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

[Rivxkobe]

These forums need to stop.

What you are writing about is eventually true. Healers should help do damage if they can afford it, but they need to make that choice. The mentality you are creating is idiocy.

Don't be an elitist. Don't make this game toxic. Healers will come to that conclusion naturally, and it's important they do.

I strongly disagree. These threads(not forums) need to stay alive because it is an important topic about gameplay.

1. This thread isn't telling healers to always DPS. It isn't about times when you have to be healing 100% of the time, or when you have a squish tank or you are new to content. This about being effective and efficient when you have down time and are comfortable with the tank and content. I don't understand why people come into these threads and say stuff like "the healer needs to make that choice" and/or "they should only damage if they can afford to". When literally the OP and most people who are Pro-DPS always make sure to state this fact. Because we KNOW we are healers, not DPS, and healing comes first. Again this is about when you have downtime and that instead of doing nothing you should be doing something.

2. If you are blaming threads like this for people telling you to DPS more when you had a hard time keeping the tank alive then that in itself is idiocy.

3. In no way is this thread, or threads like it, trying to spread toxicity throughout the game or be "elitist". No one is telling players too call out and harass healers who do nothing but heal (and if they are they should be reported) because, again, it is their choice what to do. Trying to help someone be more efficient and effective is not toxic. Its also important for players to try and understand why others play the way they do. Even if it annoys them or they think they are playing sub-optimally.

4. Sadly many healers do not learn this. There have been countless times that I have encountered healers who completely ignore their damage spells unless they are soloing. There are also tons who do not use/hotkey/crossclass Cleric Stance. I have also met many who remove older healing spells (ie. no Cure or Cure II just Cure III) because they don't read and don't take the time to understand their spells. Yes, this is kind of off topic, but I am using it to make a point: there are healers who don't take it upon themselves to learn how to play their class, and while they can do this if they want it isn't effective or efficient.

5. Honestly, it would be good for new players to see this. Watching a Healer (or Tank or DPS) stand around and/or not use 80% of their kit is, frankly, irritating as hell.