Dear Healers who don't DPS

[Taika]

I feel like much of the fuel behind this discussion has to do with these questions and how they're dealt with by the community. See, a good tank will use cooldowns. However if they don't, you don't see them being ridiculed on the forums to the extent you see for healers, nor do you see them being kicked from casual or DF parties. The party adjusts. If a dps gets hit by avoidable things, the same situation applies. You're rarely gonna see a dps being kicked or harassed in a party for standing in the bad- at worst the healer will simply leave the dps on the floor and continue to do what they will. However the backlash for a healer not dpsing is so much worse lately than either of those situations, where healers will be literally told, in both forums and parties, "If you don't dps you're a trash healer. You're going to get kicked if you don't dps. If you want to just heal, go unsub and find another game."

Is this really your experience? I would imagine that a tank refusing to use cooldowns (or tank stance) or a DD who eats every single AoE is just as likely to get kicked in DF than a healer who refuses to DPS (and neither happens very often). However, no one would defend such a tank or DD, whereas there are people (even in this very thread) who try to justify that kind of healer play.