Quote Originally Posted by LTEvil View Post
I'm impressed this is still going. So...I have a question...if I'm tanking have aggro on a mob and you won't get it off me anytime soon can I just not do any damage skills till I need hate? I am a tank after all.

That question is for "I just heal players"
According to their logic good news brd no more need to play songs. You are dps. Who cares if everyone runs out of mana. I get that you are saying dps as healer is optional but you need to put way more context. So any new player understands that you are playing less than your best if you do this.
Slight flaw with this argument, from a tank perspective though: Once a tank gets aggro, if the DPS are any good, they HAVE to keep their rotation going or risk losing it. It's why we have Provoke for those situations where a DPS goes a little too ham. Healers however, have very little to do once the party is managing to maintain over 70% hp consistently. This would be a good point, if it looks like DPS is lagging behind, for the healer to pitch in a little bit -- ESPECIALLY scholars.

Not saying healers absolutely have to DPS, however you're also dead weight if your group is more than capable of pulling through trash/bosses without the need to heal and you are sitting there doing nothing.