How would you address Button Bloat on healers?

[LeonKeyh]

For all jobs:

1. Create single target versions of any AoE abilities that don't already exist
2. Create AoE versions of any single target abilities that don't already exist (most of these things are already done)
3. Create an AoE stance, instant cast 1 second recast OGCD; If it is on, all of your abilities do AoE damage/healing; if it's off, all of your abilities do single target damage/healing.


It would clean up button bloat and help people learn their rotations better (because AoE rotation would just be the single target rotation with the "stance" on). Even things like Healer's DoTs would have an AoE version; in general, any sort of additional effect would remain similar, but they would just need to adjust potencies and %'s to balance it between single target and AoE. It would work fairly well for DPS/Tanks, but healers may be a little messy single target healing in dungeons while dealing AoE damage. I feel like most could make it work though.

Edit: Maybe having it only affect heals for healers is the way to go; Have damage remain as-is since there is a significantly lower number of damage abilities. Or, have a separate stance for Damage abilities and Healing abilities for healers.

[Renathras]

Edit: Maybe having it only affect heals for healers is the way to go; Have damage remain as-is since there is a significantly lower number of damage abilities. Or, have a separate stance for Damage abilities and Healing abilities for healers.

I saw a WHM suggestion a few weeks ago to make WHMs work like the final boss of Amdapor (the stone angel) where they could have some Eucrasia-like ability that converts their heals into damage like that boss does where she converts her "Cure X" into a damage spell. So using this ability than Cure 3 would make it into Holy, for example.