My fellings about the Healer's Strike

[AkaiSora]

This is my first post in 9 years playing this game, and I'm here to share my thoughts about what's been happening in the past 5 years.

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First of all, I know that the developers consider that we have many classes to play on the same character. However, I think they have exaggerated a lot in simplifying and losing the identity of the classes.

This has been happening since the SHADOWBRINGERS job trailer five years ago. I don't know how it took you so long to come to your senses.

SCH became BROIL spam like WHT, and Eos became dumb and unresponsive. Miasma III, Shadowflare, and Bane were replaced with (FOR GOD'S SAKE) ART OF WAR, a PvP action.

Tanks and Healer classes are becoming increasingly similar over the years and expansions, becoming all the same. (In the most)

Another thing is: I think, we don't need 20 healing skills if we don't have a use for them in the most of the time. Even in Extreme Trials and Savage, we spam BROIL and GLARE 80% of the time, hoping that my co-healer dies or something goes wrong to be needed. (Sorry im a bad person)

In XIV, healers spend most of their time (around 80%) doing DAMAGE, and we have just one skill for that. I think that is the main insue.

Yoshida-san said, "Want a challenge? Go play Ultimate," but Ultimate is less than 3% of the game. So for the other 97%, do we have to feel bored playing it?

We want to have FUN even in moments when we don't need to heal.

The OVERSIMPLIFICATION of the JOBS (not just healers) keeps happening. (Sorry i keep repeting that)

This is not just about HEALERS, and sure not just about dungeons at all.

And here I leave my plea for the DEV's:

STORMBLOOD was by far the best expansion when we talk about the peak of the classes in XIV, not all but most of them. OH HOW I MISS MY SCHOLAR SO MUCH! Maybe we can learn again from it's success.

Last but not least: (My personal thought)

I'd rather press five buttons on my controller or keyboard and do the same damage than just press a single button all the time.


All that aside, I want to thank the developers for their work and for this wonderful universe that gave me incredible moments and such happiness. I know that there is a time for everything and that changes cannot happen overnight.


Warrior of Light - Akai Sora

[Collin_Sky]

this definitely deserved its own thread

[Reimmi]

this definitely deserved its own thread

The forums are super slow anyways

[Jeeqbit]

They are going to focus on job uniqueness in 8.0 anyway. They are also thinking about things like ability points, skill trees and talents for 8.0 to replace leveling.

[OdinelStarrei]

They are going to focus on job uniqueness in 8.0 anyway. They are also thinking about things like ability points, skill trees and talents for 8.0 to replace leveling.

Source on this bit please.

If I'm going to wait 2+ years, I'd at least want a concrete statement to refer back to.

[Tunda]

They are going to focus on job uniqueness in 8.0 anyway. They are also thinking about things like ability points, skill trees and talents for 8.0 to replace leveling.

I don't think they are doing some kind of skill tree thing..
In my opinion this may cause an actual rework of all jobs.
What possible is creating some kind of identity shift (just slightly) in next expansion.

[Jeeqbit]

Source on this bit please.

https://youtu.be/6PIxQPKBf0E?t=1012

I figured I'd just make a proper post for it https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...ling.-Thoughts

[IDontPetLalas]

They are going to focus on job uniqueness in 8.0 anyway. They are also thinking about things like ability points, skill trees and talents for 8.0 to replace leveling.

If I had a dollar every time a developer told me they were thinking about something and it was actually delivered....

(If you're a developer- this is not intended as a slight on you, I know it's not easy for you)

[Jeeqbit]

If I had a dollar every time a developer told me they were thinking about something and it was actually delivered....

Generally, if Yoshi-P says he is thinking about it, he normally means it and something usually changes after 2-3 years max. I can say this with confidence from the last 10 years.

I think it is rather certain that something will change in 8.0 to address the level cap. They have mentioned this previously as well. What is different is that they specifically namedropped talents and specifically described skill trees. These were examples, of course, so this may not be what they end up doing, but I think it's certain that they will do something. When you think of what they could do, can anyone think of any likely ideas beside those? Most MMORPGs seem to go down the sort of route they described there, so...

[AkaiSora]

I hope everthing become better, but DEVs can't please everyone. We need changes for the future.