Where are all the healers?

[Elamys]

Why are people derailing the thread so hard though..

Because the hardcore healer DPS crowd apparently can't stand people playing the game differently than them.

[Ghishlain]

Because the hardcore healer DPS crowd apparently can't stand people playing the game differently than them.

Corrected that for you.

It's pretty telling about the negative perception towards healers when you run the risk of being kicked as either playing as either a pro-DPS and no-DPS healer given how polarizing the issue is - which in turn leads to healers not wanting to play healers anymore because they could face animosity at any given moment if they are playing in a way deemed unbecoming from their fellow party members and thus risk rude comments or outright kicks from content.

I feel players from both camps need to understand healer's have a pretty diverse style of play and they should probably learn to be more respectful towards their fellow healing peers else the dev's may just force the issue.

[Penthea]

which in turn leads to healers not wanting to play healers anymore because they could face animosity at any given moment if they are playing in a way deemed unbecoming from their fellow party members and thus risk rude comments or outright kicks from content.

Being a healer can be stressful at times and a big reason is there are many different ideas as to what players think a healer should do.

Playing a healer is sometimes like this:

We heal too much, we heal too little, we dps too much, we don't dps enough, Eos isn't the right fairy, Selene isn't the right fairy, some dps expect us to know their stat weights so asts buff them correctly, other dps don't mind what buff they get as long as it helps their dps, whms should use the aoe dot on bosses because it's extra dps, whms shouldn't use the aoe dot on bosses as it's a gcd wasted that could have been used for Stone IV...and so on

Every role has its pros and cons. Not saying only healers suffer. But the fact that the requirements of their role are not set in stone leaves them open to unwarranted and often very unnecessary criticism.