Didn't see a thread like this when I took a glance, and figured I'd ask other healer players just out of curiosity: What keeps you around? What's that big draw that keeps you coming back to FFXIV healing, despite the lacklustre treatment the role may or may not have received? I'm not here to debate that, really. Merely just wondering what facets of the healer role other players enjoy, and what keeps them playing healer in general.
The question came to mind when going through the game with a friend who was new to it, and explaining how each job worked. He was confused as to why I enjoy healer so much despite my complaints with it, and why I keep playing healers and why I've done so since A Realm Reborn.
I struggled to explain it, immediately my mind went back to some of the most fun moments I've had in this game, with the majority being day one content where I fought tooth and nail to keep the party alive, as well as getting to solo heal trials. Yet I couldn't really say that was why, because those moments are the exception, not the rule. The majority of content in this game doesn't push me, barely anything does any damage outside of savage and I spend most of my time hitting a single button.
The best response I can give is I suppose I enter a state of zen unlike any other game for me, where my mind just sort of turns off and through memorization and gauging of how much damage things do I can get through fights with the bare minimum amount of healing required. It's passing strange that performing my duties as a "healer" as little as possible is what's most enjoyable to me, but yet I always come back and never stick around when trying to play tanks and DPS.
If I had to sum it up, to me, HP is a resource to spend, and spending it as skillfully as possible is the hook that keeps me coming back.
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The question came to mind when going through the game with a friend who was new to it, and explaining how each job worked. He was confused as to why I enjoy healer so much despite my complaints with it, and why I keep playing healers and why I've done so since A Realm Reborn.
I struggled to explain it, immediately my mind went back to some of the most fun moments I've had in this game, with the majority being day one content where I fought tooth and nail to keep the party alive, as well as getting to solo heal trials. Yet I couldn't really say that was why, because those moments are the exception, not the rule. The majority of content in this game doesn't push me, barely anything does any damage outside of savage and I spend most of my time hitting a single button.
The best response I can give is I suppose I enter a state of zen unlike any other game for me, where my mind just sort of turns off and through memorization and gauging of how much damage things do I can get through fights with the bare minimum amount of healing required. It's passing strange that performing my duties as a "healer" as little as possible is what's most enjoyable to me, but yet I always come back and never stick around when trying to play tanks and DPS.
If I had to sum it up, to me, HP is a resource to spend, and spending it as skillfully as possible is the hook that keeps me coming back.
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