Exploratory Islands should be the leading Endgame content NOT Alex Savage

[Felis]

Minimum ilvl is the ilvl they intended the content to be run at. Healer dps is not counted there. Below minimum ilvl though, healers gotta work harder.

And please don't see DPS not playing optimally when they are at appropriate ilvl as a sign of needing healer dps.

If the content have a minimum ilevel (it's written in the duty finder text) then you can't enter it below the minimum ilevel.

[hagare]

If the content have a minimum ilevel (it's written in the duty finder text) then you can't enter it below the minimum ilevel.

And in such a case, healer DPS is not accounted for.
The only case with under minimum ilvl is progression raid.
They make the raid with a specific ilvl in mind, in which healer DPS is also not accounted for.
If you're doing under said ilvl though, you will need healer DPS, because you are under the minimum ilvl.

It's all there in the interview.