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

[KokonoeAiyoko]

I'm worried about the lack of compassion to other players since all people seem to care about is "BUT MAH DEE PEE ES." It's just a game, a 30 minute run vs a 20 minute run won't kill you.

I agree about the lack of compassion bit.

Like, the current pressure put on Healers who aren't DPSing to DPS and not accepting no for answer is honestly quite selfish. I don't mind someone asking, but to have this mandatory expectation of someone outside of runs you create via Party Finder, or your Raid group, or Savage content to DPS as Healer to merely make a run 5 minutes faster when that person does not want to should not be happening, especially when the game is designed for you be able to complete without it.

I've seen a piece of logic thrown around a bit on the internet about Healer DPS that I have a problem with as well. "But you CAN do it, therefore if you do not do it, you are a bad Healer. You should be doing everything in your ability as a team member, and if you do not, you are not good."

A bit of it is true, it doesn't hurt to sometimes go out of your way, but as a option when the situation presents itself, but let's apply that same mandatory optionless logic to DPS.

"If you're a MNK and are not using Blood Bath to heal yourself, you're a bad MNK."
"If you're a DRG and are not using Foresight when taking physical damage of any kind, including physical AoEs, you're a bad DRG."
"If you're a BLM and are not using Eye for an Eye on the Tank, you're a bad BLM."
"If you're a NIN and are not using Keen Flurry, you're a bad NIN."
"If you're a BRD and are not using Second Wind, you're a bad BRD."

That is why this line of thinking doesn't work. Regardless of how potent Healer DPS is, it would be a double standard to expect this and not expect all of the things I mentioned because you can do them when the opportunity presents itself.