Dps As Healer

┬─┬ノ(ಠ_ಠノ) = (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ ....Would people just play however they want as a healer and stop worrying about what some random shmucks think healers should be played. Not in any way referring to Yoshida, but the general community.

Honestly the only reason I dps as a healer is because it's a lot less boring and I like to be helpful.

But if other healers wanna be lazy go for it. lol

I'm not going to bother picking a fight over it in a dungeon, but if a healer has the opportunity to do so and feels comfortable doing so, it's appreciated if they DPS to help speed up the run.

I mean Yoshida can say it but if the rest of your party decides agree on the vote dismiss it doesn't really save you.

But I'm sure we'll see more threads popping up by players who have been kicked from x primal or y raid filled with tons of "but yoshi said!" as if it's supposed to be law that dictates the playstyles of everyone they come across.

For the record I'm not in the habit of kicking non-dpsing healers but i do find it lazy if you're basically sitting there staring into space between heals because the tank is taking virtually no damage.

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Originally Posted by dayspring83

Soooooo what do you do the x% of the time when you're not healing?

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I use to refer to these as Butt Wagglers, since it was what they spent three quarters of fights doing. But WHM are going the way of the dodo, so I guess Heavy Breathers would be more appropriate?

This comment alone shouldn't dissuade people from trying to playing healer to its fullest potential - Heal when you need to heal, DPS when you get the opportunity to do so.

I will agree about my dislike of Cleric Stance though - I hate Cleric Stance for what it has done in fracturing the healer community as it has.

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Originally Posted by Lilseph

If Yoshi-p doesn't like it, it means nothing to be honest. He can also have an opinion. Having the option to do it is still great and I highly doubt they'll remove it. Also, please let's not start all over again with this: If you don't want to DPS, don't do it, if you want to DPS do it. I personally think it's lazy to not to, but I wouldn't kick a healer for not doing it.

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This guy knows what's up. There's plenty of opportunity to DPS as a healer most of the time but it's not required of you as a healer. Play how you want. I play both ways, some days I DPS on my healer and others I don't and I've yet to have anyone complain.

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Originally Posted by Ghishlain

This comment alone shouldn't dissuade people from trying to playing healer to its fullest potential - Heal when you need to heal, DPS when you get the opportunity to do so.

I will agree about my dislike of Cleric Stance though - I hate Cleric Stance for what it has done in fracturing the healer community as it has.

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To be fair, Cleric Stance wouldn't be an issue if stuff actually hit harder and/or heal spells weren't so ridiculously potent. The current DPS meta is a byproduct of the content allowing for ample amounts of downtime where heal only healers literally do nothing. Yoshi can say whatever, but that mentality will not change until actual content changes.

The moment you take away cleric stance is the moment the duty finder will say adventurer in need changed to Healer for almost ever.

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Originally Posted by Bourne_Endeavor

To be fair, Cleric Stance wouldn't be an issue if stuff actually hit harder and/or heal spells weren't so ridiculously potent. The current DPS meta is a byproduct of the content allowing for ample amounts of downtime where heal only healers literally do nothing. Yoshi can say whatever, but that mentality will not change until actual content changes.

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+1 for agreement.

Time will tell if that happens or not. I wouldn't mind a shift towards a more healing intensive design, but that'll need some pretty hefty tweaks across the board for it to happen.