Idea to fix controversy about healer dps.

[Dzian]

I mean... no offense intended here, but this is basically what I said. If you want to clear with less effort and more down time that is a polite way to word wanting a lazy clear.

People virtually universally expect tanks and dps to constantly be pressing buttons, healers are the only ones who are given this weird 'free pass' by some players to slack off.

It's not a lazy thing for some people. They simply enjoy a slower pace.

Ever since beta there have been people saying the combat is too fast and lacks real substance. You never feel any of your moves have impact.

Ever since beta you've had people saying combat is too slow and the Gcd should be 1.5 seconds or so because there's a life long wait between skills.

There's times where I'd maybe been playing my Sam or pld or something a lot that day and I go run something with friends or whatever I'll play heals for the slower pace. And I know many healers that are the same they just don't like fast paced button mashing...

It's also why I never have for never will invest in skill speed even if it outweighed crit by 10 points to 1.

I kinda think they should bring back weapon delays impact. Warrior shouldn't be able to swing a big heavy axe as fast as a paladin can swing a sword.. bring back slow hard hitting clases and fast quick hitting classes instead of everything mashing buttons endlessly.

I'd happily take a slower Sam if I actually felt it's abilities had weight. But generally mashing buttons so much I couldn't even tell you the difference between shifu and jinpu without looking. Same with gecko kasha and yukikaze.. just a bunch of flashes all of them. No weight or impact at all.

[MoroMurasaki]

It's not a lazy thing for some people. They simply enjoy a slower pace.

Enjoying a slower pace is fine if you don't expect the same rewards and results of someone putting in more effort. The problem is that healers playing at this slower pace slow down dungeons/fights for other players and recieve the same rewards for completion.

Wanting to do less work, even if the root cause of your desire stems from desiring slower gameplay and not deliberately dodging the effort, is still lazy. The class you're on doesn't matter. Healers wasting GCDs is just as reprehensible as tanks or dps doing so. A dps could kill enemies with auto attacks- sure, it would take a long time, but what if they enjoy that pace?

This is a slippery slope and one which there is no reason to go down. Lazy is still lazy at the end of the day.