Quote Originally Posted by Atomicstorm View Post
Except your role is dps. So that is what you should be doing. Healer job is to heal. If healing is required, so it should be done. The dps from a healer is a bonus.

This is ultimately the part of mmos that I despise. Sure healers can contribute when it is necessary. But people often rather spend time worrying about the 3 seconds I could dps than keeping the party alive, moving, and buffed... or perhaps maximizing their own potential. This sort of attitude burns people out.
One cure per ten seconds is all that is necessary in low level content. With two scathes, I'm pressing more buttons than a 0 DPS healer in sastasha. It's not about the label our jobs have, it's about how much effort the players are putting in, and a lot of healers just don't put in any.