Rant on healers acting as a dps role

[Sidra]

Anyone who blames the healer for a lack of DPS is, quite frankly, an idiot.

In his example, that most definitely was not his fault and whoever was blaming him is an idiot. But your statement is flat out wrong. In a game that consistently puts 2 healers in a party but does not put out enough damage to keep 2 healers busy healing, it is quite reasonable for people to expect some level of dps contribution from their healing team. I really don't like the word "blame" because it has such a negative connotation, and a good team is going to be solving problems not blaming people. But someone looking to healers to pick up dps isn't an idiot, they are probably playing Final Fantasy XIV.

[Fevelle]

In a game that consistently puts 2 healers in a party but does not put out enough damage to keep 2 healers busy healing

While I agree completely to that on pre-formed party duties, this is not the case on any DF runs, save for some rare exception.

Take Arboretum for example: extensive pulls by tanks where he will die if the healer loses a cooldown, even when popping cooldowns correctly; Final Stings flying everywhere and most tanks don't know how to deal with them and let the job to the healers; tanks eating the bees shots on purpose on second boss because they're too lazy to move; DPS getting Seduced on last boss at least one time each.

The game itself doesn't make too much unavoidable damage, but the people that run the content makes it that much harder to heal, sometimes absolutely impossible to DPS.

[VanilleFang]

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Healer DPS is not required. I understand that if DPS is low a healer can help, but the healer should not be blamed for a lack of DPS. Yes, everyone should be contributing as much as they can, and DPS is expected from healers. But you cannot blame low DPS on a healer. A healer's DPS should not be what makes or breaks a clear. If it is then there is issues with your team.

[MariaNyan]

Healer DPS is not required. I understand that if DPS is low a healer can help, but the healer should not be blamed for a lack of DPS. Yes, everyone should be contributing as much as they can, and DPS is expected from healers. But you cannot blame low DPS on a healer. A healer's DPS should not be what makes or breaks a clear. If it is then there is issues with your team.

While it might not be required it means you are fully utilizing your class. A dps can also 123 and its good enough for the dungeon...

Im more suprised ppl are like i dont want to dps as healer or the party is too bad for me to dps, looking for outsides biased opinions instead of objectively asking themselves: could i do any better? If the answer is no, you are either top1 in fflogs or you are simply blind or ignorant to improve yourself.