Dear Healers who don't DPS

[Cynfael]

I didn't say inactive. I said that healers don't generally DPS if they don't feel like they can and keep the party alive. Sure, you'll have those who don't but most do. It's boring otherwise. I can find better ways to do nothing than go into a dungeon. xP First couple pools, I'll test the waters. If the tank goes from 100% to near 0% constantly, then I'm not going to DPS the rest of the dungeon (for the most part.) My job is to keep people alive, not DPS. Healing comes first.

A non-DPSing healer is almost always an idle/inactive healer. When you observe these players sitting on their hands while healing requirements are low, you know they are the problem.

It goes without saying that there are times when a pure healing focus is required, but I didn't get the impression that the OP was addressing healers in those situations.

[Alisi]

A non-DPSing healer is almost always an idle/inactive healer. When you observe these players sitting on their hands while healing requirements are low, you know they are the problem.

That's a HUGE brush to paint with there and I disagree with it. I've spent many, many dungeons not DPSing purely because I couldn't. I was too busy spam healing. And groups simply don't understand this. They read a statement like 'almost always inactive/idle if not DPSing' and than they transfer that onto those of use who can't DPS and say we're just being lazy. I've used almost all my MP on pulls just spam healing and I've still been called lazy for not DPSing. If I can't put regen on a tank without fear of him dying in the GCD, why would I be DPSing?

I think this whole attitude needs to die in a fire. Dungeons don't *need* healer DPS. It's the icing on the cake, if we can give it.

[Cynfael]

That's a HUGE brush to paint with there and I disagree with it. I've spent many, many dungeons not DPSing purely because I couldn't. I was too busy spam healing.

I covered this in my comments.

[Alisi]

I covered this in my comments.

Yes. I read the one line write off of this. I realize that I should've made myself clearer: you know the difference and I know the difference but John Q. Public (who've never healed) don't know the difference and this is where 95% of the healer flack comes from. They take your one sentence write off of 'A non-DPSing healer is almost always an idle/inactive healer.' and apply it willy nilly. If they're going to slap a label on someone, they're too lazy to do the dirty work of understanding the situation. 80% of the time, you can't count on DPS to rez you if you die (if they have rez), much less understand the nitty gritty situation, the tank, and all that goes into a healers consideration whether to DPS or not to DPS. And don't get me started on tanks... They just see a healer not DPSing and have read that someone said 'A non-DPSing healer is almost always an idle/inactive healer' and apply it to you.