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

[bardaboo]

Ok. So you supprt me. Healing is easy. And you might as well dps to help the dungeon go faster. Coolio

[Thunda_Cat_SMASH]

Ok. So you supprt me. Healing is easy. And you might as well dps to help the dungeon go faster. Coolio

...I hate healers that DPS and wish SE would slap even bigger penalties for using Cleric, like a 20 second lockout or a hefty resource cost like Grit. How does this sound like I support the healer dps meta I want dead?

[SargentToughie]

...I hate healers that DPS and wish SE would slap even bigger penalties for using Cleric, like a 20 second lockout or a hefty resource cost like Grit. How does this sound like I support the healer dps meta I want dead?

You literally admitted that healing in this game, at a base level, is obnoxiously boring and braindead.

[LadyKairi]

Apoc is also an incredible tool that

I second this. In a12s, my groups blm uses Apoc on the tank that has the time add so they don't get hurt so bad.

[Thunda_Cat_SMASH]

You literally admitted that healing in this game, at a base level, is obnoxiously boring and braindead.

Might want to reread the last few posts. I said DPSing as a healer is obnoxiously boring and braindead, and can be competently achieved by being semi AFK.

[bardaboo]

Might want to reread the last few posts. I said DPSing as a healer is obnoxiously boring and braindead, and can be competently achieved by being semi AFK.

So why not do it??

[Rubiss]

Might want to reread the last few posts. I said DPSing as a healer is obnoxiously boring and braindead, and can be competently achieved by being semi AFK.

If you're doing a rotation and optimally using GCDs accordingly, along with healing, you have plenty to do. The main issue I feel that is going over a lot of people's head is healing vs DPS. You do both, not just one. If you do just one, you are playing your class incorrectly.

[Zigabar]

Might want to reread the last few posts. I said DPSing as a healer is obnoxiously boring and braindead, and can be competently achieved by being semi AFK.

Because just healing is less boring, less braindead, and requires more attention? I think we're playing different games.

[Thunda_Cat_SMASH]

If you're doing a rotation and optimally using GCDs accordingly, along with healing, you have plenty to do. The main issue I feel that is going over a lot of people's head is healing vs DPS. You do both, not just one. If you do just one, you are playing your class incorrectly.

The healer dps rotation is so simplified and basic that it's neither engaging or rewarding to pull off, and healing is frequently either an after thought or just not needed because the other healer is doing just fine. I fail to see how anyone can look at the healing design in this game and find it engaging. I feel it's even less complicated then 2.x PLD.

Because just healing is less boring, less braindead, and requires more attention? I think we're playing different games.

Actually, the most fun I've had as a healer was when the main healer died and I suddenly had to spend the rest of the fight juggling sub 2k MP while both keeping the tank alive and keeping the party alive through the AoEs, while keeping SoS and Assize both on CD. It was actually engaging, which surprised me!

[Rubiss]

The healer dps rotation is so simplified and basic that it's neither engaging or rewarding to pull off, and healing is frequently either an after thought or just not needed because the other healer is doing just fine. I fail to see how anyone can look at the healing design in this game and find it engaging.

Regardless, this topic is not really about whether or not healing is engaging. The topic at hand is, if you only heal, thee is plenty of downtime where you do not do anything and there are people who stand around doing literally nothing during this downtime. This isn't about snowflake playstyles or being casual, it's about being lazy and using 2/3s of your kit.