After 13 years, Final Fantasy 14 is finally letting healers be healers by removing cast times for attack spells and changing GCD heals: "We want healing to be a healer's main priority"

Final Fantasy XIV Warrior of Light healer.

As a hardened Final Fantasy 14 stan and a shameful (no, not shameless) hardcore raider, I've accumulated thousands of hours worth of healing in various forms of content, but the actual amount of healing I've done is probably not all that high.

That's because I've primarily been concerned with, you know, dealing damage… as just about every role in Final Fantasy 14 must be so as to keep up with DPS checks.

This has rung true for me in everything from Savage raids to Ultimates (I'm looking at you, TEA), and I'm so pleased to say the burden of balancing necessary heals with constant damage output is going to be lifted come 8.0 expansion Evercold in January of 2027.