Should healers now be allowed to play how they choose to play?

[Llus]

Neither of them are good examples, they are both easy content these pro healer dps stances are loaded with posts trying to say that healers got nothing to do but dps. What needs to be shown is a new group learning a10s or something

I wouldn't expect a new group learning a10s or any other savage content to be 100%... I wouldn't expect the tanks to know the fight well enough not to die to tankbusters. I wouldn't expect DPS to not die to mechanics and I wouldn't expect a healer to know when they can DPS and when they need to heal. If the entire content of your OP is to allow you room to learn a fight before optimizing for healing and DPS; then by all means do so.

However...

This topic is not new, but in light of the proposed changes, like two more dps classes which all the dps has to choose from, could we now leave healers alone to play as healers, and those who want to dps, dps? Thinking that many people would like to heal as a chosen playstyle. The feedback I have received before is that its not playing to 'optimal efficiency', but this is not a workplace it is where people come to enjoy themselves, not be coerced into doing a role that they didnt choose- dps as healer. Most dps did not choose to heal, and have a monopoly of different playstyles to choose from, on the other hand healers are being made to dps, to sort of make up for dps defiency, Then I see a question asking for harder content, just stop healer dps and the content will be harder to clear. Healers that want to dps go dps, leave others to heal or tank if thats what they enjoy.

From your OP, all you say is that you want to heal only and be left alone to do just that. Heal only, no DPS because that's what you enjoy. You don't qualify that with the type of content you find uncomfortable switching to cleric stance; nor do you bring up savage content/extreme primals/learning. You say that you're being coerced into doing a role that you didn't chose, yet in this game - that IS the healer role and especially for Scholars. Healers heal, shield, cleanse and DPS. Tanks take and hold aggro, mitigate damage, self-heal and DPS. DPS deal damage, support the party through buffs like mages ballad, foe requiem, mantra, apocatastasis, smoke screen, trick attack, battle litany etc. And if you're looking to clear savage content and extreme primals as a Scholar that doesn't DPS; there's almost NO group that will have you.