DPSing as a healer

[RopeDrink]

It defeats the purpose of the game when others are controlling your actions as well. The point of a game is to enjoy it. When you have people harassing you just because you don't want to DPS when your role is a healer and not a dps isn't what I'd call fun.

Mentalities like that are fine in a casual sense, but it still irks me. Refusing to use tools at your disposal because a role prioritizes a particular facet is restrictive to yourself and your team, for no reason other than you don't want to use them. It applies to all roles. If I see an opportunity where Mantra is going to give the healers an easier time (as a Monk), I'm not going to refuse to use it just because my priority is to hit things in the face. Pugging Odin is a good example. Assuming you even get to the DPS race, having healers standing around doing nothing is asking for a chance to fail. There are many cases where it is the content (not players) that dictate the pace. It's up to players whether they want to keep up, or increase the risk by refusing.

[Seoulstar]

Mentalities like that are fine in a casual sense, but it still irks me. Refusing to use tools at your disposal because a role prioritizes a particular facet is restrictive to yourself and your team, for no reason other than you don't want to use them. It applies to all roles. If I see an opportunity where Mantra is going to give the healers an easier time (as a Monk), I'm not going to refuse to use it just because my priority is to hit things in the face. Pugging Odin is a good example. Assuming you even get to the DPS race, having healers standing around doing nothing is asking for a chance to fail. There are many cases where it is the content (not players) that dictate the pace. It's up to players whether they want to keep up, or increase the risk by refusing.

It still does not excuse the harassment and insulting that I'm seeing.