Quote Originally Posted by Taika View Post
To me, being a healer main from 1.0 until early SB (AST was my first 70), it's always been self-evident to me that DPS is part of my job, just like it is when I'm tanking, and I've never understood people who see it wouldn't be. And it's not about "dungeon taking longer" or not, it's about being able to be useful to your party - so why would you choose not to be?
For me in regards to healing, the cake is the healing aspect. The icing(which isn't needed for all cakes) is the DPS. Does it make the cake more enjoyable for the majority of people? Sure, but it isn't needed.
Though, I also find healing boring when I don't DPS at the same time(if the tank is doing small pulls).
It's really all up to 2 main things:
1. How new/comfortable is the healer with being able to DPS and heal at the same time?
2. How big of a pull with/without cool downs is the tank doing?

Saying that healer must DPS is just an opinion, and based on personal skill/experience. Newer healers I don't expect to see them DPS, and won't tell them to, since I want them to get comfortable with healing/knowing when to throw those large heals out.