New Healer Job Request

[ChonkGoblinSuprem]

Microsoft has an adaptive controller you could try. When I looked last it was like 200 bucks but it has come down a lot.

[FuzzyJCats]

Microsoft has an adaptive controller you could try. When I looked last it was like 200 bucks but it has come down a lot.

Yes yes, I have the MSFT elite controller v2 - best ergonomic controller in the world, but you MUST buy it at Best Buy for the 2-year warranty, it tends to break less than 1 yr and I'm pretty gentle with controller.

I think the above issues with macros PROVE that we need something very simple like the healer job I'm recommending - I'm just not good at the game and YoshiP should consider those with visual, physical disabilities with slow reflexes (not all of us are teenaged boys who have catlike reflexes) by implementing something that doesn't have button bloat, easy to remember combos, no oGCDs (the GCDs potency will have to be higher to compensate).

[Renathras]

Yes yes, I have the MSFT elite controller v2 - best ergonomic controller in the world, but you MUST buy it at Best Buy for the 2-year warranty, it tends to break less than 1 yr and I'm pretty gentle with controller.

I think the above issues with macros PROVE that we need something very simple like the healer job I'm recommending - I'm just not good at the game and YoshiP should consider those with visual, physical disabilities with slow reflexes (not all of us are teenaged boys who have catlike reflexes) by implementing something that doesn't have button bloat, easy to remember combos, no oGCDs (the GCDs potency will have to be higher to compensate).

Hm, I'm kind of curious. A lot of people play WHM because it has a low APM and pretty gradual pace and easy to understand kit. You said you like AST a lot, I take it you dislike WHM or have tried it and found that it has some complications that don't suit your needs?

If you haven't, I'd suggest trying it out since the low APM, low need to target people (you can use Medica 2 and Afflatus Rapture to heal people since WHM's heals are strong and direct), and pretty flexible kit might suit you if you've never given it a shot. WHM is very GCD based. Where the others have single and AOE oGCDs, WHM has Solace and Rapture which are GCDs that work the same way (since the "refund" their damage via Misery). It has Tetra and Benison if you need them, but you can also just brute force your healing with a lot of GCDs and the few oGCDs you use a lot like Assize just do "free" healing.

Not saying to swap or anything, everyone likes what they like, but one thing I do like about WHM is it has a more easy-going pace. I think the only Jobs with lower APM are like BLM (sorta tied with it), SGE, and WAR. Here's a thread with the OP showing average "casts per minute" (same thing as "actions per minute"). The way to think about it is "higher number means more busy/more need to press buttons at a fast-ish pace:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...minute_by_job/

Job CPM Min Max
NIN 47.9 47.1(8th) 49.2(1st)
MCH 47.0 46.3(4th) 48.2(1st)
BRD 45.0 44.7(2nd,5th) 45.9(10th)
GNB 44.1 42.9(9th) 45.5(2nd)
SAM 42.7 41.8(1st) 43.8(4th)
DRG 42.5 41.9(5th) 43.1(10th)
MNK 41.9 40.2(6th) 43.3(5th)
AST 41.5 39.3(7th) 43.5(2nd)
DRK 41.2 39.8(9th) 44.3(7th)
DNC 39.5 37.8(5th) 42.4(4th)
RDM 38.2 37.4(6th) 39.1(3rd)
RPR 37.6 36.8(3rd,6th) 38.4(2nd)
SMN 37.5 37.0(9th) 38.0(2nd)
SCH 37.2 36.0(7th) 38.4(5th,6th)
PLD 35.7 35.1(10th) 36.6(4th)
WAR 35.3 34.9(2nd,4th) 36.0(3rd,9th)
SGE 34.3 32.2(4th) 35.9(10th)
BLM 33.3 31.9(3rd) 35.2(8th)
WHM 33.0 31.8(5th,8th) 34.9(2nd)

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EDIT: Note there's a table there, so it's easier to read on reddit.

Also note this was 6.2, so before the PLD change and some random other things, but this is still going to be largely true.

It also doesn't speak to how EASY a Job is (BLM being near the bottom), just how easy-going the pace/cadence of how fast you need to press buttons is.