#FFXIVHEALERSTRIKE

[Kathryn]

There is no downvote button would be a better test to compare.

According to https://mmo-population.com/r/ffxiv FFXIV has 55m accounts but 550k daily active players soooo 161 upvotes is a extremely small portion of the playerbase.

according to https://activeplayer.io/final-fantasy-xiv/ there are 17m active accounts currently, something needs to be done but these numbers supporting it need to either be pumped up or the playerbase numbers needs to dwindle rapidly ie cancel accounts.

[Y2K21]

According to https://mmo-population.com/r/ffxiv FFXIV has 55m accounts but 550k daily active players soooo 161 upvotes is a extremely small portion of the playerbase.

according to https://activeplayer.io/final-fantasy-xiv/ there are 17m active accounts currently, something needs to be done but these numbers supporting it need to either be pumped up or the playerbase numbers needs to dwindle rapidly ie cancel accounts.

Well, mmo-population is complete bunk anyways because their determination is Reddit with a magical number that randomly changes.

[PietyAnxiety]

I'm not much of a forum person at all but I went through the trouble of creating an XIV forum account JUST to support this thread! So if it caught my attention, then there's hope it may catch the attention of others as well

#FFXIVHEALERSTRIKE

[ZephyrMenodora]

I'm not much of a forum person at all ....

#FFXIVHEALERSTRIKE

Not being a forum person is probably how you still had the happiness to end your post with a smile lol.

[xbahax92]

There is no downvote button would be a better test to compare.

Just create an anti thread?
It doesnt matter, if there are people who approve or disapprove with this.
There were players who liked RNG card system of AST and the devs still removed it completely.
This thread exists to send a message.

[LilimoLimomo]

I'll be genuinely interested in seeing how this goes. How many people will devote themselves to this? And will that number be impactful enough for the devs to take notice? I won't make any assumptions, but it'll be interesting to see.

I'm also interested in seeing what percentage of players walk their talk. We're all probably aware of the infamous Call of Duty boycott screenshot. Whether this turns out different or the same, it'll be interesting.

[TheDruidOcelot]

I'll be genuinely interested in seeing how this goes. How many people will devote themselves to this? And will that number be impactful enough for the devs to take notice? I won't make any assumptions, but it'll be interesting to see.

I'm also interested in seeing what percentage of players walk their talk. We're all probably aware of the infamous Call of Duty boycott screenshot. Whether this turns out different or the same, it'll be interesting.

comparing CoD players with MMO players is kinda a weird choice.

what you SHOULD be comparing is the monk strike in guild wars 1. (circa 2007).

a first person shooter and an mmorpg are VERY different beasts, in terms of core player base.

[Aravell]

I'm also interested in seeing what percentage of players walk their talk. We're all probably aware of the infamous Call of Duty boycott screenshot. Whether this turns out different or the same, it'll be interesting.

For most of us, it's not even a boycott. We're just genuinely bored of playing healers and have little reason to continue playing the role at all.

As for how it'll turn out? Who knows. It'll have done its job if it manages to cause a noticeable dip in the dev team's precious metrics. Doesn't even have to be a particularly big dip, just one that they notice.

[OliviaLugria]

Reached 161 upvotes by 6/10.

I'm quite happy with our progress! This thread remains quite popular and the discord is growing.

Many people here are drawn to what the role represents, the lore and ascetic, or the ways the jobs played before.

[GrimGale]

Someone please remind me why healers needed their offensive kits pruned.

Why we needed Aero 3 and Aero 2 removed and replaced with nothing. Fluid Aura? Same.
Why we needed Shadowflare, Miasma 3 and Miasma 2 removed and replaced with nothing.
Why Combust 2 had to be removed.

All unique effects, AoE dots with different timers. Filler time tools that provided depth to a part of the healer role that we are still expected to fill.

None of the "justifications" I've heard explain how these removals improve healer gameplay. They aren't clunky, they aren't conflicting with healing.