As a healer, is it my job to DPS? A new perspective.

[Venjamin]

So if ABC is considered adequate, then... what, spamming cure is cool? Spamming stone 1 without CS is fine? What about repeated Heavy Shot / Flash?

Nah. ABC is not a consideration for adequate. That's ridiculous and completely removes context from every situation. Heal-only healers are fine. I prefer to DPS when I heal, but I don't expect it for the 30-40 minutes I'm going to be spending with another healer. Instead, I'll change up my play (when tanking ) and pull more to make it a more riveting experience for everyone involved. Encourage the tank to do so when I'm DPSing. Those things will also speed up a run, and the healer can have fun healing.

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Nah. ABC is not a consideration for adequate. That's ridiculous and completely removes context from every situation.

Uh, the only one who just removed all context from the situation is you. ABC is required to be considered adequate, but that doesn't mean casting random things means you're doing okay. By the twelve, would anyone make this stupid nonsense argument for a DPS job? A tank? Do you even read what you are writing?

Heal-only healers are fine.

They are not. Selene can heal 90% of the content in this game. Healers who play on the level of a pet are not okay, they are objectively bad.

[Venjamin]

Uh, the only one who just removed all context from the situation is you. ABC is required to be considered adequate, but that doesn't mean casting random things means you're doing okay. By the twelve, would anyone make this stupid nonsense argument for a DPS job? A tank? Do you even read what you are writing?

"ABC" is literally removing context. Always be casting is a wide-strokes call to action with no narrowing of scope. As such, if we can determine that 'ABC' is NOT effective on its own without further narrowing of scope, it CANNOT be used as an objective statement of adequate, which is what you were trying to do earlier. ( "It's unfair that healers should be the only role that's given a free pass at being lazy when ABC is the absolute lowest level of basic, adequate play for all other roles - we're not even talking about optimizations yet." ) But nice try with your pointless dismissal.

They are not. Selene can heal 90% of the content in this game. Healers who play on the level of a pet are not okay, they are objectively bad.

Cool. The healers can just duo SCH and have their pets heal final steps of faith and it will work out, right?

Also, nice job dodging the point of other players adjusting playstyle to make the game more fun for everyone. =x