Does anyone else find healers DPS impact on group ironic?

[Garlyle]

Uhh, no. Hanging on to it and never needing it (because face it, if you're not DPSing, most dungeons will be facerolls to heal) is just a waste of the skill.

This thread is filled with some really bad misconceptions on how to play WHM effectively. No wonder people think the job is lacking.

This. Benediction takes 0.5 seconds to cast and heals for more than anything in your arsenal. It doesn't require you to stance dance. It doesn't eat a GCD. And frankly, on any serious boss fight, you should be aware enough of what damage goes out when to not be needing Benediction during an actual boss fight (because, frankly, if you do - something's gone wrong to begin with). Blowing it during a huge add pull so you can keep pumping out Holy is the most efficient answer.

Either way, it's absolutely true that even a mediocre DPS can outdamage a healer who's actively trying to DPS. But the thing is, the expected healer DPS output is 0. It's still extra DPS.