Quote Originally Posted by Zoralink View Post
What are you even saying here? It's not like I'm going around going "OMG NUB" every time I see a healer not DPS, but on the flip side it's also well within my rights to be mildly annoyed if they refuse to DPS while not healing for 10+ seconds.
There are plenty of legitimately good reasons not to DPS in a variety of content, not least of all high spike damage on certain mobs which can catch you unprepared if you're stuck in cleric stance. On the whole, I think most healers are fine throwing out a bit of damage here and there, but to expect it as the norm is just silly.

Hot-swapping between clerics stance takes practice, and I've seen plenty of new healers get 'stuck' in clerics because they're desperately throwing out cures which lack in potency to keep up with unexpected damage and don't dare take the time to swap out for fear of losing the tank. Or worse, those who tried to swap out but due to lag ended up re-activating clerics so have to wait for the recast to tick down to disable it.

As long as the healer does their primary job of keeping everyone alive, all is fine. If they add damage, that's a bonus, but I'm not going to expect it from everyone and nor should anyone.