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

[Lambdafish]

I play ast in static, my co healer is sch.

Then you shouldn't be DPSing, the SCH should. That is the pro DPS argument in raid, one person handles healing, one person DPSes and heals when they need to. If you find yourself not healing in certain phases though, then you DPS.

This isn't a black and white conversation, and is completely different in raiding than dungeons. Having two healers means that optimal play has one healer primarily healing, but that doesn't mean that they shouldn't DPS when they can, only that they won't get many opportunities too.

Co-ordination is key to playing a good healer, and healer DPS should be a natural question when planning how you will beat content. As I said before though, Healer DPS is literally irrelevant until you hit enrage or clear, so focus on whatever helps you clear the content.

Cos healers get the blame if people die. After all it is their true job

Pretty sure if I die as a main tank, then the party wipes. You think that we don't have pressure in our jobs?

I'll never understand why healers are always the ones to complain the most about having to put in more effort than the bare minimum.

We are talking about savage raid content, not dungeons. The argument isn't black and white.