#FFXIVHEALERSTRIKE

[KikiTia]

I'm sorry, but this part is unacceptable. You said you're sure they hear the feedback, but the feedback has been given since pre-launch of Shadowbringers, that's all the way back in 2019. They've had 5 whole years to acknowledge the feedback given and work to change anything at all, and now they say "Wait until 8.0"?

Their workflow wouldn't be disrupted if they actually built upon the base of the Shadowbringers kit like they said they would instead of leaving every healer to stagnate until their identities are slowly washed away.

Yeah and at least two of those years were spent dealing with the COVID pandemic. You know, when they had to restructure their entire work system to meet deadlines and safety protocols, moving professional equipment into homes, communicating over text and call, all the while dealing with a surprise influx of WoW players that strained the servers to their limit and concluding a story 10 years in the making, while also starting to think about the game's direction in the next 10 years. They're human beings, not vending machines, have some respect. At least we got any acknowledgement at all, there's many teams who'd ignore the issue til people gave up and stopped trying to change it.

[Aravell]

Yeah and at least two of those years were spent dealing with the COVID pandemic. You know, when they had to restructure their entire work system to meet deadlines and safety protocols, moving professional equipment into homes, communicating over text and call, all the while dealing with a surprise influx of WoW players that strained the servers to their limit and concluding a story 10 years in the making, while also starting to think about the game's direction in the next 10 years. They're human beings, not vending machines, have some respect. At least we got any acknowledgement at all, there's many teams who'd ignore the issue til people gave up and stopped trying to change it.

Where did I say they're vending machines? Where did I disrespect the developers directly?

I'm saying that the excuse is unacceptable. So COVID took 2 years, what about the other 3? The whole pandemic thing has settled down throughout Endwalker, so why weren't they thinking about the future of the jobs during the time they thought about the future of the game? All of these are valid questions and 3 years is still a very long time, I don't think they were so busy that they couldn't spare a single thought for job evolution.

I don't think they should be given free credit for only potentially resolving an issue 7 years after it was raised, other companies being more deaf to feedback doesn't make that any better.

[Naraku_Diabolos]

So this is the reason I waited 20 minutes as PLD on Tuesday night while doing roulettes, thanks to this stupid movement. Why can you players just play the game? This strike is petty because it is not allowing other people to play group content.

[Rehayem]

So this is the reason I waited 20 minutes as PLD on Tuesday night while doing roulettes, thanks to this stupid movement. Why can you players just play the game? This strike is petty because it is not allowing other people to play group content.

Just play healer yourself if you're so bothered by the queues. Isn't this what naysayers keep saying, thanking for faster queues? I don't see a problem here.

[Pandurah]

So this is the reason I waited 20 minutes as PLD on Tuesday night while doing roulettes, thanks to this stupid movement. Why can you players just play the game? This strike is petty because it is not allowing other people to play group content.

Thank the devs

[Loggos]

So this is the reason I waited 20 minutes as PLD on Tuesday night while doing roulettes, thanks to this stupid movement. Why can you players just play the game? This strike is petty because it is not allowing other people to play group content.

So we are not allowed to play classes we enjoy? Why should we be obliged to play healers for other people only so they can enjoy their roulettes? If we wanna play dps instead of healers what's the issue? We are literally just playing the game like you ask us to do. Aren't we told to just go play something else if we don't like healing?
Expecting a portion of the player base to "sacrifice" their time to play something boring only so that others can have a good time is pretty petty.

If healing is boring and players don't want to do it then perhaps the devs need to fix something.

[Galvuu]

So this is the reason I waited 20 minutes as PLD on Tuesday night while doing roulettes, thanks to this stupid movement. Why can you players just play the game? This strike is petty because it is not allowing other people to play group content.

Imagine telling other people to play something they're not enjoying so you can have conveniently quick roulettes.
But hey, if there's a healer shortage, you can always queue healer yourself

[Minali]

So this is the reason I waited 20 minutes as PLD on Tuesday night while doing roulettes, thanks to this stupid movement. Why can you players just play the game? This strike is petty because it is not allowing other people to play group content.

Granted, I haven't asked every single possible healer why they decided to queue to their roulette as tank or DPS lately, but considering how few people are even aware this forum exists, let alone hang around over here or hear about it from others, I'm pretty sure you're giving us way too much credit. The queues are abyssmal atm - even when I queued as healer mind you - because a lot of people simply don't play at all. Raiders are done raiding, gear farmers are done gear farming or table it until Dawntrail drops, because then you get the BiS for poetics. Crafters stopped crafting because people stopped buying, because better gear is around the corner. Relic farmers are done farming relics or didn't even bother this time because they were a joke and not attached to long time entertaining content like Bozja. And on top of that a lot of people are literally unable to play because they cannot pay for the game thanks to Visa processing payments to Japan properly and SE's account system being outdated as hell.
The queues are long because barely anyone is queueing, no matter the role. And this is perfectly normal for the month before a new expansion drops, might just be a bit more drastic this time due to a significant lack of things helping with long term entertainment this expansion.

[Pip_Chick]

So this is the reason I waited 20 minutes as PLD on Tuesday night while doing roulettes, thanks to this stupid movement. Why can you players just play the game? This strike is petty because it is not allowing other people to play group content.

But I thought that our silly strike would not bother anyone and there would be loads of healers to replace our unimportant selves. The strike is minuscule and we are just a drop in the ocean?

All I can say is womp, womp. I will enjoy my little DPS, can watch some Netflix while waiting for queue to pop! It is much better than casting Broil and watching Netflix!