Quote Originally Posted by Derio View Post
They can choose to play however they want. If they want to dps, thats ok. If they want to just sit back and heal, thats ok too
While I respect people's opinions on it, that's kinda the point. Healing in this game is so scripted that you have a lot of free time, standing still doing nothing (not only talking about raid). When I was leveling tanks I've seen it really often, when you get those newbie dps that are learning rotations, or their gear is outdated and then you see a lv60 healer that just stands still as I barely take dmg. It could help the dungeon end faster. And that's another point on this healer dps topic. Dungeons in this game aren't run for fun. Maybe your first time, your second time? for exploration. But when you run them over and over again, you want those to be done asap so you can just into next farm. Even if it just makes a run be minutes shorter, it adds up.
I personally hate dpsing as a healer, yet I do it for the sake of effectiveness. If it makes me get out of a dungeon faster, then I will do it. Not dpsing as a healer even having the time/tools to do it is like the argument of not using cooldowns as a tank, making the healers job harder, even though you're the healer so it doesn't matter because you just have to heal and if you don't keep that tank alive it's your job/problem, right? Or dps that can have support cross class like Eye for an eye, virus for physical attacks and not using them on tank busters or big physical attacks to make your healer's job easier and overall a smoother run for everyone.