#FFXIVHEALERSTRIKE

[Supersnow845]

What I don’t understand and what I’ve never understood about post ShB healer design is they seem to have no driving philosophy behind it as they contradict their own design and their own decisions they apply to the other roles

Looking at an example- tanks moving into EW and DT got buffed defensives and consolidated rotations that fix most of their ceiling/floor issues (for example PLD lost its spreadsheet mode that made you do weird things like -15 second FOF and lionheart will severely reduce how often you need to do weird things like AOE on one target to get a cartridge before downtime). DPS meanwhile got changes that basically enforce particular play designs (BLM non standard is dead, enchanted reprise may as well not even be a button anymore, life’s built in drift is pretty much gone etc) so their guiding principle seems to be accessibility and static rotations.

However healers seem to stand in opposition to this. The more oGCD’s they add the higher the gap between the floor and the ceiling becomes because DF has shown that ultra casuals simply do not understand why oGCD’s are so powerful. They also continue to make oGCD’s on the healer front oblique and difficult to understand for non healer mains. Using an example of seraphism, anyone who is a decently knowledgeable SCH main read seraphism’s tooltip and basically went “oh so it’s a replacement spreadlo amplifier to free up dissipation with a regen attached” but if you have no idea what SCH’s strengths are you’ll probably read it as “WHM mode”. The healer tooltips are terribly designed, obfuscate their intended use and are hostile to new players. Then while the profess accessibility and design the tanks to be fail states for the healers they still basically enforce full uptime and minimal GCD useage to even come close to clearing most high end content and don’t provide them many useful tools to actually work with this system. In modern 14 SCH is arguably the most immobile class in the game as it has ZERO movement tools that are DPS neutral.

So the classes don’t really “help” anyone because experienced players who are sick of the 111111111 can cut through the bullshit and realise these changes change nothing but inexperienced people are stuck at the mercy of messy tooltips and high skill floors for entry to anything higher than alliance raids where the WAR can’t carry them. This in turn fosters a seriously two tiered healer design where you are either a cure 1 spammer because the game never asks anything of you; in which case a skill like divine caress doesn’t make any sense as to what it brings to your kit, or you are a semi competent healer who understands that but is sick of having nothing to do

The role has no flow and no progression which makes it extremely hostile to near everyone

[Kathryn]

Eh, I tried SGE for the first time recently and I have quite enjoyed it, eh in this case I might just stick with it if peoples are quitting.

[Rehayem]

Eh, I tried SGE for the first time recently and I have quite enjoyed it, eh in this case I might just stick with it if peoples are quitting.

Yes because spamming 111111211111 is such a riveting gameplay and experience on all the healers

[Kathryn]

Yes because spamming 111111211111 is such a riveting gameplay and experience on all the healers

There's not much real difference between pressing 1121 and by pressing 1234, if you believe there is there's something psychologically wrong with you, all classes are in the same boat and if you find this boring you'll find tanking and dps boring aswell...

[Merrigan]

There's not much real difference between pressing 1121 and by pressing 1234, if you believe there is there's something psychologically wrong with you, all classes are in the same boat and if you find this boring you'll find tanking and dps boring aswell...

Although there's definitely always been this aspect on mmorpg forums, the healers really need to be reworked. And no, the ‘other classes are affected too’ argument isn't an argument (especially as it's a lie for a lot of jobs).

The fact that 90% of the time spent as a healer consists of spamming a key (litteraly), that in most of the content you spend your time wishing people were bad, and that there's a very clear curve that consists of getting bored as soon as you dare to master one of the classes (Scholar would tend to escape this rule a bit more?) should be good indicators.

[Loggos]

There's not much real difference between pressing 1121 and by pressing 1234, if you believe there is there's something psychologically wrong with you, all classes are in the same boat and if you find this boring you'll find tanking and dps boring aswell...

There is a difference in planning, remembering and executing your rotation while doing mechanics.

On NIN I do my first mudra, activate my buffs, do various mudras that demand quick execution and certain conditions (don't move during Ten Chi Jin, no weapon skills before Raiju --> can't just randomly smash buttons) while weaving in OCDs to squeeze them all into my buff window while potentially having to dodge mechs (risk of running out of the enemy's range, losing time in my buff window --> awareness of rotation and environment at the same time), then keeping an eye on my buff CD (and some attack skill CDs to see whether they align or I missed my timing during my first burst window) for my mini burst while attacking and preparing my mudra that's a buff prerequisite, executing my mini burst window as detailed above albeit with a bit fewer skills, then keeping an eye on my buff/skill CDs for the big burst so I can execute it on time, all while keeping an eye on my huton (though this is becoming obsolete soon).

On BLM I .....ok I'm too lazy to type all that out.

And that is just my unoptimised casual game play.

On AST I press 1.
And every 30 seconds I press 2.

[KageTokage]

SGE is lucky and gets to hit 3 every 45 seconds too.

It's kind of sad that Psyche on a one minute cooldown and Eukrasian Dykrasia being applied once every 30 seconds (When positioning makes it practical) somehow managed to be considerably more meaningful then what the other healers got.

[Supersnow845]

E dyskrasia being 30 seconds and phyche being an oGCD basically neutered any enjoyment from the improvements in SGE

Now you’ll just dump e dyskrasia after e dosis and press psyche on CD

Ironically SGE is going to be the one suffering the most from even further consolidation around the burst window. SCH seems poised to dominate in damage again

[Xlantaa]

Oh, look. 10 less healers in the DF, what a massive strike.

When I though this forum cannot go even lower...

[Kathryn]

Oh, look. 10 less healers in the DF, what a massive strike.

When I though this forum cannot go even lower...

Right?! everything gets stale with time, this is just sad, these people hve just grown bored of the game but they're so addicted they feel they need to "go on strike" its hilarious.