It's time to hire dedicated Tank an Healer devs!

[Allegor]

The issue here is that SE and Yoshida seem to be the ones under some misguided fantasy of how these jobs are 'supposed' to be played.

Personally, I don't care what direction healers go in as long as they do something to prevent me pressing one single button 100+ times a duty.

Which is ironic considering the game itself tells you to dps instead of just standing there if there's nothing to heal

[GeminiReed]

Which is ironic considering the game itself tells you to dps instead of just standing there if there's nothing to heal

If you're referring to the Hall of the Novice it's so horribly out of date that it gets more wrong than it gets right. And the one where they do mention that they SCREAM at you if the tank loses even a sliver of health.

[ItMe]

If you're referring to the Hall of the Novice it's so horribly out of date that it gets more wrong than it gets right. And the one where they do mention that they SCREAM at you if the tank loses even a sliver of health.

Nah, there are a few other times beyond that where it comes up in quests and other dialogue too. The most prominent being the WHM job quest has an NPC saying something like "I just want to heal. I'm good at that." And she (and the player) are encouraged to

dps instead of just standing there if there's nothing to heal