#FFXIVHEALERSTRIKE

[Local_Custard]

Is there like...any actual proof that players will just quit the instant they can't faceroll content instead of the more natural response of learning to play better?

We're not talking about suddenly turning the game into Dark Souls, because there already are semi-meaningful healing/mit checks in some normal content. I doubt that simply making those more frequent is going to alienate people if they can be solved by simply suggesting to a lacking healer that they hit *insert cooldown* during *insert mechanic*

If anything, if the healer role regained braincells and could no longer face role through content it would change things for the better. That is, assuming it is well done. What I am about is based on the best case scenario.
Healers will become more popular but still remain smaller than dps in population. Old healers would return, new players would play it, and more content creators might actually pick up healers if they get interesting again because that would make decent topics for content. New players pick up complicated dps jobs all the time. If anything, new players will continue to try healers even if they regain much of their old kits (with tweaking for modern game content) and mechanics. It would put a new lease on life for older content, especially if the devs finally begin tweaking kits at lower levels to be engaging and balanced to not melt everything out of sheer potency.
The tole would slowly regain respect. The developers, if they did this and did it correctly would regain some respect from players (especially if the maintain that level of care).
This isn't the full picture, obviously. We still would have role encroachment to deal with (WAR's absurd sustain).

[ShadowyZero]

There's that saying about how if you try to appeal to everyone you run the risk of appealing to nobody.

XIV's not quite at that point but if keeps sticking to its stagnant, formulaic design choices it might end up that way eventually. Or at least I'd like to think even the more casual audience has a tolerance limit.

if you take a look at how the story is being written, look at how the loporitt tribe quests were designed, and now how they introduced solution 9 and its raid series... well that should tell you every single thing you need to know about the casual audience which to be clear i'm not dissing it i think everyone should enjoy what they like but it is pretty obvious what the developers line of thinking is will rake in the most cash flow and most players

[Iedarus]

Island sanctuary is the worst example of this

It’s like they saw everyone playing animal crossing during Covid and decided that a bad farming simulator was as the way to add content to the game

Island sanctuary doesn’t feel like anything a 14 player would have organically asked for

My actual message to CBU3:

[Rolder50]

2- Her feedback is based on limited experience. Healers and tanks need to be this powerful for hard content and no healer strike will prevent this.

Except that is just blatantly not true. If you go look at the latest ultimate clears, you know the hardest content in the game, you will find that the healers STILL use 70%+ of their GCDs on damage. Even on the really low ranked clears.

[Supersnow845]

Except that is just blatantly not true. If you go look at the latest ultimate clears, you know the hardest content in the game, you will find that the healers STILL use 70%+ of their GCDs on damage. Even on the really low ranked clears.

(Before you ask no I’m not good enough to do it myself and I respect the hell out of them for it)

The fact that it’s even mathematically possible to clear TOP without healers is blatant proof that healer kits aren’t being tested. If your kit can put out 75k HPS and the content is only asking for like 10,000 then no your kit isn’t being challenged

[BunnyQueen]

SE has never cared about healers and I feel bad for all the healer mains in the game.

[TaleraRistain]

It's literally not..you can Google it. Multiple sources will confirm to you that ratiod == a reply that has more likes than the post it is replying to.

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You can Google it right?

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-ratio-ratioed

https://www.dataforprogress.org/the-ratio-richter-scale

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[PercibelTheren]

my apologies for not noticing this earlier but...

(not singling you out by the way) how can we assume that some who has played through 80 and now 90 levels is going to be an "overwhelmed newbie". I mean, I am all for accessibility etc but at what point do people stop being "new" and actually can be reasonably expect to know how to play? right now SE keeps lowering the skill floor, though its currently a skill sub basement, because the devs seem to treat all current content like it should be accessible to a level 10 understanding player.

I agree with you, believe me. I'm also of the opinion that lvl 90 players should no longer be treated with kid gloves because they have had over a hundred hours to learn their jobs. It's just that I see the argument that we need to ensure casual players can do the MSQ really often. And if Hydaelyn Normal was a problem, then idk anymore.

Pesonally, I'm of the opinion that the game should slowly ramp up in difficulty while offering support for players to improve at their jobs. Not knowing the basics by 80+ is stupid. I don't mind that people want to treat FFXIV as a single player game but, even on easy mode, even most single player RPGs I've encountered required at least some level of competency to get through.

[PercibelTheren]

> Citation Needed

There are indeed some snarky comments in some of the threads but I honestly fail to see how different that is from Striker's usual white knighting and being contrarian when there's any negative feedback.

[Rolder50]

I also enjoy how this thread grows but also sometimes I see it lose pages from peoples excessive snarkiness getting removed.