Quote Originally Posted by Rewind View Post
The DPS check hand-split on AS3 is so tight that one healer has to DPS and WHM has the best burst DPS.

So the pressure of healer DPS in progression comes from poor game design and pressure from the community. Don't let the Dev team off so lightly.
WHM having the best burst DPS is debatable. Stone III is only 10 potency higher than Malefic II and 40 higher than Broil, but AST/SCH's DoTs are stronger and some of them can't miss; so, unless that phase lasts less than 30s, WHM won't do as much as any of the other two without accuracy melds – and the loss in MND from melding that should also be noticed. If your party is hurting for DPS that much, you guys should consider bringing a different job or melding accuracy into healing gear. The pressure from the DPS check comes from eagerness to clear content fast, not from poor game design.