The arrogance of some people

[Niwashi]

Out of curiousity, if you and I partnered together, and for random reasons I decided not to heal you for the dungeon. Then you died repeatedly and we weren't able to meet any DPS checks. Would the failure of this be in part yours to blame, as the parties success is a team endeavour, or would it be 100% mine because I was stubbornly refusing to heal?

Well, that would depend on why I was dying repeatedly. If I could have prevented those deaths (and their resulting down time and DPS check failures) with more effective dodging, some self-heals, and/or better aggro management, but I didn't, then I'd share responsibility for the failure. If I was dying to unavoidable damage that can only be survived by more healing than my limited self-heal abilities can provide, then the only player capable of changing that result, and therefore the one with the full responsibility for it, would be the healer.

It comes down to how I described it a few posts back: "If you could have prevented a problem and chose not to" or at least could have prevented a problem and didn't.

[Kaurie]

Well, that would depend on why I was dying repeatedly. If I could have prevented those deaths (and their resulting down time and DPS check failures) with more effective dodging, some self-heals, and/or better aggro management, but I didn't, then I'd share responsibility for the failure. If I was dying to unavoidable damage that can only be survived by more healing than my limited self-heal abilities can provide, then the only player capable of changing that result, and therefore the one with the full responsibility for it, would be the healer.

It comes down to how I described it a few posts back: "If you could have prevented a problem and chose not to" or at least could have prevented a problem and didn't.

Thing is a DRG is required to do that because it's their job, healer DPS is and always will be optional. you just have to live with it.

I see, that is an interesting way of viewing things.