[Discussion and Feedback] Incoming damage vs. Utility

[Oizen]

I mentioned this in the 'boring dps rotations for healers' thread, but I wonder what it would be like if when a boss does an attack that also applies damage over time, that mitigation buffs/debuff no longer affect the damage over time component placing more responsibility on the healers. Overall I do think that mitigation buffs/debuffs are bit too strong/prevalent.

Problem with that is tools like Shake it Off + Overtime, Veil still exist and still deal with that in a pretty effective way.
I think all that would do is further unbalance the game by making Shield HP and Regen significantly better than mitigation. Jobs like GNB and DRK would suffer for it as they dont have equivlants to it.

Personally I think the issue is more of fight design, way back when fights used to have a lot more depth to them in terms of managing outgoing damage onto the tanks.
Thordan UR is a good example of this, his Auto attacks are scarier than almost every savage fight you'll find this tier baring P8SP2's double tank buster auto gimmick.

Now fights are less about mitigating damage and restoring health, rather they're wipe or fail fights with a heavy focus on body checks, the actual daamge outgoing isn't as high as it used to be.
Because of this tools like Shake it Off's Regen, Nascent Flash, Veil,Intervention (ect) end up being enough to get people back up to max, and ready for the next mandantory raidwide damage.

Its not that these jobs are out healing healers, its that fights don't really demand all that much from healers outside of key moments, and we're tetering on the edge of powercreep where tools that heal less like the tank moves I listed earler are becoming enough to cover that. Theres a reason all the big contents cleared healer-less were stacking up on PLD and WAR, some even doubling on both.