Quote Originally Posted by Wayfinder3 View Post
It’s going to be bad if it’s a Melee Healer, they better give some throwing daggers and make it a Healer/Ranged Physical inspired job. Healers have always been the first line of defense to do mechanics and there are some mechanics that flat or require healers to break away from the boss more so than any other role. If these guys gotta be in melee range to do damage. They might as well just dance out of the party
You don't necessarily do a ton of damage as a healer though anyway, so your dps doesn't hold a ton of weight in the first place. Personally speaking, I don't see how that's much of a problem since most times you're losing dps by healing someone (multiple times) or raising your newly adopted child (multiple times x infinity), so breaking away like a monk needing to do so to perform a mechanic isn't as big a hindrance to the party output as it would be for said monk to do so (or ninja or whoever).

On the other side, if dancer plays out essentially a melee bard that heals, I don't see them being used for "super damage output", more there for buffing like how people see scholars. (That was literally what I read last night in a byakko group who basically said "a sch, crits for days breh!")