Quote Originally Posted by Ransu View Post
Healers in every MMO are limited in their dps kits. FFXIV isn't unique in that nature and its intentional because you can't have a class that's focus is healing while also having a strong offensive kit. FFXIV may be a bit more extreme than most, but in general its normal for healer classes in MMO's to only have 3 or 4 attacks and maybe a dot.

So ya, I don't really have any sympathy for people playing healers and complaining about not having more damaging skills. You're a healer, your job is to heal.
You try to say "You're a healer, your job is to heal."
And then have nothing to heal for the next 30+ seconds because healing is overpowered in this game.

What you're actually saying is "Healer, your job is to stand there and look pretty until I mess up." Or just press the same 1 DPS button for the next 30 seconds.
Actually, if you're playing any healer that isn't White Mage, you would always be pressing your 1 DPS button because all the healing can be done with abilities.

And then you do a MSQ instance because you want to play as a healer in trials, so you have to sit there and press the same DPS button over and over again because the damage is tuned for what a DPS can handle, not what a healer can handle. 90% of your toolkit suddenly becomes useless. So that's 10 minutes of boredom from pressing the same attack key until everything dies. That, or you make players specifically have to level up a second job to level 90 to have fun in solo instances, just so they can queue as a healer?

If you can't understand how terrible it is, then sorry. In that case, you deserve to lose Kaiten. "It's only one button, it's not like you have a bazillion more DPS options. You don't need Kenki management to make you FEEL ENGAGED." ... just so you understand how painful it is to play healer when healers feel like an extra rather than an integral part of the party when everything gets taken away from them.