(06-08-2015, 12:47 PM)Addison Wrote: It sounds as if magic users really got the shaft lore wise.
Would a conjurer with a greater affinity towards healing magic rather than destructive be a viable option to play? WHM was my favorite class in XI, and I like the mechanics thus far in this game, but I am sorely disappointed that my character ICly would be viewed as nuts or people would refuse to RP with me because she's a WHM.
I guess the major question is can a player roleplay a healer at all without a lot of IC grief?
Conjurers don't only heal; the focus to purely healing was a retcon in 2.0. Conjurers are elementalists that are also able heal. While healing is definitely a core aspect of the Conjurer, it is not the only part of them.
Easiest way to think of them is like a D&D Druid, without all of the badass shapeshifting.
Anyway, there's plenty of people that have Conjurers that specialise in healing so I don't see what the problem is with going for a Conjurer that mostly heals peopleÂ
.As for RPing a WHM, that would be more difficult because the Padjals tightly regulate who they teach. You do have to get creative. Maybe they were exploring Amdapoor and found a Soulstone? Maybe they discovered some ancient tome depicting the techniques? Maybe the character has a deep affinity with the Elementals? Just remember that there will be a LOT of people that would react sceptically to this.
There is also absolutely nothing that is stopping you from Roleplaying as "Magic User that can Heal" without going into the THM/CNJ/ACN stuff
. It all depends on how your character can use the aether.
