An arguement towards having Healing on DPS

[Archwizard]

Your words. That's pretty god like for the best DPS in game, and far better than any Melee (or Physical Ranged) can do... hell even the Tanks short of PLD can't do that, and PLD doesn't have unlimited MP. (Yeah, yeah, better defence, go play a Tank).

And as this discussion begins to turn circular, I'll throw out your obviously baited trigger words, "I can do that just fine on my RDM" with one of the lowest potency heals in the game.
It's more to do with the fact that caster health is like 2/3 of a melee's than it is any particularly impressive ability to heal.

But seriously, I'll repeat: If we continue using my sample values, you're dealing 230 potency damage and losing a 620 potency attack.

So you're saying preventing your own death has no value?

Not at all. I'm saying that, dodging aside, the act of preventing your death is more effective in the hands of a dedicated healer and rather their job, much as damage-dealing is BLM's. Whenever a RDM is casting Vercure, they're not dealing any damage whatsoever, so it's better for them to ignore it for 99% of raid content despite the "godlike" sustainability you're in awe of and just do their job as a damage-dealer.

On the other hand, RDM can resurrect better than a dedicated healer, making its Verraise access a substantial utility that it sacrifices large amounts of DPS for.

erg, stop pretending other DPS have some magically ability to heal themselves the way RDM does; RDM is the outlier, not the rule.

Have you considered that maybe it shouldn't be?
As I explained, RDM isn't sacrificing its peak damage just because of Vercure -- and even it was, the fact that Drain can't heal anyone else makes BLM safe. Unless you mean to imply that every melee would suddenly shoot up 10% by losing Second Wind and Blood Bath?