The "To DPS" vs "Not DPS" Debate

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Nope, you are a bad healer if ALL you do is heal. Yes, there are situations where it's better if you just focus on heal, such as high end fights that you aren't comfortable with or high end fights where you feel its not worth the risk to add a few extra damage that probably won't matter. Unless you're min/maxing, its okay to ignore dps in these situations. However, there ARE high end contents where you should DPS, such as some phases in T4 (when it was still high-end). Knowing when you should and when you shouldn't is what separates the "good" healers.

In low end stuff though, such as 4 man dungeons, if you are not DPSing, then I'm sorry but you are bad/mediocre healer. Its like a DPS who is not using most of his abilities.

And yes, there are definitely definitely many situations where the extra damage from the healer matters, such as the Demon Wall or killing the last boss of Brayflox before big bomb.