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

[Lambdafish]

Let's stop with this ok? Everyone knows that after you start getting MND-only gear trying to DPS without CS is absolutely USELESS. If you're going to dps, do it while in CS, or just save your time buffing or doing another thing. This is not the first time I see people bringing this type of misinformation in the thread and it's really annoying.

Are you saying that if someone DPS's outside of cleric stance it is as bad/worse than doing no DPS at all? It might not do much damage you are right, and cleric stance is preferable, BUT the point being made is that some DPS are uncomfortable with stance dancing and feel they shouldn't need to DPS because of it. My arguement is that stopping DPS is never the answer, and that cleric stance is the bit that turns you from a standard healer into a good healer, and that even if you don't use cleric stance you should be throwing out some form of damage, even if it is just DoTs.

Also when you talk about buffing/another thing? please enlighten me what that thing is? On AST, cards are probably a higher priority than DPS anyway (at which point nobody is complaining about AST DPS), but on WHM/SCH what are they supposed to do if the party is at near full HP and the tank is not taking enough damage to warrant buffs (most times I don't even need to use my own buffs as a tank)

And yes, it's ok in my point of view to not use Maim or DPS combos while tanking, as long as you are keeping hate/mitigating. Is it desirable? Absolutely not, but if I see someone doing it in DF I'd just sigh and carry on with the run and complain later to my friends.

lol ok. While I would rarely kick someone over it, I would find out why they are playing their job horribly wrong (maim and storms eye aren't optional as you seem to imply, they are part of the core rotation, and I liken this to ice mages who never use fire), and I would advise them if they are struggling with the job, but 90% of the time it is pure laziness, which is not ok.