Quote Originally Posted by ValarianHeartbreaker View Post
To the people defending the "no DPS since I'm a healer" stance, I just hope that, someday, you group with a summoner, you die, and then, when asking for him to raise you, he goes "Sorry, I play a dps to dps, not heal or do a healer's job."

Healing might be your MAIN role, but it's not your ONLY role.

Just like bards and mechs, summoners and ninjas with their goad, your main function might be to keep everyone alive, but you can do other stuff to help your group.
Do you realize how terrible of an example that is..I will explain it to you and before you assume I am one of the healers that don't like to DPS. I'm not, I DPS whenever possible. Anyways, this is why that is a terrible example. A healer dpsing will not significantly impact the run. A SMN with the attitude you're hoping for would directly result in the party wiping because they don't want to revive the person that is keeping everyone alive.