The new raiding meta is making me want to quit.

[Kosmos992k]

Unfortunately most of fights in raids are designed way that second healer is only helping with tank buster or some huge dmg, otherwise 80% cleric stance. And its not only because you need dmg but also because there is nothing much to heal as second healer. Btw thordan is pretty much solo heal fight. By solo heal I mean solo healable by whm maybe as AST too. AST solo heal should be ultimate there cos you dont need to waste tank lb after meteor phase.

Actually as several people have posted (including quotes from Yoshi-P), the raids are balance around the DPS and tank damage, healer damage is not taken into account. I believe that the tank damage considered in a solo boss fight is what you'd get from 1 tank in DPS stance and 1 in tank stance. if people challenge the content while undergeared, which the leading edge players will, then tank and healer damage becomes more important to help fill the gearing gap.

Your mentality where "I get to play the way I want to, screw you and your advice" is at the core of why the NA DF and PF scene is floundering. Rather than embrace a communal and mutual respect, you embrace rugged and selfish individualism.

That's a steaming pile of BS IMHO. You don't get to tell others how to play, at all. I'll tell you why the NA DF and PF scene is floundering, it's because the raiding mentality (aka the current meta) has infected a lot of wannabe raiders and wannabe world first raiders who are not in fact what they want to be. But those players in-turn enforce the end-game meta on players who will NEVER set foot in end-game or raiding - because they don't want to. It makes for a hostile environment. Several of my best in-game friends are long time raiders who've quit the scene because in their opinion, the NA raiding community has become toxic, due to this very issue. The never ending grind of the gear treadmill and raid farming didn't help either.

Rugged/selfish individualism my ass. More like rugged and selfish conformists attempting to make others conform as well. In a sense you're nothing more than a fashion victim falling for the latest fashion (game meta), demanding everyone else become a sheep like you.