No, my worst fears were not confirmed with DT release. Instead, I found nightmares worse than I could have imagined.

I cannot help but think that the job designs for Healers are meant for us to hate them, meant for us to dislike playing the jobs so much that we don't just quit healer but quit the game.

I've been playing 2.0 EA. I feel like this game isn't "for" me anymore. The devs are showing me & players like me (players who have supported the game for a decade, who are the REASON there was even a "comeback success") the door & telling us, "Thanks for all the money but we got the subscribers we ACTUALLY want now, we don't need you now."

I don't feel like my wants are unreasonable b/c they used to be standard parts of the game that have been ripped out.

What I want:
Distinct Job Identity. YES, I KNOW that it is apparently coming in 8.0. But Healers have been asking for this since 5.0. This is the 2nd time we've been promised "next expac" only to be told, once the next expac arrives, to wait another 2.5 years. If we get the return of job identity in 8.0, we will have been waiting for 7 YEARS.

At least 1 shield & 1 pure healer w/ a higher skill ceiling. Low skill floors are fine, but some of us WANT a challenge & WANT to take the time to learn optimizations. "Go play savage." I do; I do blind prog. But they keep lowering both the skill floor & the skill ceiling to the point of absurdity.

"Go play dps if you want a rotation." But I don't want that. I want the challenge of managing heals while doing damage. I want something more complex than spamming Malefic when not healing.

I've been called elitist for these requests. I don't think it's elitist to want something that used to be a given in the game. I just want what was stolen from us healers returned. I'm not asking for anything more than that.

I'm sorry, it just feels like outright maltreatment. It feels like constructive dismissal; making the environment so intolerable that the people have no choice but to quit.

My total playtime is thousands of days. 1027 days, 23 hours, 35 minutes. I love this game; I've met friends, loved ones, and comrades in this game. This game was my escape during some of the hardest periods of my life. This game has brought the best people into my life. I love this game. I've defended & supported the devs the entire time. I didn't get upset or angry about the delay of EW. Didn't get cranky when they stopped adding 3 new dungeons per patch. Didn't get huffy when there was no deep dungeon in SHB. I just said, "The devs have a lot on their plate & are doing their best."

I love this game. I just don't think it loves me anymore. This might be the end of road. I have an obligation to fulfill with a group already, but I do not know if I will stay past fulfilling that promise. I want to leave before the good memories become infected.