Yoshi-P: "If you want more engaging content, go play Ultimate"

[ForsakenRoe]

I'll admit I'm not familiar with lazzie, but in the few times I've seen Mr. Happy, he's usually been on MNK or a physical ranged. Also, pretty sure Mizzteq is a tank main.

I know they probably dabble in healers, but when people talk about dedicated healer mains, I don't think any of their names are usually mentioned.

MrHappy's more like a 'moonlights as a healer at times' kinda guy afaik. I don't recall him progging any 8man Savages as a healer, but I do know he progged Delubrum Savage as a WHM. I think they have to be cautious on how 'strongly' they push on certain points with their questions, so as not to make a scene that is bad for PR in the interview and risk losing their 'influencer' status, hence why they get given such non-answers re: healers and go 'ok fair enough, next question, is G'raha pregnant' or whatever

The only healer main that I am aware of who went to EW’s media tour is Spofie. From Mr Happy’s videos, I think he plays P Ranged at the moment. There were a couple of good questions from Happy and Mizztek though that were related to healer issues. It would be really nice to have someone like Momo or Rinon in these events. Honestly though, I don’t expect the questions and feedback to go beyond what Happy and Mizztek already asked.

Ah, but the copium there is that those questions were asked pre-EW. Now, since then, we've had the complaints about the role increase in severity, in number, and we've had the Abyssos dilemma which got so bad, even JP asked about it. It might be enough ammunition to say 'okay, pre-EW you said X about the plan for healers, and it has lead to increased complaints about the role, and Abyssos in particular was a very bleak time for the role's participation. Since then, we've also seen TOP get cleared with zero healers, whereas previous 'non-standard' ultimate clears had at least one healer present. If anything, the role's health is getting worse, not better. Can we get more detail on what plans you have for the role going forward?' And then if they give a non-answer again, those of us who are sick of the non-answers can say 'that's all I needed to hear, it confirms our worst fears' and move to a different role or different game entirely, because it's clearly not going to be getting better for another 2 years

IIRC there was a Mogtalk episode (Frosty's podcast) which was about healers, which had both Momo and Rinon on it. And IIRC on that episode, the general consensus from both Momo and Rinon was effectively to have some 'damage rotation' like SB design. One or two extra buttons on each healer, with either a DOT to enforce a 'cooldown' of sorts, or a hard-CD like Sonic Break or Goring Blade has.

EG (and yes I'm saying it again sue me), if we make WHM's Dia 12s instead of 30, and give it ONE new button with a 15s CD (Water, later Banish), that takes our 'Glare per minute' count from 18 to 11 straight away