Suggestion as to how to get people to become healers.

[Naunet]

<good examples of games that don't have to deal with a healer dps meta>

I don't understand how FFXIV can't seem to get this balance right. I didn't roll a healer to occasionally cast a heal and spend most of my time spamming three boring dps buttons. It's not like the content from these games (discounting EQ as I have no experience with it) is tremendously difficult at all levels. In WildStar, I'm generally always busy on my healers keeping up buffs, prepping for damage, adjusting positioning for better heals. TERA was the same - on both Mystic and Priest, there was plenty to do. Again, same in WoW... and Rift... the list goes on.

Once again I assert that we should not be looking for ways to cement the "healer dps" meta even further, but rather encourage SE to design content that asks healers to do more healing/buffing.

To be honest I would be kind of scared what would happen to the DF if they made regular content more healing intensive...not scared for myself as a healer...but for when I am NOT on healer :x

Having played plenty of MMOs that do not have the weird healer dps meta... it's not that hard.