Quote Originally Posted by HoodRat View Post
I'm not attacking anyone, I'm saying that fflogs is a good tool for education. However, yes all healers who do not dps either stand idle at times, waste time and effort healing people who don't need to be healed, or even both. I'm not implying that it's intentional, but it happens. Analyzing fights and your actions on fflogs can help identify those areas. You say that not all non-dps healers are like that, but I ask you, what do they do with their time that makes it so they can't dps? That time doesn't just magically disappear, it's there somewhere being occupied by something. I'm not saying all healers should be perfect, hell I'm far from perfect. But saying you don't have time to dps just isn't true. The time is there, people just need to learn how to find it.
Apologies, I may have been a bit forward, but I have come across people who are rash about healer DPS and lump all healers regardless of skill level into the "choosing not to" category.

FFlogs is a useful resource for top tier play you are right, but I wouldn't say it is necessary for a healer who is still learning how to DPS in fights. FFlogs is more about optimisation that actually learning what gaps in healing look like and how to properly open those gaps. As for people saying they don't have time to DPS, it is valid point that maybe they can't see the gaps, and its more about teaching them how to recognise them and open them up than actually optimising rotations and fight mechanics.