I'm going to try to keep this general (and somewhat short) to, hopefully, prevent the core idea here from getting lost in nitpicking specifics. Feel free to discuss specific ideas in replies, of course.
I've been playing some different jobs, and of those one thing especially stood out about the (non-healer) casters.
How smooth they play. How little they need to clip (if ever). How everything flows together smoothly - even for the pet caster, when pets are thought to be one of the more awkward things to control in FF14. They're all mobile - even black mage, relatively speaking - and can all weave. Venturing out even further, even that certain tank-caster just plays so smoothly and its kit works so well together.
Are healers entirely absent of this? Well, no, not entirely. Though saying this will likely provide a bit controversial here - I've been playing AST more since the most recent mini-rework. And, holy sheet does it play nicely - not to mention, offer a lot more than spamming one nuke so much. Just as I was starting to drift away from healing entirely, this has been rekindling my interest and fun I have with it.
So, 6.0 is on the horizon. But, I hope, it's not too late for suggestions to be heard/implemented.
I'd like for healers - all healers - to get the same attention towards refining their gameplay - towards making them play smoothly and naturally - that DPS casters get. Probably the best direction is one similar to AST (but I'm sure there will be ideas to improve AST's flow as well).
As is, well... I'm finding myself drifting further and further from playing healers regularly (I know I know, no one cares : P) - with the exception of my current AST binge, but I'm not sure how long that will last - simply because of how much better it feels to use a kit that plays naturally, than feel like I'm fighting with it. So I would love to see healers get the same sort of refinement, and I hope I'm not alone.
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I've been playing some different jobs, and of those one thing especially stood out about the (non-healer) casters.
How smooth they play. How little they need to clip (if ever). How everything flows together smoothly - even for the pet caster, when pets are thought to be one of the more awkward things to control in FF14. They're all mobile - even black mage, relatively speaking - and can all weave. Venturing out even further, even that certain tank-caster just plays so smoothly and its kit works so well together.
Are healers entirely absent of this? Well, no, not entirely. Though saying this will likely provide a bit controversial here - I've been playing AST more since the most recent mini-rework. And, holy sheet does it play nicely - not to mention, offer a lot more than spamming one nuke so much. Just as I was starting to drift away from healing entirely, this has been rekindling my interest and fun I have with it.
So, 6.0 is on the horizon. But, I hope, it's not too late for suggestions to be heard/implemented.
I'd like for healers - all healers - to get the same attention towards refining their gameplay - towards making them play smoothly and naturally - that DPS casters get. Probably the best direction is one similar to AST (but I'm sure there will be ideas to improve AST's flow as well).
As is, well... I'm finding myself drifting further and further from playing healers regularly (I know I know, no one cares : P) - with the exception of my current AST binge, but I'm not sure how long that will last - simply because of how much better it feels to use a kit that plays naturally, than feel like I'm fighting with it. So I would love to see healers get the same sort of refinement, and I hope I'm not alone.
Continue reading...