What is happening to healing in pvp?

[Nalien]

If it isn't want you meant then just say so.

What I meant, and what I've repeatably been clarifying, is that good Healers can get kills, and that they damn well should be contributing some damage. Did I mean Healers should get a kill or more every match? No. I simply meant that Healers can and will get kills. I find it extremely doubtful that there are any serious PvPers playing Healer who have gone 100 matches without a single kill.

And if you're sitting on the outpost as a healer trying to dps a guy down then you're either pretty bad at frontlines, your entire party/alliance is pretty bad, and the guy you're dpsing is really bad if he gets killed by some healer defending the outpost.

And if that doesn't honestly suggest I actually play Frontlines, I don't know what will. Just because there is an ideal scenario that should play out doesn't mean it always will. Individuals have different skill levels and different groups end up doing different things. There are far more scenarios than the simple 8v8@Flag that can play out in Frontlines. Like I said, I think you're oversimplifying how most matches play out, though perhaps it's just a difference in data center.

And not playing healer because you're rewarded more as a dps isn't "bad play." Bad game design, maybe...

Like I said, I don't think Achievements have enough pull to significantly impact the game. I'm sure they will for some people, but I really doubt the majority of people are going to care that much. Every party I've seen with 8 DPS/Tanks someone or more always ends up switching to Healer, I don't see a set of Achievements changing that just like I don't see people abandoning Markets to farm the Drone Achievement.