It's time to kill the argument that DPS abilities keep healers from healing.

[Drkdays]

Regarding the "there is something wrong with getting mad with healers not adding DPS"(Please keep in mind I'm being very generous and only accounting level 80), I say it's a fair thing to be annoyed at. If you're "just healing" then once everyone is topped up, they're contributing actually nothing. 0. You can't heal a bunch of mobs to death. Plus with how simple the Healer DPS kit(2 basically identical buttons shared across the 3 healers) is, there honestly is no excuse not to do it.

I gotcha, but I stand by what I said, too. It's fine to be irritated, but for some people it's just not possible to divide their focus like that. Idk why people just can't accept that like SE has apparently accepted it. This entire forum seems like an attack on anyone unwilling to dps when the correct term might be unable.

[NobleWinter]

I gotcha, but I stand by what I said, too. It's fine to be irritated, but for some people it's just not possible to divide their focus like that. Idk why people just can't accept that like SE has apparently accepted it. This entire forum seems like an attack on anyone unwilling to dps when the correct term might be unable.

This entire forumn is, in fact, an attack on people UNWILLING to dps. Almost everyone I've seen has prefaced their statements at one time or another with an admittance that people UNABLE to dps should be able to learn to heal and feel comfortable in the role. It's more than fine. It's normal. People who understand the game, are highly skilled, and just don't want to dps when it's the only thing they have to offer for 60% or more of a duty are definitely being attacked tho. If you honestly can't do any dps without a mental breakdown that's fine. The game is mostly made to cater to that. Asking for better downtime between the rare healing event is not an attack on unskilled players tho. It is a desperate cry for their to be enjoyment in our favored role. We all want to enjoy FFXIV and so we pay for it. Pressing Broil until I zone out because Ive paid my sub for 8 years and learned my class well is not worthwhile. An MMORPG is meant to be played for years on end. It's crazy to think that every healing job needs to be so shallow it can mastered in a few months when the expectation is that you'll play it for multiple years. Ive seen fresh sprouts doing Ultimates in less than year. Accessibility is great but we have to have some balance where there is room to grow and improve with the role as well that also makes sense with how content is designed. A single damage button just doesnt make any sense. Solo duties, fates, leve quest, beast tribes, etc are god awful as healers. It's a problem and it can be addressed without scaring away new people.