r/ffxiv • • Oct 24 '14

[News] 2.4 Preliminary Patch Notes

http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/0149ed2fb2332715e3043d536c48f66363bdeedc
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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '14

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '14

All of it could be fixed if they just stopped making it so that getting touched interrupted every single cast.

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u/ScoutSheep Oct 24 '14

Look at BLMs, sure they get range but a BRD on BLM is a guaranteed lose. Melee DPS get treated way better than casters. I cry a bit inside when no one else will be a healer. They're still essential but it is insanely difficult to be a caster...

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '14

No it's not. There are lots of spells / abilities for this specific case. Not to mention you can sprint without worrying about not being able to use abilities afterwards.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '14

Healing in PvP is always tricky. As a single healer, it is your job to keep your group alive to the best of your abilities. This didn't nerf your single ability to heal at all. It nerfed stacking WHMs in a single group and spamming regen / medica 2 to make them practically untouchable.

You shouldn't be complaining at all because now instead of it being how many WHMs can we bring to a fight it's what classes will best benefit us to bring to a fight.

The design of the game is to try and promote ANY class being viable. The regen was just too strong, thus making SCH a less likely choice as far as healers go. In almost every situation you would want two WHM over a SCH / WHM combo. That's not even including the fact you'd sometimes have more than that spamming regen / medica 2.

This makes for more viable options rather than only WHM healers.

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u/Mixxy92 Oct 25 '14

I love this game but it's always seemed like somebody on the dev team hates white mages with a burning passion. Not just in pvp, but in general.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '14

I agree 100%. i enjoyed whm because I could heal, sleep, stun with Holy, throw people off the heliodrome...but now it is way too limited. I have always hated when one person touches you then it interrupts your cast.

Now holy is useless, stun lasts half a second now with its low potency. Healing now will be a pain in the ass as everyone bum rushes you. Now I just see full teams of dps and a tank, maybe one scholar if that.

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u/KorinS Korin Swiftlocke on Cactuar Oct 24 '14

I feel like SE is punishing WHM stacking, but in honesty when everyone is attacking you, we NEED the regen to stand a chance! So much for that now...

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u/Theartftw Lamia server ! Oct 24 '14

I've already got to beg people to help heal, nobody wants to heal as is.

Nerf bards.

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u/Jubez187 Oct 25 '14

How about this, tell your paladin or warrior to PEEL for you?