What's the problem with Paladin?

[Kuwagami]

I'm honestly pretty certain the gear ballpark for Savage completion was around 200. They did not expect us to be in there, killing things, without having most slots in Esoterics.

for AS1 and AS2 maybe, but I'm pretty confident on the fact that you can't pass AS3 without healer's dps.

[RiisWolf]

for AS1 and AS2 maybe, but I'm pretty confident on the fact that you can't pass AS3 without healer's dps.

It's just a sign you are undergeared, assuming you know what you're doing. It's obvious that the devs didn't want most of us beating it soon. Also, there's a damage debuff that makes anyone stuck with it deal 95% less damage in A3S, and the healers are the best candidates to slap them on, MEANING if you are so reliant on their damage before, then get ready to fail a lot.

You should not EVER need healer DPS. Unless obviously there's a DPS or die moment like Odin's final attack.
It's also why paladins get it worse here. Staying alive isn't the big bad issue, DPS is. So these nuts will do (almost) ANYTHING to boost DPS, even if it means rolling with a Warrior, 6 Dragoons and a Scholar, using only the fairy to heal, IF they could get away with it. lol