#FFXIVHEALERSTRIKE

[Basteala]

Yeah, I agree. But if a lot of Healers are struggling and the "overall quality of healers" is sinking due to the strike I don't see SE adding more stuff for the healers to do since they are already struggling with the little they already have to do, sadly.

Oh this is absolutely true, and it's a point not enough people are mentioning. The quality of healing has certainly dropped in DT.

I will say the heal checks have gotten more intense too at Normal level--maybe not to healer strike satisfactory levels, but it's there, and noticeable with like 80% of competent healers being gone.

But yeah if they don't want more DPS abilities--I'm wondering if full control/support is something that could be on the table. Making interrupts more relevant for example, and then moving that from tanks to healers, with the option of RDPS helping.

Other things, too, mind, but I'm wondering if that direction would appeal more than DPS options that a lot of healers are against. I know they want to heal but when a fight's on farm that's eventually not going to matter as much, and I'm wondering if going full on Blue Deck (in MTG terms) is the answer here.

If I remember correctly, CNJ (and WHM) had a trait that allowed Raise to be used in combat, which PLD wouldn't have had back when they were able to grab Raise as a cross-class skill...

Sure. My point was more that PLD having something like that now would actually give them some measure of unique utility to bring since there really isn't much PLD does that would make any serious raid group take them over the alternatives.