Healers need an overhaul

[Silver-Strider]

good lord its like the entire point i'm trying to make went over your head. the whole point was giving healers something other to do than healing that isn't being a dps in all but name. so i offered adding support spells, not more dps spells as an alternative solution.

The 2 are not mutually exclusive though. You can have support skills that also add to your DPS rotation. That was a thing before. Miasma and Shadowflare were DPS skills that had added utility in the form of a Heavy and Slow effect on enemies and more can be done with that concept to expand on both options.

A DoT that puts a debuff on the target that heals party members as they damage the target in a similar vein as Bloodbath.
A Shield that reflects damage back on the attacker.
A Damage attack that lowers the target's damage.

There is literally no reason they can't be added to satisfy both sides of the argument. You get more options to support your group, we get more DPS skills to break the monotony of Filler spam.