Healers that don't want to DPS are like DPSes who refuse to move out of AoEs.

[Taika]

How about some quotes in-game?



Oh? What's that? "primary role" you say? I suppose it was that simple.

And I wonder what a Bard does? Hmm..surely a class labeled as "DPS" with a bow and it's core design aesthetic and name being based around music might just be relating to that?

So you think the jobs are defined by non-gameplay related things like text descriptions and appearance? Like I said earlier, that's what I've always felt the "healers should only heal" arguments are based on. Whereas when discussing how the game should be played, I find it much more useful to look at the actual gameplay: the abilities, the battle design and all that jazz. Starting from these two different points of view, there isn't any fruitful discussion to be had, because one side is looking at how things look like and the other how they actually work.

That said, at least what everyone can agree on, is that the primary job of a healer is to keep their party alive. The difference in opinions is if after that they should contribute in another useful manner (DPS) or if it's alright to just leave it at that.