Goodbye, and good luck.

[Deceptus]

Some of you might notice me and some of you might not but I used to frequent these healer forums relatively extensively.

My game time has run out but I might have forum access until the end of the day so I wanted to make this thread to say Goodbye and Good luck to my fellow healers.

I've basically run out of reasons to log in and haven't for almost 2 months now. Multiple housing notifications that I just logged in to open my house door.

But mostly I'm tired of the job design that CBU3 has put on healers. I'm tired of playing a role that CBU3 clearly has no overall vision for and doesn't have the ability to properly balance them, much less make them "fun" or "engaging" during their downtime.

So, if you play into Dawntrail, I hope it's everything you want it to be and may your loot rolls be good. If you stick around, I hope you are having fun.

10 years was a good run but it's over. It's time for this jaded, grizzled veteran to turn around and walk away.

[Supersnow845]

Truly the end of an era

[NobleWinter]

The fact so many great healers are leaving the game says a lot. I really hope they change course soon.

[Aravell]

The fact so many great healers are leaving the game says a lot. I really hope they change course soon.

Well, that's what the dev team wanted, isn't it? They wanted to absolutely gut the healer role down to its basic parts so DPS and tank players can "give healers a try".

Well, let's hope that those players "giving healers a try" can keep up with all the veterans bleeding out of the role, eh?

[PrincessLily]

Hello, I sorry see you go and wish best to you.

[E4EO]

I quit too, skipped 99% of EW cause I was so mad over the healer changes, can go read it on my profile.

Returned though, I had this nagging feeling in the back of my head to come crawling back, eventually the dam burst and I couldn't keep away any longer.

Will you stay away for good? Maybe, maybe not, just be warned that the grass isn't always greener on the other side, I for one pissed away close to 1.5k hours into terrible dinosaur survival games that stagnated to death. They make this game look good.

gl hf

[VeolE]

Hate to see you go my guy, and I truly wish that healers was good again back in StB, but they truly detest healers to another level. We're literally playing Final Babysit-y Snore-Teen.

But I'll resub whenever the expansion come out in which I'll do the story, do some side stuff, and call it a day. Because ENCOUNTERS themselves won't be FUN unless the JOB CLASS themselves are FUN. But hey, that's subjective against every individual, but personally it has NOT BEEN FUN for me.

[VeolE]

Well, that's what the dev team wanted, isn't it? They wanted to absolutely gut the healer role down to its basic parts so DPS and tank players can "give healers a try".

Well, let's hope that those players "giving healers a try" can keep up with all the veterans bleeding out of the role, eh?

The sad part about is that i'm a TANK MAIN, and I despite those healer changes. Ever since they change my favorite healer AST with it's cards going into ShB, and SCH with selene basically getting deleted from exist to a glorified glamour. Along with the dots, and bane. (Ngl, I wished they keep that aetherflow trait. that was 45 secs, and decrease every 5 secs on using certain atherflow abilities was rad and restore energy drain back to it's former glory, but we'll never get THAT back now will we?)

[BlueMageQuina]

I’ve been fearing that I might quit the role or the game too and that upsets me. I just feel like the past ten years we were more often ignored, gutted and simplified than ever heard, respected, or appreciated.

But also yes, you and your signature are very recognizable and I’ll be sad to watch yet another healer go.

[Post]

I'm probably not too far behind you. Coming up on 11 years this October.

Still love this game. I know I do, because I cared enough to actually start posting on the forums semi-recently despite kinda hating every change healers have faced since losing Virus and Cleric Stance going into StB. Was always able to see the 'why' of the changes, and I'm still convinced most players just don't really give a shit about the battle content, but I think that's the thing, ultimately.

Like, I was drawn to the game and the healers because how it and they played, and over the years we've seen so many of the unique things FFXIV had to offer get filed down or just taken away, and I'm not even sure why because I don't think those things were preventing players from experiencing the story or whatever part of the game they were enjoying. I was enjoying those things.

I'm probably not done yet, just unsubbed for now. I still have friends that will probably mostly show up to play for the next savage raid tier, despite how exploitative it's started to feel that you still need 2 months of subscription and reclears to make sure your team is able to participate in the one ultimate that healers are engaging not even necessary.

Y'know, maybe I'll actually play a good healer for the next raid tier. Like PLD or WAR. Still not really interesting jobs, but I bet 3T1H4D would be a lot more fun to play, and if the developers aren't trying to make the gameplay any less stale then maybe we can.