Yoshi P to Mr.Happy "Heal DPS is not mandatory and no expectation for Healer to DPS!"

[Vhailor]

For many, trying equates to doing their job. In the case of a healer, healing. This game is designed so that in 99% of the content, that is plenty.

I think people would be hard-pressed to defend this definition of "trying".

Tanks and damage-dealing classes are expected to stay on top of their GCD throughout combat. They're expected to not just auto-attack, but engage in actions, handle positioning, etc. That involves vastly more effort than focusing on healing alone. I could twiddle my thumbs and watch Netflix for 80% of an average Roulette dungeon, as a Healer class, while similar behaviour as a tank or DD would cause a wipe and/or get me kicked in a heartbeat.

So, what, are the "many" people you reference cool with one role being allowed to half-ass its way through content while the other two roles need to expend constant effort?

Not really? As in the first example you complete the duty just fine. Whereas in the 2nd you don't. That's the difference between performing your actual role and not. Healers dpsing is performing outside their role, above and beyond 100%. That's to be expected in bleeding edge stuff like savage but, no, not for the other 99% of this game lol.

I don't think it's appropriate to just focus on content completion. FFXIV's content, outside of Savage / Extreme fights, is often so easy that a trained team of monkeys could pull off a win. Players should primarily be judged on whether or not they perform their role adequately; a secondary judgment should take into account whether or not they really seemed to try. For DD, that might be whether they made an effort to avoid AoE effects, or just sat mindlessly damaging the boss. For tanks, it might be whether they let adds beat on the healer / DD players, or if they appropriately snapped them up and minimized damage. For healers, it's throwing in a bit of damage. None of these behaviours are essential outside of the hardest content, but players who display an utter lack of desire to bother with these non-essential responsibilities deserve every bit of criticism they get.