Regarding healers acting as DPS

[Shurrikhan]

I agree with 95% of this thread when I say dps'ing as a healer is awesome and don't stop doing it. Honestly the other 5% who are talking about trust and whatnot...why?

I don't need to trust you to heal me, you either heal me or you don't, if at the end the pt's alive I'm keep trucking on, if I die...well compared to mmo's of the past, ffxiv is tame in regards to death penalties.

Let all remember the days of having to do a non-max level area cause now you died and you are 1 level lower than max...lolffxivdeathpenalties

"Trust" in the sense of the tank knowing when to extend their eHP in ways they normally wouldn't so you can finish your DoTs for Bane is nice. Knowing when you have enough healing overcoverage that they can stance dance is nice. But that too is about maxing DPS and would better be defined as "knowledge", "tacit understandings", or "common sense"... /shrug