Is dpsing and a healer becoming the standard norm!

[sorahu]

So allow me to elaborate on the title, a couple days ago In a normal run of the antitower I noticed the healer not healing the tank due to the tanks had high migration of damage from packs of mobs. So I was watching this and also noticed the healer staying in cleric stance longer and longer burning mp on trash mob, bosses etc but not healing the tank until like 3k hp left. Mind you the tank had 21,000 hp lol. Then the healer raged on the tank and told him/her to use buffs to migrate more damage because dps was to low for him. So finally here is the title question. Is it the new normal for healers to dps not only in raids of 8 players but even in 4 player dungeon runs? Is the standard that if you don't dps as a healer would you be classified as not playing your job to the fullest?

To me this seems like heal dpsing is becoming more and more of a have to, then just helping dps a little. Is this starting to cause a imbalance in job performance?

[Chiramu]

That healer was being a bit of a douche but in Antitower and Amdapor Hard it is easy to stay in Cleric longer than the other dungeons.

[Nestama]

That healer was being a bit of a douche but in Antitower and Amdapor Hard it is easy to stay in Cleric longer than the other dungeons.

It's also easier to miss :^)

[Blacksail]

As much as I used to hate healers dpsing because alot of them take it too far, don't know when to quit and let people die.. It really irks me to see healers standing around.. So yes, DPS! Healer DPSing is really too strong for its own good

[Vivi_Bushido]

To answer the question without giving a personal opinion on how I feel about the matter.

Yes; DPS healers is becoming the norm, and has actually been the norm for quite some time now.

[Felis]

Yes; DPS healers is becoming the norm, and has actually been the norm for quite some time now.

While that is right, healers complaining about that they have to heal the tank shouldn't be the norm.

[Eidolon]

Tanks used to do enough DPS to carry the DPS; however, SE nerfed that.
Now it falls on healers to DPS more to carry the DPS.

Alright, now that this joke is out of the way...

In all honesty, the boost to VIT values across all tanks has created a greater amount of buffer for healers. They are able to stay in cleric's longer (as you saw) because the damage coming to the tank just doesn't match to the HP.

The exception to this, of course, is tank busters - but eventually, even that will hit a point where we have too much HP and the healers can be a little neglectful during it.

[Slappah]

Healer dps isn't becoming the norm

It's been the norm for....well...forever

[FoxyAreku]

Healer dps isn't becoming the norm

It's been the norm for....well...forever

This.

It is however becoming more and more expected from the casual playerbase as time goes on.

[Seoulstar]

Healer dps isn't becoming the norm

It's been the norm for....well...forever

I'm not entirely sure about that. Played many MMO's over the years and this is so far the only one where people go crazy about healers dpsing.