Why healing is broken and terrible, and how to fix it...

[RichardButte]

I think so, yeah. Pushing a button to heal, pushing a button to deal damage

...Except that your average DPS rotation is 10X more complex than that.

You don't just "press buttons": you build resources, generate procs, wait for openings, weave in oGCD skills, and use every last trick you can in an effort to maximize your damage output.

As a healer, you refill the HP bars, then go back to DPSing. Hell, if it took more than 1-2 GCDs to top off the entire raid, healing might actually make you scramble a bit.

As for a gameplay advantage, you'd have the advantage of being able to do the thing you actually leveled the class to DO.

I didn't level AST to DPS, yet that's all there is to do 80% of the time. :\

Uh, WoW world first clears typically don't last more than a day either.

That is DECIDEDLY untrue.

Compare these world firsts to when the content released for the tier:
http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/163...rld_first_list

The fastest I recall happening recently was Mythic Emeral Dream which took about a week. Deltascape Savage was cleared the very same day.