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

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Why do you keep trotting out this ridiculous nonsense? You have a toolkit that includes skills that do damage, you are expected to use them as appropriate to make use of GCDs that would otherwise go to waste.

Boy it's almost like every single class has skills that sit outside of their intended role.

one or two extra utility abilities does not, a paradigm shift make. its not comparable to having to completely change the skills you use.

and if you think doing damage isn't part of a tanks role then you don't know how tanks work - doing higher damage grants more agro - its all part of their role and doesn't require any (or very minimal) adjustment to play.