The arrogance of some people

[Odett]

I like how people come here to post "oh look, this thread again" as if they're being made to read through it and simply can't ignore it if it doesn't hold any interest to them. It's no surprise that this subject (among many others like parser use and STR tanks) keeps being brought up again and again, because it's obviously something important that's worth talking about.

It's not even about different playstyles, it's a fact that there are many moments in fights where healing does not need to be done (provided the tank and dps aren't made of tracing paper and know how to dodge, because there ARE times when you have to be the babysitter of the group) and standing there doing absolutely nothing or appearing to look useful by overhealing the tank with a cure whenever they drop below 100% HP is absolutely worthless and a disservice to the other people you're playing with. You can't full-time heal in this game simply because that is not how this game was designed.

Stop locking yourself on your role and say to yourself "I'm not gonna do this because I am ___ role, even if I have the ability to do so". A SMN refusing to use Raise when healers can't is crappy, a NIN refusing to use Goad, Shadewalker, or Smokescreen, is crappy. A properly-geared tank who spams the agro combo is crappy. A BRD refusing to sing is crappy. A healer who refuses to help DPS provided that there is downtime is crappy.