How does healing *feel*?

[Fisren]

Sch here, I've played healer-type classes in almost all mmo's I've come across (i.e. Ragnarok Online, WoW, etc). Must say that I enjoy healing in FFXIV quite a bit. Most of the end-game dungeons require constant movement for all classes, so even as a healer its pretty busy.

I don't trust others with healing so its how I end up with that role. Only thing I hate about being a healer is being unable to see a boss's casting bar (maybe there's a solution but so far the dps/tank just call it out for me). As a scholar it's somewhat underwhelming, since the heal numbers are ridiculously lower than a WHM in terms of AoE heals and base heal numbers. It's useful being able to top off a main tank's hp with a shield (esp. for PLD), but overall may feel lacking (especially for inexperienced healers).

[Alente]

I don't trust others with healing so its how I end up with that role. Only thing I hate about being a healer is being unable to see a boss's casting bar (maybe there's a solution but so far the dps/tank just call it out for me). As a scholar it's somewhat underwhelming, since the heal numbers are ridiculously lower than a WHM in terms of AoE heals and base heal numbers. It's useful being able to top off a main tank's hp with a shield (esp. for PLD), but overall may feel lacking (especially for inexperienced healers).

If you target the boss and use Shift+F it'll be desegnated as a focus target, more or less a secondary target on your screen somewhere (can be moved via the HUD settings menu) - you can see the name/hp/debuffs/cast bar with that.

The only downsides are if the boss teleports (all the primals do) then you will lose your target along with bosses that have long names partially obscuring the cast bar even if you upsize the focus window.

[Strelnikov]

I hate it, It feels like I have no control, I am just reacting . talking Titan here, I couldn't complete it after 16 tries so I deleted my 34 whm, just not working for me.

I do much better with my tank. hats off to you healers. I will do everything I can to help you, but I will never play another in this game.

[Trancery]

I enjoy healing a lot more in FFXIV than I have in the past. I am looking forward to the end-game dungeons and seeing how much harder and more challenging healing can get. Sometimes, especially in the DF, I feel that we can be under appreciated and are just there to be a "healbot". Many DPS should try being a healer cause it really isn't that easy. A good tank and a good healer in the same Dungeon have a great bond and respect towards one another.

Overall, healing feels good and I love helping random people in the world with raises/heals.

[Lany]

I am healing as SCH and I find this class being close to overpowered. In 4 man instances we get off 2 heals while WHM get only 1 that makes up for our weaker aoe heals and fact that we can have 2 heals on one target or 1 heal on 2 targets or 1 single heal and aoe heal put us even ahead imho. Also we can send fairy out of 30y range and cover larger area and we can use her to heal on the move, on top of our 20% of max hp instant heals we have better mobility and reach than WHM. Shields can give huge advantege when you can predict damage be it big hit on tank or aoe on raid.

But it does not stop with heals we get also defencive cooldowns, and while 10% less dmg from Sacred Soil does not sound a lot, it adds up very fast with tanks own CD and other CD we have, Eye for an Eye, Virus and Shadow Flare add even more dmg reduction and if we stack all 3 CD tanks take a lot less dmg. Did I mention that we have much less problems with mana than WHM?

We also have option to dps if tank takes little dmg, fairy heals don't get reduction from cleric stance and with all dots scholar dmg is extremly good for being healer.

So far only thing I see where WHM wins over SCH is in 8 man where 2 WHM is better than 2 SCH but then 1 WHM and 1 SCH is better than 2 WHM. We can also bring speed bufs to the raid.

P.S. I really enjoy healing in this game so far, there is always something to do as SCH, and I love the feeling of being in control of battlefield.

[Noni]

I love WHM! Proud to be one. I only wish people would stop comparing WHM and SCH. They were created to complement one another not to compete. It does no good to say either is better. They both have strong and weak points. It really makes me feel sad for WHM's when people constantly say SCH is better. I am sure SCH's feel the same way. So please lets just say they are both good?

[Tokochan]

I play a healer in most games I play
I like it so far in FFXIV.. but I haven't reached end content yet and I'm not sure how it changes..
Depending on the party its either easy or frustrating.. especially when you get a tank who can't keep/pull hate >_<
But its a pretty awesome feeling when people thank you for a job well done.. so over all its a very rewarding class to play ^-^

[lordkaosu]

It feels good. So good.

[Kurauk]

As many people have mentioned healing does feel like a more interesting role. Feeling wise it changes through the leveling range. To start out as a white mage I felt incredibly strong, sat back relaxing spamming the only healing spell I had "Cure". As I got to around the level 30's any mistakes made by people stood somewhere they shouldn't be made a noticeable difference and became more stressful. A lot of it depends on the tank and the rest of the party.

[Iwazaru]

After playing whm/sch, whm feels kinda like pld is for tanking, where you get a ton of cooldowns and you sort of need to learn when to use them. It's very reactive as well and a bit dynamic with the freecure procs.
Scholar is way more about off-gcd healing spells alongside really nice aoe buffs/shielding. Between the two I'd definitely say scholar is the tougher one to play, then again that's only because I don't like having to control pets but at the same time I like sch more than whm simply because I enjoy having support abilities like fey glow/fey light/sacred soil/etc.
The thing about scholar having 2 heals at once while whm has one heal at once is whm heals more per heal so they can definitely burst heal someone a lot more effectively than a scholar, but a scholar is better for spread healing between a few people and giving support for whm's aoe heals with sacred soil/succor/fey covenant/etc.