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I was in a very good mood until I actually remembered to look at the healer changes lmao


bazelgeuse-apologist
@bazelgeuse-apologist

A. (partner): "it sounds like they took the "healers just press one button for minutes on end" thing the wrong way"
me: "yup"

like maybe I'm overreacting over one or two buttons. but the point is, there is a reason I don't play DPS in FFXIV, and that's because FFXIV's way of doing DPS is incompatible with my brain 90% of the time.

someone once described DPS in FFXIV as like marching band. and I think that's a really good description, because there's nothing wrong with marching band. all power to the folks who do/did marching band and enjoyed it! I can understand the appeal kinda, you're working with everyone else to perform this dance, this choreography - you practice it again and again and again until suddenly your fingers just know where to be and you're flying past all of these parts that once seemed impossible and you've transcended the individual self to become part of the glorious music

but me? playing The Right Notes On Time With Everyone Else makes me want to explode. I'm perfectionistic, distracted easily, crave novelty, and have trouble keeping time - these traits do not go well with Push This Button On Time Every X Seconds Or Drift Into The Void. I've tried a bunch of DPS jobs - I know that there's more to them than that! I've even enjoyed some! but at the end of the day, I feel like I always crashland back into the reality of the 2 Minute Burst Meta.

SGE/WHM did have to care about the 2 Minute Burst Meta, yes - you wanted to use up your Phlegma charges under raid buffs, same with Presence of Mind and Assize. but other than that, it was less "play these notes on time" and more "watch the boss, watch your party, have a heal/mit plan, and then throw it to the wind and freestyle your child leash tugging when things inevitably go tits up." I thrive on crisis and unpredictability! I want to fight fires, not perform in marching band! give me fires to fight and equipment to fight them with!!

(but instead, I was handed a trombone, and I'm concerned that means that later, they're gonna hand me a tuba.)


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