Latest Official Developer Statements About Healer DPS?

[sindriiisgaming]

You say this, but the core of the game has not changed since ARR, we had so called "dps races" back then as well, yet we had 3 unique healers in HW/SB.

WHM was direct heals and direct damage.
SCH was preemptive shields and passive over time damage.
AST was delayed and extended heals and have unique buffs.

All the unique traits of the healers were taken away in ShB when they were mashed into the same mold. But sure, tell us how 4 unique healers wouldn't work within the core of this game (despite then working that way before).

im not advocating for 3.0 combat, but at least jobs did have more identity
perhaps then the issue is encounter deisgn. MHW can be a dps race and yet every fight feels different and its because of how the monsters react. kingdom hearts boss fights are similar like this too. maybe ff14s encounter design is just to rigid?