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

[Neela]

If you aren't confident enough to DPS safely, fine, but not using your damage skills on principle is just silly, its like, you refuse to utilize your full toolkit, they are there for a reason and its not just for solo content, its for the benefit of the whole team.

yay Tizzy I honestly think this is the whole point. Skilled players should do, player who don't feel confident enough yet (new cls, new content, whatever) shouldn't be forced to do so. Everybody started somewhere and even those blaming pros in here were noobs somewhere in the past – you haven't pushed your dps to overdrive since day one as well - so maybe think about those who are not on your skill & experience lvl yet ^^

[Feyona]

yay Tizzy I honestly think this is the whole point. Skilled players should do, player who don't feel confident enough yet (new cls, new content, whatever) shouldn't be forced to do so.

Yes, agree and also fed up of these assumptions, that if your not dpsing your 'lazy''I went in Zurvan ex the other day with a wmg co healer who was new to the fight I said Ill stay in cler for the phase before soar ( me sch). Only tank to heal that phase. Tank died cos couldnt get out cleric and heal tank in time 1 lustrate hit, next missed, cos tank died but not enough time to do adlo. Was being asked to dps to avoid soar. Ok thought to myself next time go in there Im not dpsing I will heal instead. Co healer new to fight. These factors need to be thought of pressures of avoiding soar or keeping tank alive with new healer. If I just healed would I be classed as 'stubborn' or 'lazy' if I refused to dps?