Quote Originally Posted by RichardButte View Post
Yeah, I don't mean for this to be a thread about healers but a thread about how little rests on the shoulders of DPS players (like me) compared to the other two roles in the game.
That's true of most major MMORPGs, hence why DPS is always considered the non-essential role and can be easily replaced if found to be lacking. Also like most games, figuring out exact numbers requires a third-party add-on that is a ToS violation not just for this game, but the majority of MMORPGs on the market with games like WoW and Rift being among just a handful of exceptions.

What makes FFXIV seem like an exception is because the gap between damage among DPS jobs and damage from essential role jobs (a.k.a. tanks and healers) is much smaller compared to other MMORPGs, resulting in cases where greater improvement can be gained from healers dealing damage and tanks maxing their damage rather than trying to have a DPS player pushing their limits even further. That might sound bad, but it's actually a good thing as something that promotes finer gameplay among tank and healer players.

Quote Originally Posted by RichardButte View Post
But if s/he wanted an example of healers saying "'Eff this" and rolling something else, you CAN find it in the healer forum (and I did the same, really).
Yeah, just like how you can find threads like this one.

Sorry, but I need to be really blunt here: with all the whining and moaning threads you seem to have posted, maybe this game just isn't for you. Honestly, it seems like you spend more time making threads like this than you do actually playing the game. I'll admit I'm probably not the best spokesperson for this given how much I post here (usually while waiting on DPS queues) and how much I've slowed down in the game to keep myself from burning out (and also waiting for that blasted server transfer lock to end), but I really feel like someone needed to point that out.