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

[Taika]

I agree with you that being afk in a duty is wrong. I do not believe a healer must dps though. As long as they are trying to keep everyone safe and not watching Netflix I'm happy. If we don't need healing for several GCDs it would not hurt to help dps. I agree it would be good if they did so. I still believe as long as they do not cause failure, they should be left alone.

So if there's an off tank that doesn't do anything while there aren't any adds up, should they be left alone also as long as they're not causing failure? Or a DD who doesn't do anything for 80% of the time, if they don't directly wipe the party?

I think everyone should be contributing for as much as they can to help the party, and if someone is just leeching the majority of the time, they should be asked to step up and then removed if they refuse to do so. No matter what the role. Being a healer is not an excuse to slack.

[xJimmehx]

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"As long as they are trying"
"If we don't need healing for several GCDs it would not hurt to help" but not required. (Because they are doing something.)
If they are doing nothing... no matter the job/class it is wrong.

If they heal once per minute they should also dps. If they heal actively then thats all they really need to do. (Extra dps is welcome but not required, just like a dragoon pulling world first dps in duty finder dungeons is not required)

Demand people to play a certain way is like demanding them to give you their lunch money. You have no right. If they are at least actively playing and trying to keep people alive, leave em be. That is my stance.