I hate to, but I think I put down healing for now. Please make it engaging again, SE.

[LariaKirin]

To say that's 'all' we do is missing the point. It makes up a huge part of what we do. If that gap was filled with healing, then great.

But let's say hypothetically we still had TP and 30% of what DPS would do was TP management (or MP for casters) and the rest of what they did was spam 1 or 2 buttons, no matter how varied the skills are for managing their TP were, they'd still complain how boring DPS has gotten.

You're missing the point or the context. I'm not saying that's all we do, I'm saying the opposite.

Comparing DPS rotation vs Broil/Biolysis in any of the contexts he mentioned completely ignores the healing part of playing healer.

This shows me that you're all hyper-aware of your Broil/Biolysis, so much that you forget that healing is still a significant part you have to think about. Healing is unique in its own way, because it's the collective effort of two healers. Meanwhile, playing DPS is a predominantly individual pursuit.

I don't know why you all choose to bring up so many flawed analogies. Your TP analogy fails because it's nothing like healing. Healing is single target, aoe, affected by mechanics, affected by other players and has much more severe consequences when you fail. TP management is completely individual.

I could point out some problems with your 30-70% split, but this all drifts away from my original point.