The arrogance of some people

[Eothas]

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I kinda agree with most of what you have said, but...

Healer DPS isn't going to take minutes off a run

It will. A good healer can put 800~1k DPS in every trash pack. (Assuming a half-decent tank) and 400~700 DPS in a boss fight. If the tank is also doing good DPS its like adding another super competent DPS to the party.

[AeraLure]

I kinda agree with most of what you have said, but...



It will. A good healer can put 800~1k DPS in every trash pack. (Assuming a half-decent tank) and 400~700 DPS in a boss fight. If the tank is also doing good DPS its like adding another super competent DPS to the party.

Same, and yes, it does take minutes off a fight. It's something any healer looking to be a great healer should aspire to and general content, or at least EX, is the place to do it before entering raid content. A decent healer can pull those numbers and that absolutely is noticeable. If you're not comfortable doing it, new to being a healer, or aren't going to do it for whatever reason, and you are level 60, I still think it's pretty expected of you and if you won't be doing it, tell your group straight up before you start.

[Kosmos992k]

I kinda agree with most of what you have said, but...



It will. A good healer can put 800~1k DPS in every trash pack. (Assuming a half-decent tank) and 400~700 DPS in a boss fight. If the tank is also doing good DPS its like adding another super competent DPS to the party.

I understand that. I'm thinking in the context of Duty Finder, and PUGs,where the assumption is that all players are of average skill. In that situation, the healing requirement is relatively higher than in a skilled and well geared group running the same content. That reduces the scope that a healer has to safely DPS. In that situation, I don'tthink that the healers DPS will appreciably shorten the run. Actually, depending on the party composition, gearing and level of content, I'd say that coordinated damage dealing is more effective at shortening a run than healer dps.

I agree that if we're talking about a very good player playing healer with a decent group, there will be much more scope for that healer to maximize their damage dealing. So yes, in that circumstance a run could be appreciably shorter.