#FFXIVHEALERSTRIKE

[Chasingstars]

At least the community kinda invented a use for thief in that it’s a far better gold farmer than an endless chain of “my holmgang macro didn’t go off” but it’s obvious they completely phoned it on chemist and no other phantom job is even remotely a healer (the closest is ironically oracle but that’s only to internally compensate for starfall deleting your HP bar)

The evolved version I seen on the crescent is:

1 Tank (any, but usually paladin) with Thief that kites mobs
2 Healers (Double Sage or Sage + White Mage) each with Cannoneer
4 Ninjas each with Cannoneer that take turns with their dokumori's as each dokumori is an aoe version of thief's steal.
1 other player (any job) with cannoneer

At least 1 player should have chemist at 3.

While farming on the level with isleblazers. Healers must wait until aggro is established, otherwise isleblazers will aggro onto them because of spellcasts. In case of an almost complete wipe, have one person swap to chemist to safely rez everyone else as chemist's revive is a weaponskill.

The multiple dokumoris means that, assuming 7 mobs per big pull and the aoe hits all 7, gold yield is on a range 14 to 28 with an average of 21. One full cycle of dokumoris equates to a range of 56 to 112 bonus gold per 2 minutes with an average of that 84. An hour of the minimum is 1680 bonus gold, the average is 2520 bonus gold, and the maximum potential yield is 3360 bonus gold. So by using the average as the safe number, you basically get 1.5 fixatives per hour from just the bonus gold from stealing from mobs, this doesn't factor in the actual gold that mobs give at their base amount or from higher chains.

[AmiableApkallu]

Patch 7.3:

[W]e improved the usability of certain healing actions by increasing their area of effect, thereby assisting healers in multiplayer and high-difficulty duties where party members are oftentimes scattered.

WHM continues to set the standard, now with its 20y range on Medica II/III.

(Also the usual 5-10 increase in potencies.)

[Rein_eon_Osborne]

I see we all gonna be required to heal parties in another instance. Yay! /s

I love how 1 full expac cycle prior to this they mentioned not wanting to increase healing magic radiuses. Fast forward today: does it anyways. I wonder if this is a preparation for upcoming ultimate. If they release any that is.

[BDBlaffy]

I'm tired, boss

[Haru304]

So how do ya'll feel about the new changes to Phoenix Down?

[ASkellington]

So how do ya'll feel about the new changes to Phoenix Down?

SE now has no excuse not to nerf tank sustain and improve healer game play.

If they do neither of these things after this change, then this yet another negative to the healer experience.

[TheDustyOne]

SE now has no excuse not to nerf tank sustain and improve healer game play.

If they do neither of these things after this change, then this yet another negative to the healer experience.

Pretty much this; a big excuse people have for why healers can't have more responsibility in their damage kit or incoming damage to heal is because a healer failing means the group will die with them (let's just ignore tanks being near immortal in boss fights). Having phoenix downs on the tanks or DPS takes that excuse away.

If they still don't improve healer damage kits and increase incoming damage, the phoenix down change mostly makes healers even more redundant than they normally are. Just give RDM Vermedica and Veresuna and be done with them.

[Alice_Rivers]

I might be cynical but I think making healers more redundant was the intention.

[ASkellington]

We can't be redundant when they remembered our existence enough to increase our aoe healing range! /s

[yesnt]

So how do ya'll feel about the new changes to Phoenix Down?

Good, now I can semi-afk while the rest of the party carries me. *shrugs*