Some toughts from my perspective. I haven't paid much attention to all earlier changes for a long time, just enjoyed the game but now I'm afraid of the direction it's going. Healers for a year and a half? have not been touched, and suddenly there are changes of 180 degrees.
Funny fact, I did 2 stated items in t12 and put there rofl sta/stas. 2 days later they wrote about changes in healers classes XD
Ok, I have top guild, play a lot so I can easily upgrade EQ If needed. But how many others can?
How many PURE healers are on the server? I mean full gold t11-t12, where players all the diamonds put to this eq.
Not the one with "Oh Im rich I have mage/chain/tank.. oh healer too, Im so great pls buff me more"
I pull out some 140-150 patt on a weak eq and from one hand it is fine - ROFL is easy but THIS IS NOT MY MAIN EQ and don't feel like upgrading it at all cost to pleasure some guys in t14, no offence.
The thing is you know why I play healers and supports? (good support- who does everything to make INI faster, not afking one)
Because those classes ARE NEEDED. Same as tank. Every rofl party lf tank/healers/wrlmages. DPS classes is enough on server and the rest of the classes are missing.
And here goes brutal fact - this game has few players comparing to another games and those changes - in general, not only healers now - they do not go in the right direction in my opinion.
I know a lot of players who have recently finished playing, and I don't see a lot of new players joining. Name FIVE who started lately and now are in endgame.
At this rate, soon there will be no forum talk about balance because there will be no one to throw patt or buff to remaining 20 players..
A small digression about BARD. In my opinion, the whole Internet should be flooded with this information now to attract new players to the game. But its not. I know that even those players who are inside the game will find out, I mean bard day premiere, only 2 days before adding it.... or even not...
Shame.