Is dpsing and a healer becoming the standard norm!

[Odett]

It's some posters on this thread that really show a huge problem with this game's community and the constant desire to coddle other players. If you're not comfortable Cleric Dancing for whatever reason, that's fine. You have time to practice and get better at your job. It's another thing altogether to state that it's completely fine to perform your absolute bare minimum and say "eff you" to whoever asks if you can get some practice at using your entire toolkit, and this goes for tanks, healers, and DPS. If the game only provided you with DPS moves as a healer for solo fights and not for dungeons, they'd go to the extremes that they did with PvP and completely block out cleric stance. There's a reason why half your skills aren't blocked out when you enter a dungeon..

It's ok if you don't feel comfortable DPSing sometimes, but to encourage others to do their absolute minimum, that is something I will never be able to stand behind. If you want to be lazy, go ahead, but don't expect to act as an authority of the game telling others that it's completely OK to play subpar, not try, and not expect any kid of backlash.

[lulunami]

Healer DPS has always been the norm since the game began in 2.0. I remember joining random shout pug groups for Amdapor Keep and Wanderer's Palace. Everyone expected White Mages and Scholars to DPS in these dungeons. Although in raids, you may have to hold back a bit in order to conserve MP back then (as a WHM).

If the game only provided you with DPS moves as a healer for solo fights and not for dungeons, they'd go to the extremes that they did with PvP and completely block out cleric stance.

They nerfed healer DPS and Cleric Stance in PvP because healer jobs were too good. I regularly did the most DPS and most HPS in PvP on WHM. It was so overpowered, lol.

[CyrilLucifer]

Healer DPS has always been the norm since the game began in 2.0. I remember joining random shout pug groups for Amdapor Keep and Wanderer's Palace. Everyone expected White Mages and Scholars to DPS in these dungeons. Although in raids, you may have to hold back a bit in order to conserve MP back then (as a WHM)..

That never happened on my server during 2.0. We more "relic required" and "darklight required" shouts during the first three months of 2.0, but I never saw healer damage specifically requested at that time.

That being said, WHMs were sometimes asked to Holy stun the Bees on the wall. I also went into dungeons with my FC with two healers, one to heal and one to DD, just for the sake of fun. So it existed for us, but not in the way you're saying.

[Canadane]

If the game only provided you with DPS moves as a healer for solo fights and not for dungeons, they'd go to the extremes that they did with PvP and completely block out cleric stance.

Doesn't stop me.

[MikaKrystel]

^^^

Good job on cropping out the GC scores, admitting you'd lost that match by DPSing as a healer without cleric stance would be pretty embarassing

Also, how did everyone do sub-50,000 damage in Seal Rock of all places?

[Canadane]

Good job on cropping out the GC scores, admitting you'd lost that match by DPSing as a healer without cleric stance would be pretty embarassing

Also, how did everyone do sub-50,000 damage in Seal Rock of all places?

Oh yes, we lost spectacularly. It wasn't much of a secret when I'm with the adders.
There are times I've won, I just happen to have had that one screenshot.