#FFXIVHEALERSTRIKE

[Ramiee]

Probably first expansion since Heavenwards that the new spells disappointed me a little bit and getting even more absorbs as a WHM feels weird. Idk why but always felt we should be the mega raw HPS kings.

Because it's basically the FF series equivalent to a priest. Yes they used elemental magic but throughout all of the games white mages have been key figures as healers and spiritual leaders in the world. Priest/Clerics have always been associated with healers in TTRPGs and RPGs in general so going through RPG trends WHM should be the most big heal focused healer.

[Falkyron]

Imagine if Bard only used Heavy Shot, Venomous Bite, and Quick Nock in all content except Savage/EX.

So half the bards in roulettes?

Only half-joking because FML bards are lazy in PF.

[IllyaPrisma]

Scholar: Chain Stratagem should just be an AoE at this point. Using chain on a single trash mob to unlock our "Bane" is a bit awkward. Either an AoE Chain or separating Baneful Impaction from Chain entirely.

Astrologian: The new card system has received mixed feedback, but I believe the biggest issue is drifting Draw. An additional charge was added to Draw to address this issue previously, and now it feels like we've taken a step backwards.

White Mage: While it's been a meme for some time, I believe WHM is genuinely being eclipsed by the other healers. It simply does not have the kit to compete, especially with the addition of ASTs new cards. The only thing WHM truly excels in is mobility, which may prove useful in the coming raid tier.

[Rein_eon_Osborne]

I do not understand, why do people want healer's DPS to be more engaging? Is it because FF14 is more mechanically inclined in content versus other games rather than raw numbers? In WOW people just want healer's to DPS with anything they got in harder content and couldn't care less about their rotation as long as the buttons are pressed.

I personally would prefer healing to be a little more intense x1000 times more before I would care whether I pressed Glare and Dia all day everyday.

I'd also like to expand on what other's had explained as well.

Another reason why you're likely to come across to players asking for more dps options in EN forums is because the commonly recognized talking point that is skill floor vs skill ceiling. Do veteran healers wants more healing to do? Absolutely. I don't speak for everybody, but things like Harrowing Hell even in normal mode was a pleasant, enjoyable treat for me. I'd love to get more of those. But play enough times in your regular DF contents, you'll soon realize how this might be disastrous for inexperienced healers for obvious reasons: they couldn't/knows not how to handle these increased HPS requirement. To heal and keep your allies alive is the floor for the role. Because well... we're healers - we're supposed to "heal first dps second". Everything else comes seconds. Paradoxically, even if they do increase the HPS requirement for newer tier/expac, SE also decided to ramp up collective HPS potential across entire roster incl. non healers (looking at you Shake it Off, new MNK & SMN AoE Heal, PCT barriers) so that 'increase' is immediately rendered moot. But if they're not, then where are we going to use our new shiny healing button?

So, what now? We're not healing more (We want more). We're not buffing more (which would be nice if we have that but SE hates giving us utilities + maybe AST but that has been trimmed further come DT it's almost a moot aspect). We're not debilitating enemies (again, would be nice but past example: our Virus was distributed away from our hands). What are we supposed to do besides our monotonous 1 button spam - which to add insult to the injury, all healer has the same exact fillers? I guess a race of who's to get break their nuke hotkey first... or weave /doze every GCD? XD

[LShepard]

Please just remove green dps from the game. Whats the point in making me press one button for 80% of every fight just so people can complain you aren't pressing that one button hard enough? It's making the game toxic to play as healer the longer it goes on.

[Supersnow845]

Please just remove green dps from the game. Whats the point in making me press one button for 80% of every fight just so people can complain you aren't pressing that one button hard enough? It's making the game toxic to play as healer the longer it goes on.

They don’t do that because they are too scared of actually making healers heal

Or the worst of all worlds healers lose DPS options and tanks maintain survivability

Imagine being forced to cure 1 spam an immortal WAR, just log off at that point your contribution is equivalent

[rawker]

Please just remove green dps from the game. Whats the point in making me press one button for 80% of every fight just so people can complain you aren't pressing that one button hard enough? It's making the game toxic to play as healer the longer it goes on.

If you do that, then healers will no longer be "casual-friendly" as it meant all fights will be designed to have consistent and "stressful" healing checks to challenge a 100% healing kit... unless you mean removing healers since their healing, supportive, and mitigating actions have been scattered to all jobs.

[Azurarok]

Also solo content would no longer be an option. A role limited in the opposite way of Blue Mage.

Related, I always thought having a fun dps rotation would help make people think about healing better so they get to actually do it. I guess that depends on whether one actually enjoy dps rotations, though

[TheRealQuah]

Sure. Queued for Leveling Roulette as a DPS just to test, average wait time is more then 30m

Well of course. Roulettes and below 90 are going to have queues because the 2 new jobs are dps.

For the content that matters, msq, DPS queues are instant, so no lack of healers. In fact I tried queuing as one and it was waiting for DPS.

Don't let the truth get in the way of your narrative though, sorry for breaking this echo chamber of delusion.

[DBriggs304]

More power to those who believe in this, but this isn't having an effect on the game. They can take some of the healing away from other classes, but I don't need dps tools beyond what I have. I'm there to heal and keep the party alive.