PSA - Cleric Stance and vote kicking

[Tobalito]

Can we please stop with the "healers are watching Netflix" BS? Healing requires attention. We don't need to be measuring people's contribution with button presses.


While I generally toss out plenty of dps in 4-man dungeons, I find myself barely doing any damage in 8 or 24-mans - even when I'm not actively healing. And it's not because I'm being lazy and "watching Netflix". I'm keeping an anxious eye on boss mechanics and watching where players are positioned (especially chaotic in the 24-man raids), constantly repositioning myself so that I can both catch everyone in my buffs and heals (I main AST) AND be ready to avoid telegraphs. I don't run with a static, so I'm constantly anticipating unpredictable mistakes and getting myself into a position where I can correct them. While this isn't particularly challenging (especially compared to the content I do seriously raid in - WildStar), it does require attention, and IMO attentiveness on the healer's part is just as important as damn button presses.

[edit] Just... really. "You're not pressing enough buttons!" strikes me as an absolutely absurd metric for contribution - especially as applied to a role that, by its nature, requires the player to pay attention to player health bars.

Couldnt agree more man, unfortunately this community has become very toxic with dps and squeezing every last drop, and it pushes newcomers away. My friend tried to play a healer and was met with this kind of toxic mentality I cant for the life of me convince him to come back and try again.

[bounddreamer]

Couldnt agree more man, unfortunately this community has become very toxic with dps and squeezing every last drop, and it pushes newcomers away. My friend tried to play a healer and was met with this kind of toxic mentality I cant for the life of me convince him to come back and try again.

Ah, yes. Asking players to contribute something to the group or offering tips on how to do something they may not know about is extremely toxic. Very terrible. We should never ask anyone else to improve, it will erode the entire playerbase.