A summary of healer issues

[Renathras]

I visited the healer forums once. It was an echo chamber of salt. And when I dared speak my own opinion about how I liked healer as it is now, they got extremely vitriolic. So why would I pay attention to anything other than general discussion, which has arguably less vitriol.

This is a pretty unfortunate truth about the Healer forum. But I think it's why it's that way. I'm like the only person that consistently pokes the bear in there by having a different opinion. Most other people come in, get absolutely dumped on, and leave. But because they do, the majority thinks they represent everyone and keep doing it. When I point out they drive people away, so they aren't a true majority, they're a toxic echo chamber, they just...well, dump on me more, but I'm used to it at this point, I guess? XD

We really could use more dissenting voices in there, though.

EDIT:

It has less vitriol because the more acidic users left. This place was literally Dead Ends’ Judgment Day a year ago.

It's...still pretty bad.

[OdinelStarrei]

This is a pretty unfortunate truth about the Healer forum. But I think it's why it's that way. I'm like the only person that consistently pokes the bear in there by having a different opinion. Most other people come in, get absolutely dumped on, and leave. But because they do, the majority thinks they represent everyone and keep doing it. When I point out they drive people away, so they aren't a true majority, they're a toxic echo chamber, they just...well, dump on me more, but I'm used to it at this point, I guess? XD

We really could use more dissenting voices in there, though.

EDIT:



It's...still pretty bad.

Dude, what are you talking about? If you go to NASA, try to proclaim that the world is flat, and that everyone who doesn't agree is stuck in a toxic echo-chamber for calling you out, you're not portraying ANY side properly.

Having a different opinion from the majority does not inherently give said opinion more individual value. There is no debate left to be had, nor is there any need to be one! Who gives a shit if they are pushing people away from this miserable cesspool, particularly when we're a pointless minority anyway? The design of the entire combat system is not going to bend to appease some over-dedicated players on the forums. Nothing they do matters! If the developers would come on here and directly tell each and everyone one of us thanks for the money, now get out and stop asking for the SAME things we've been asking for four years, they would if they didn't have the PR fallout to worry about.


Healers are NOT changing! Tanks are NOT changing! The reality that that Class forums want for this game will NEVER happen! Our "opinions" are WORTHLESS. Why isn't that simple fact good enough? There is no need for a dissenting voice for players who are CONVINCED Square Enix has wronged them! The reality and hopelessness of the situation in their minds is loud enough without chucklenut #67032 saying "Actually it's fine, your experience is irrelevant". Just let us be miserable!

Now, all that said, I also know where you are coming from about being the jaded old guard of a game who has witnessed the very fundamentals of the game you love, change into something you despise. I am genuinely sorry that happened. It sucks. I wasn't around pre Shadowbringers, so i dont know what the game was like back then but im very sorry you seem to feel like youve had a hobby that you love taken away from you. I dont want that for you or anyone. But I would be lying if I said I wasn't here for it. I regret that what I want for the game doesn't match up with what so many others do. But im still here for it.

I'm going to keep this for reference for every single time I think about coming back here, and try to get as many of my miserable friends that are left out of this game as possible. I am so sick of seeing them so unhappy. Our game is gone. At the very least, you acknowledged there were losers in this. Goddamn, I lost so much. I should have never started playing FFXIV.