Quote Originally Posted by Lilapop View Post
healers: "waaaah muh dps"

you are a healer. heal.

if you want a dps, play... a dps...? it's not that hard, this is how it used to be back in the old days, considered COMMON SENSE for healers to HEAL and not outdps the actual dps classes.
Back in the old days, we had less healing oGCDs and STILL had more DPS skills than we do now and it played fine.
SCH had 5 DoTs (not counting Nukes, Energy Drain or Bane), 2 distinct Fairies to micro manage, and at most 10 healing abilities and played fine.
AST had distinct cards and ways to alter their cards to apply to everyone/extend their durations, etc. and played fine
WHM actually had Shields they could apply to everyone and despite having fewer oGCDS than either SCH or AST, still had at least 2 DoTs to manage, and STILL PLAYED FINE.

We didn't have 20+ healing abilities because we didn't NEED them but now we do have those 20 abilities and they're so stupidly powerful that you literally can avoid using half of them and still be fine. FFS, you can go AFK entirely and if the Tank is even semi-decent, you won't be missed because of how little damage there is to heal that they themselves can resolve with their own toolkits. The "Healer should Heal" mentality only works when there's actually something to heal, which has been lacking since HW IMO.

I don't want another unnecessary oGCD heal that I will rarely use, I want some god damn synergy within my kit to keep me entertained.
I don't want to Spam 1 Button endlessly in content, I want something that actually stimulates my mind.
I don't WANT to play a DPS role, I want the Healers that I fell in love with back.