Dear Healers who don't DPS

[Kabooa]

And this is why i spend more time fishing than running dungeons.... Just play the game to have fun. If you enjoy speed runs and go all out then use PF or create groups with friends. DF is DF and will have all kinds of players, sometimes you will get players that enjoy going all out and there will be times where you will have players that enjoy "smelling the roses."

No reason to get upset over players that think and play differently than you....

I'll get upset all I want over the players who think eating all the AoEs is a choice, thank you

[Maku]

I'll get upset all I want over the players who think eating all the AoEs is a choice, thank you

Technically speaking it is a choice. A very bad choice but a choice none the less.

[Gunnie]

Exactly. It's that kind of elitist douchebaggery that is putting potentially good healers off. "Be considerate" ... >_>

What I don't seem to get is why people want to play with half of their toolkit and just go afk until someone needs a heal again. I won't complain if a healer does not DPS, not worth the hassle. But I cannot fathom why someone does not want to play at their best potential.

[Tridus]

I'll get upset all I want over the players who think eating all the AoEs is a choice, thank you

But they're trying to be considerate by giving you more opportunities to heal!

[Kabooa]

What I don't seem to get is why people want to play with half of their toolkit and just go afk until someone needs a heal again. I won't complain if a healer does not DPS, not worth the hassle. But I cannot fathom why someone does not want to play at their best potential.

Hey man.

Sometimes you're just feeling lazy.

[Deceptus]

Hey man.

Sometimes you're just feeling lazy.

And in no other job would anyone find this acceptable. Tank doesn't want to use every GCD available, terrible tank. DPS doesn't want to use every GCD available, terrible dps.

Healers shouldn't get a pass on this.

[C-croft]

And in no other job would anyone find this acceptable. Tank doesn't want to use every GCD available, terrible tank. DPS doesn't want to use every GCD available, terrible dps.

Healers shouldn't get a pass on this.

While I agree, this happens all the time.... It's just easier to notice on a healer vs. others.

I still think that if the healer has too much idle time, you need to be pulling more things.

[Gunnie]

While I agree, this happens all the time.... It's just easier to notice on a healer vs. others.

I still think that if the healer has too much idle time, you need to be pulling more things.

Dungeons are gated to some extend. This is not always possible.

[Xehmnus]

What I don't seem to get is why people want to play with half of their toolkit and just go afk until someone needs a heal again. I won't complain if a healer does not DPS, not worth the hassle. But I cannot fathom why someone does not want to play at their best potential.

Thinking about it, I feel like some of these people, outside of being pure lazy, just don't care. Been seeing some people playing tanks who clearly don't know what they're doing, and when given advice say they don't really care cause they're only playing the tank for the queue. Doesn't happen too often, but it's a drag when it does. I wonder if some people are doing the same thing with healers.

[Cynfael]

I still think that if the healer has too much idle time, you need to be pulling more things.

It's simpler and more effective if the healer can be bothered to hit something.

Massive pulls are useful only if the tank and healer are up to it and if the DPS are putting out respectable AoE damage; some parties are weak enough on DPS and/or survivability that pulling more mobs actually slows things down.