Tank healing is to high

[Ashua]

I would think the Self-Healing would be great for the Healers, so they don't have to worry as much about the Tank getting floored, and then they can DPS instead.

I will play a dps if I do not feel like watching people hit points.

The truly confusing thing here is how many people are actually surprised. Even as far back as ARR there was an expectation that healers would spend most of their time DPSing. The amount of time they're able to spend doing that has only increased over the years. This has happened in part because of the player-base always looking for means of maximizing their kill times, up to and including sometimes replacing a healer with a pure DPS. SE just leaned into it. Tanks being able to sustain themselves without need of a healer is simply another step in that direction. The green DPS can now concentrate on fulfilling their role to the best of their ability, occasionally rescuing a red DPS along the way.

But uh... for those that for some reason just absolutely want to have to heal a tank; run with DRKs. Their near-total lack of sustain will force you to heal them often.

Not really. It has only become an issue in the last two expansions. SE never has leaned into it. They in fact said they create raid content without healer damage in mind and only left in damage to help on soloing/questing. It was not until 2019 they have started to shift to involving healer DPS in checks. And one I will gladly see altered to place stronger healing checks into the equation in all content.

The truth of the matter is a lot of players cannot stand having their success and place in the damage parses linked to how well a healer can keep them in that spot. That is an opinion I can disagree on and still respect someone about. I do not want the healer's role to shift to a DPS lite role anymore than it already has.