Is dpsing and a healer becoming the standard norm!

[Kallera]

it seems like this is what is being promoted:

"Healers can dps" is different from "Healers have to dps" SE would like to promote the former, without making the latter the rule. this makes accuracy caps an important role in enforcing this. in easier content, healers will have the accuracy to dps if they choose, without making it mandatory to succeed(do to ilvl stats or easier difficulty), but in highler level content, you cannot force a healer to dps on something they cannot hit to begin with.

[Andrea]

it seems like this is what is being promoted:.

The only thing FFXIV would have that could be considered higher level content would be Savage. And good luck finding a static if you dont dps.

The game simply put does not throw out the amount of damage needed for full time healing. If you were to just heal you would be doing an awful lot of standing around contributing nothing to your group.

Obviously being new, learning or first few times in a duty are an exception, but once you are used to a duty you should be dpsing when given the option to do so pretty much.