#FFXIVHEALERSTRIKE

[Turtledeluxe]

Putting any mention of healers on my bingo card.

[Striker44]

yeah with the way people in game behave, you're lucky to get one "heyo" or "ggtyfp" in 10 duties, and have nothing but "gamba" venue adverts in shout. xiv players ain't exactly a talkative bunch in game.

That's funny, I can't even recall the last time almost everyone in the group gave both a hello and a farewell in a roulette I did. This healer strike is also going so hilariously well that I was getting faster queues on DPS today than healer lol.

[TheDruidOcelot]

well it doesn't start until the launch of dawntrail, which is july 2nd... or did you not read the OP?

remember, reading is fun, and an important part of understanding what's going on.

[OliviaLugria]

well it doesn't start until the launch of dawntrail, which is july 2nd... or did you not read the OP?

remember, reading is fun, and an important part of understanding what's going on.

Feel free to start earlier if you so desire everyone!

[TheDustyOne]

remember, reading is fun, and an important part of understanding what's going on.

If people could read, we wouldn't have to constantly explain and re-explain what those of us with complaints on healer design actually want.

It's pretty simple really, downtime needs to be more interesting than 12111 spam, we need enough incoming damage to feel necessary (so more than what we have now, but not enough to completely annihilate unskilled healers), and for the jobs to feel unique in their playstyle.

Of course, that won't stop people from straw-manning the position into wanting us to have 20-button DPS rotations, or thinking that we want to do as much damage as a DPS, or thinking that healing as a utility should be exclusive to healers.

It's tiring, and this strike is honestly a long time coming, I'm surprised it didn't happen mid-late ShB. I just want old SCH back; a handful of DoTs and Bane, is that really so much to ask?

[Punslinger]

It was the first dungeon of the expansion during a media tour. Of course it's going to be easy. Why don't we have this debate after the expansion launches and not before we have even played the classes ourselves?

KikiTia, I've heard this song a hundred times before. Same tune, different key. This is from all the way back in 2019: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...=1#post5048603

"You can't criticize the changes until you've played them!"
"You can't criticize the changes until you're raiding!"
"You can't criticize the changes because the next expac will make them better!"

The Endless Waltz continues.

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?

Non-healers: "If you want to DPS, then play a DPS."

Healers: "Okay"

Non-healers: "No, not like that!"

My real frustration comes from that fact that Healers have been here for years. We didn't just become unhappy now with this thread. We've complained for years. People have already striked from healing, just not on any coordinated level but I have seen posts and people doing this already.

And for what? Dawntrail comes and nothing has changed. Years of feedback - just ... *poof*

I have literally thrown up my hands with having any hope for change. Maybe this time will be different. I guess the thread doesn't need my pessimism. I'm just bracing myself that this is how healing is going to be in this game.

Going into the job trailer, the bar for my expectations was set so low that it's a tripping hazard in hell. And yet, here's Yoshida, limboing with the devil.

[SpartanMando]

Throwing my hat into this ring as well. Although I don't do high-end content (mostly a scheduling thing, but partly a social anxiety thing tbh), I consider myself decent enough on SCH. Problem is, the only times I feel like this game is engaging to heal in is when shit goes so far south it hits the south pole, which if you have a halfway decent tank/group, it never does. Was already planning on just going through DT as RDM, but all the tank upgrades I've seen pretty much sealed it for me.

#FFXIVHEALERSTRIKE

[xbahax92]

It's actually funny, you get yelled at if you dont contribute dps as a healer.
But at the same time, healers are for heal only? So, am I allowed to ask for a small change in dps rota, or not?
Am I allowed to ask for more incoming damage, so I can heal more then? No? Why?
Isn't savage all about DPS checks? What's with all the disagreement?

[Bright-Flower]

KikiTia, I've heard this song a hundred times before. Same tune, different key. This is from all the way back in 2019: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...=1#post5048603

"You can't criticize the changes until you've played them!"
"You can't criticize the changes until you're raiding!"
"You can't criticize the changes because the next expac will make them better!"

The Endless Waltz continues.

Yeah. Especially in a game that likes to stick to its formulas as much as FFXIV does.

[Minarisweet]

I'm not sure why I came back here to the forums but it still makes me so sad to see people making fun of genuine complaints and people that simply just care about the game.

If you see me around again tell me to just leave these forums are horrible for my mental health.