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

[Feyona]

Yes... SCH has rouse for progression.......... that skill that opens gaps in healing........ on a DoT healer that can heal while the DoTs tick.......... purely for progression.........

I don't even have the energy to explain (yet again) why this is wrong, but I'm sure someone else will enlighten you.

Scholar is a shield healer, thats all, it needs extra raw healing at times. Although I can see your point about all those dots and the arcanist build we cant que as dps. Oh I think maybe the thought behind arcanist is that you can choose dps (summoner) or healer. Its the only class you can have that choice when you levelled it. I prefer to think that SE wanted players to have choice but I could be wrong. At any rate it needs dps for solo stuff.