The new raiding meta is making me want to quit.

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These are Yoshida's words: "This is also one of the reasons we decided to implement both a normal and savage version of Alexander. Once again, healer DPS was not included in the development team's calculation as it was for other jobs, so you should just think of healer DPS as a last way to get your overall party's DPS up to where it needs to be".He may have no experience, still you are wrong, because no, that fight wasn't tuned with healer dps being a requirement. This is the only fact, experience or not.

So, I have plenty of clear vids showing healer dps being required to clear a4s. I have plenty of evidence to support my claim. Show me the video where a team gets their 1st clear without any healer dps?

Unless SE released A4S without clearing it with play testers, I am curious as to how they could have even come up with a timeline. They cleared the fight. The vast amount of a4s clear videos back up the notion that you NEED healer dps to clear the fight. So, either the dev team released a fight they did not clear themselves or they tuned it with healer dps.

So, which seems more likely? They released the end boss of a tier without fully testing it or they tested the fight while using healer dps. The latter seems much more likely.

you should just think of healer DPS as a last way to get your overall party's DPS up to where it needs to be

You clearly don't understand a4s. This is not a case of "gitgud". Teams that are going to get an a4s clear before nerfs are already performing at a 90-99% maximum level. There is no gear progression, there is little or no performance gains that can be dragged out of your players. You need your SCH to dps in a4s or you don't get a clear. It's just that simple. Their test team either completed testing with the SCH dpsing or they did not complete the fight under conditions we see on live servers.

Your 'guess' makes it a lie?

This is pointless, I don't care one jot about Alex Savage, I've never suggested otherwise, but that isn't what this topic is about, it's a side issue that deflects the discussion. This topic is about the current meta that places additional expectation and burden on healers and tanks. What the raiding community feels is needed for that content has no relevance to other content, so why is it seemingly an expectation on others outside of raiding now?

It's a very well educated guess based on my own experiences in a4s and the countless a4s videos you can find on youtube. Find me one 1st clear video where a team uses zero healing dps to get the clear. Good luck finding one =p

So, can I roll into a dungeon and cast a fire one every five seconds or so? Because that's what some healers do, especially when they have a good tank. If people have a problem being called bad players because they sit around with their thumbs up their butt, that's on them. If you don't want to be labeled as bad, then don't waste several global cooldowns. It's very very very simple!

If a healer has a bad tank, it's a different story. That healer needs to focus just on healing or there will be wipes. If the healer has a good tank, it's not unreasonable to expect them to throw out some dots or cast a stone III.