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

[Zojha]

Just keep kicking healers who refuse to dps, and you will see healer dps completly removed in 5.0, because you people dont get it.

If Yoshi wants to kill his game for the sake of principles, he can have his way.

Because with the way things are, removing healer DPS would only make any healers with but an onze of skill very, very bored, and would thus lead to a massive drop in population.

[Mature]

No, we aren't. Go find me one post where someone has disputed that healing is a healers' priority. YOU may be talking about it, but if so, you are talking to yourself.

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

Please refrain from taking the thread going somewhere you are confusing people as to what we are ACTUALLY talking here. Thanks

[Aramina]

Please refrain from taking the thread going somewhere you are confusing people as to what we are ACTUALLY talking here. Thanks

Please read the thread before telling me what it is about, thanks. You realize conversations evolve, yes?

[Charisma]

If Yoshi wants to kill his game for the sake of principles, he can have his way.

Because with the way things are, removing healer DPS would only make any healers with but an onze of skill very, very bored, and would thus lead to a massive drop in population.

If you really believe this would damage the games popularity you are dellusional, you people always forget that you do not reflect the majority

[Anzaman]

If you really believe this would damage the games popularity you are dellusional, you people always forget that you do not reflect the majority

And you really think people would be interested in role that has nothing to do for 80% of the time in dungeons?

I'd still keep my healer for raid groups sake, but I would not do any ex dungeons as one - which would increase the amount of dungeon queues.

[Arkdra]

I know we will probably never get an in-game parser or support for addons but you all are showing them exactly why they think we shouldn't. So what else will you all take away, because you felt you just had to tell someone they're not trying hard enough?

The people that want parsers already have them and, spoiler alert, already vote kick based on dps performance.

If SE decides to put an end to healer dps because the design decisions that SE has made has led to the general ostracization of garbage tier healers who slack off in dungeons, then so be it. Until such a time, I don't have to put up with some essentially afk scrub.

[Aramina]

If you really believe this would damage the games popularity you are dellusional, you people always forget that you do not reflect the majority

The game? No. The healer population? Absolutely. Do I think we are the majority? No. Do I think some would stop queueing as a healer entirely if it was made that brain dead? Yes. Ergo, whether 5 people or 500 or 5000 or 50000 quit healing it is still a drop in healer population. That said, it could very well drop overall population too (again, by how much is irrelevant to the point) if people decide that a primary healing role with some support backup is what they want to play and they can't get that in this game.

[Deheuty]

If Yoshi wants to kill his game for the sake of principles, he can have his way.

Because with the way things are, removing healer DPS would only make any healers with but an onze of skill very, very bored, and would thus lead to a massive drop in population.

I disagree - it is possible to design content that requires constant healing and not the scripted fights we see now where there is a burst (tank buster or static wide aoe dmg) that requires healing. The 'tick tick tick BOOM, tick tick tick BOOM' scripted content that we see. This design is what is creating healer to dps to relieve that boredom.

[Charisma]

And you really think people would be interested in role that has nothing to do for 80% of the time in dungeons?

It doesn't matter what i think, im not a lazy healer, but i also don't judge, i just said where this aggressive behavior could lead.

[Aramina]

I disagree - it is possible to design content that requires constant healing and not the scripted fights we see now where there is a burst (tank buster or static wide aoe dmg) that requires healing. The 'tick tick tick BOOM, tick tick tick BOOM' scripted content that we see. This design is what is creating healer to dps to relieve that boredom.

This is a fair point, but I don't think people are aware what they are asking for. I, for one, hope they do someday if for no other reason than to watch the inevitable shitstorm that would occur... but that aside, having to heal all the time is what I enjoy best.