Healers need an overhaul

[AwesomeJr44]

if i want to heal, i'm going to play a healer a prioritize keeping people alive and not let half the party die for a singular attack that should be less than the actual dps attacks

If you're 'letting half the party die' because you did one dps spell, either you or the other party members are doing something VERY wrong. What I'd wager you're doing is overhealing. You probably don't have faith in your tanks and DPS so you heal them a lot more than you need to, thinking that you're preventing them from dying when you really aren't. Healers and tanks are both designed for the healer to be doing DPS spells often. In fact, a good healer will cast MORE damage spells than healing spells in the typical instance.

If you're healing when you don't need to, you're objectively a bad healer, and if you're choosing to do this intentionally, you're objectively a bad player. (EDIT: When I say this, I mean CONSISTENTLY doing this. Obviously even the best healers make mistakes)