Just stop playing healer

[ZephyrMenodora]

Do you really need your own low-effort special-snowflake thread?

[Rowde]

Perhaps. But trusts/duty support, fate grinding, and combat beast tribe quests exist.

i'll stick with dungeons

I'll be using the "2 birds, 1 stone" approach for sure and leveling my healers exclusively on FATES so I can
1) support the spirit of #healerstrike by not using healer in DF
2) progress towards unlocking the Bicolor Gemstone shops by reaching the Shared FATE thresholds in new zones
3) saving up Bicolor Gemstones to buy things in new areas + EW areas since they made so many items Untradeable in EW... never got around to farming the BG
4) use excess BG towards Vouchers for Wivre mount and whatever other items they inevitably add for purchase with BG vouchers in DT

[PercibelTheren]

Not playing a healer and switching to DPS is literally what people are doing, though? And some people are acting like we're committing a crime. Personally, I'm having a blast on Dancer and it has made me realize that I wasn't burned out on the game, just on healing.

[PintyMcEars]

hehehe. nice

[Fawkes]

Exactly. If we have a big shortage of healers, the game will be partially unfunctional in duties. The voices will be louder, and changes will be more immediate.

After the last healer shortage Yoshi-P was like 'yeah sometimes there's tank shortages too'

[Bright-Flower]

After the last healer shortage Yoshi-P was like 'yeah sometimes there's tank shortages too'

Yeah. The effect would have to be pretty severe, and across multiple data centers, for the strike to compel action. Let alone immediate. I don't blame anyone for leaving healing if they don't enjoy it but I'm not optimistic about the strike's prospects.

[Bright-Flower]

Not playing a healer and switching to DPS is literally what people are doing, though?

Yep lol said the same back on page 1.

[LaylaTsarra]

Perhaps. But trusts/duty support, fate grinding, and combat beast tribe quests exist.

Don't forget pvp. It's an awesome way to level jobs and I have quite a few, Omni on Main, and a slew of alts I won't admit to how many.

[Zeastria]

I still find healers more enjoyable to play than tank/dps.
(despite it's flaws)
So i'm gonna be Healer in DT too

[Striker44]

Exactly. If we have a big shortage of healers, the game will be partially unfunctional in duties. The voices will be louder, and changes will be more immediate.

Except that's unlikely to happen, especially with DT on the horizon. You're going to get new players, a plethora of returning players, etc.. When they see the "Role in Need" finally switches from Tank to Healer...they'll just fill the healer queues right back up. The playerbase is too large, and the loud forum cabal too minuscule, to have an effect worthy of attention.

Not playing a healer and switching to DPS is literally what people are doing, though? And some people are acting like we're committing a crime.

It's more the diva mentality behind the "strike." It's the approach of "I want everyone to notice me, and I want the developers to change the game to suit me, even if it makes many, many more people dissatisfied."

You don't like healing? Fine - don't heal. But trying to make yourself the center of attention for it is what's off-putting.