Earthly Star?

Only after it pops.

[Rein_eon_Osborne]

The only way to be flashy is to spam those heals unnecessarily.

[Calysto]

Every healers need a RDM lb3 level of flashiness.
That way peolpe actually take damages

[Risvertasashi]

...I... don't think healers are lacking for big, flashy abilities.

Is it that you're looking for Summoner-level flashiness on healers? You won't find that even on most DPS jobs, true enough...

[Teno]

...I... don't think healers are lacking for big, flashy abilities.

Is it that you're looking for Summoner-level flashiness on healers? You won't find that even on most DPS jobs, true enough...

Well summoner got reworked and it's one of the flashiest jobs in the FF franchise anyway. Most jobs also got flashy abilities with pretty good sound effects as the final spell they cast before moving on to the next job.