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

[Taika]

The expectation at the moment, I have been told is not only healers expected to dps, but dps alot, on Zurvan ex. It may be a possibility that some, not all, groups are kind of expecting a little too much out of healers these days and sounds like its always up to the healer to make sure they carry the group to skip soar just wondering when this trend is going.

The damage to skip Soar is done in the first phase of the fight, during which healers literally don't need to heal anyone at all. Healers aren't asked to DPS to "carry their group" there, they're asked to DPS to do something useful. As Bourne Endeavor said above, it's about context.

[Feyona]

The damage to skip Soar is done in the first phase of the fight, during which healers literally don't need to heal anyone at all. Healers aren't asked to DPS to "carry their group" there, they're asked to DPS to do something useful. As Bourne Endeavor said above, it's about context.

Then it kind of proves whst Im trying to say as both healers dps full on at first . What was lacking was the dps's dps but healers sort of get the blame as pressured to dps and failng healing as a result. It may have put pressure on tank to dps as well to make up for the deficiency. I thing your possibly wrong that dps dont go in groups to get a carry in some cases. These days everyone seems to be watching if a healer is dpsing or not. Such is the community's attitude towards it. Some dps can get away with sneaking into a farm on an alt. Healers cant do this really as people would die if they arnt healed. Saying that though if group knows what is wrong will boot such a dps. Then again healers job is much easier in groups that 'know'. Unfortunateky most of the community probably doesnt, but so much emphasis is put on healer dps.