What are the most common reasons people don't dps?

[Taika]

since i started with 2.0 release - before anything to look into existed - yes, only on imagination.

and dps uptime in arr wasn't even that bad, at least on my WHM.

DPSing on WHM was already a thing in 1.0 and healers (well Conjurer, I guess) had skills and room for DPS even in ARR beta, both things you could have checked before making the decision to buy. And I don't know if we played different ARR, but I remember the Wanderer's Palace and Brayflox Hard speedruns requiring crazy Holy spam. But I guess you can't be too upset and have been able to receive some value for your money if you've been playing for 4,5 years (or how long has it been since 2.0)...

[Tint]

And I don't know if we played different ARR, but I remember the Wanderer's Palace and Brayflox Hard speedruns requiring crazy Holy spam. But I guess you can't be too upset and have been able to receive some value for your money if you've been playing for 4,5 years (or how long has it been since 2.0)...

no, i didn't spammed holy back then, i basically only dpsed on bosses. i had enough to heal in these big pulls to not worry about staying around, doing nothing. and old cleric stance and the lack of off-gcd heals was also something wich was keeping my dps uptime low. sure i got better with the time and i was dpsing more in the late 2.x cycle. that was okay and fun. but when 3.0 hit and we got tetra, assylum and assize suddenly my healing uptime dropped to 20% and then in 3.1 i stopped playing healer (except occasionally with the FC or friends to fill a spot).

and yes, i am still upset about it.

[Taika]

no, i didn't spammed holy back then, i basically only dpsed on bosses. i had enough to heal in these big pulls to not worry about staying around, doing nothing. and old cleric stance and the lack of off-gcd heals was also something wich was keeping my dps uptime low.

I guess our experiences differ a lot, I was already used to DPSing as a WHM in 1.0 and then in 2.0 my goal was more in lines of this (8.5 minute Wanderer's Palace speed run in 2.05): https://youtu.be/Qi6TUplUuoM

For me it feels I'm maybe spending even a bit less time on DPS now than I was in the end of HW, but then again I'm not healer main anymore and might just have gotten sloppy. :P

For me the reason I've enjoyed playing healers in this game has been the focus on maximising DPS time and minimising healing time. I understand it's not for everyone, though.