Quote Originally Posted by Gemina View Post
With all that said, instead of saying healer DPS isn't factored in, I will just say not all of it is. Does that sit well with you?
Of course not "all of it" is factored in. Even Ultimate isn't balanced around total perfection.

SE would never release a statement around this specifically because of the behaviors surrounding it. There are far too many lazy players who can't deal with the idea and so, to avoid conflict, its much easier to change the way dps is factored in behind closed doors and just not address it.

As long as you're able to acknowledge the math that says healer dps is literally part of the equation that's fine. They aren't balancing around optimal WHM dps any more than they are with BLM. Requiring actual perfection isn't feasible but if you want an e8s clear the devs have sent a clear message - no curebots.