What are the most common reasons people don't dps?

[Asheilin]

-Main Healer/Off-Healer:
-New Content:
-Really Bad DPS:
-While Teaching:
-Group Trust Lacking: Self explanatory enough.

You have a few fantastic points, that really are important for me.
This is my main things though:

While all are accurate, MH/OH is a main one for me personally. I have zero trust in OTHER healers in the 24m raids. This has been reinforced by having pug groups where I get those Sch who never cast an Aldo and is in Clerics 100% of the time, even when I've died to something or have no mp and they're still doing damage. When I get paired with a second Ast, its much the same; or they overwrite my aoe balance with an aoe arrow and after the third or fourth time I pretend I'm a crappy Sch or crappy whm and ignore cards altogether while I heal and they dps and card everyone. Most of the time when I'm paired with whm, they at least get Medica II on everyone at least once before they go dps mode.
I'm ok playing MH, prefer it actually having learned healing in mmos where healers only did damage outside of group play or when there was literately nothing to be done otherwise. I also preform what I call "Raid-Heals" in which I'm also trying to keep alive the other 2 tanks, the other 4 healers and tossing hots on the dps if they drop below ~30%.

Outside of that, though I do dps but I hate clerics with a passion. I'll dot out of clerics 90% of the time but will switch on boss fights if I think the party can survive it long enough. I've complained about the Damage being Int since I started at ARR pre-launch. I'm so hyped for SB and the MND change (I'm guessing it will be a 2 or 3 to 1 dmg formula where I assume SMN/BLM is a 1 to 1. to keep healer dps still on a good level) but Cleric buff could be really thrilling--if it keeps the Heal potency drop I'll still probably only use it on bosses but if that's removed? I will be one ecstatic healer that can dps without CLERIC STANCE HEALS because that only happens 1-2 times EVERY time I pop clerics in a dungeon run.

[OcieKo]

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For the most part I agree with you on the MH/OH issue, when its just me 9/10 I'm living under the impression I'm the MH or only healer. In my case most of the time it's me and her, and the trust/compatibility/synergy has been worked to near perfection for over two years (met a little after World of Darkness released, been constant since) and quite frankly shes not as big a fan of DPSing as I am. Like you shes also prone to non-CS DoTing.

On raid-healing, I'm the same usually in 24mans im using rez on all 3 parties and popping regen on the MT. I come from an EQ1/EQ2/WoW Shamans background with a little Cleric/Priest/Druid mixed in for flavor, been the raid/dps healer through it all. I'm that weirdo whos also a better OT than MT since for WOW its what i played a tank to do, and I was deliberatly taught how to do it as well, so things like map and situation awareness are a core part of my skill set. Tho I tend to forget the boss does stuff too sometimes... You may also be like me and get aggravated that AoE heals can only affect your own group in this game. I get it with the AoE regens and shield givers, but come on with the Cure 3s, Helios, and Medica 1, srsly. Collective Unconcious and the SCH flat aoe heal get an honorable mention here. Cure 3 is probably the wost to not have it in this set, considering its a TBAoE thats pretty much only good for melee DPS, stack mechanics, and when it procs, since anyone else is too spread out for its radius to hit others, and its MP efficiency is too low to use on low target counts.

And mentioning MP shortages reminded me of another big reason why I dont DPS
-Min Remaining MP: For me, I find an MP point that I'll only pass for the purpose of healing, again this is a practice I think most healers should have in place. Personally its around 5-6k MP around 35-40% of my total MP, it leaves me with enough MP to rez someone, cast aspected helios, cast aspected benefic on the tank, and use a few more benefic 1s. Once I drop to here I stick to just heals until around 70-80% MP roughly 8.5-10k before I pick up DPS again. Another good habit in relation to this for healers to be in is to use their MP generators earlier, especially if your DPS is whats draining your MP. For WHM/AST with the longer duration lower MP refresh around 50-70% just use it if things are generally going well and your not worried about getting MP back after dying. For SCHs know the MP amount your Aetherflow and Energy Drain grant you. For Aetherflow, you should always have a stack if your Aetherflow is up, no good reason to have no stacks and the ability to use it, i your case Aetherflow being on CD isnt nearly as problem prone as Shroud/Luminiferous in the same. If your MP get really low or you die, dont be afraid of just Aertherflow > Energy Drain x3, in many cases the MP granted can come in more handy than one of your aetherflow using skills, if you want use 2 and save one for an emergency or post tank buster lustrate. Also if your aetherflow off cd and has 1 stack left, but you dont really need the mp say its kindof smooth going and your at 8k/12k mp and flow is say 2.5k mp and drain is 800mp just go ahead and Energy Drain > Aetherflow to refresh your stacks, its better in the long run.

Another piece of genrally good advice: Learn about the other jobs. When your playing with friends and fellow Free Company members take time to discuss what their capable of and what kind of problems they generally have, this can help you figure out what to look out for when certain jobs are i your group, and you can use it to figure out how to extend that buffer window. Albiet with the much appreciated INT>MND and Cleric Stance changes, this windows size reqs are getting cut down to a 3rd within the month, but still.