It's been about year since Shadowbringers, and it'll be about a year until the next expansion. In terms of the direction of healers, this means waiting an entire year for any chance at a major rework. Looking back on the past year on these forums, there's no shortage of healer salt. If it was something we were just going to "get used to," I feel like we would've gotten used to it already. There is so much press coverage about how great SB2 is and what fun it is, but meanwhile, over here, I'm trying to persuade myself that Scholar might still have some appeal after the core job mechanics that I enjoyed were gutted with no replacement.
There's been no information related to healer changes in 5.3 that gives me anything to look forward to. "Various Job Adjustments" could mean zero changes, could be an in-depth revamp. What will healers play like a month from now? I don't know, because I still don't understand the changes that happened last year. In SB1, WHM was the only 'pure healer', so why were the others homogenized to fit this particular mold? Why should healer players be happy for that change? Why should we be looking forward to healing in 6.0 if our jobs this deep into 5.x are still "WHM, Great Value WHM, and Great Value WHM In A Dress?"
I just want this entire role to improve... On any given day, ~1/4 of the playerbase should be playing it to keep Duty Finder running smoothly, right? But from the beginning of 5.x and to this day, on my server, DF has had Healer in-need with alarming frequency. I just want to know what the plan is to get us back to 'normal' in that regard... If there even is one. Anybody else starting to feel like we're getting the cold shoulder here?
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There's been no information related to healer changes in 5.3 that gives me anything to look forward to. "Various Job Adjustments" could mean zero changes, could be an in-depth revamp. What will healers play like a month from now? I don't know, because I still don't understand the changes that happened last year. In SB1, WHM was the only 'pure healer', so why were the others homogenized to fit this particular mold? Why should healer players be happy for that change? Why should we be looking forward to healing in 6.0 if our jobs this deep into 5.x are still "WHM, Great Value WHM, and Great Value WHM In A Dress?"
I just want this entire role to improve... On any given day, ~1/4 of the playerbase should be playing it to keep Duty Finder running smoothly, right? But from the beginning of 5.x and to this day, on my server, DF has had Healer in-need with alarming frequency. I just want to know what the plan is to get us back to 'normal' in that regard... If there even is one. Anybody else starting to feel like we're getting the cold shoulder here?
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