Healers need an overhaul

[Lilapop]

Buffs and debuffs are things you press once every minute or two minutes.
Tanks don't spam reprisal. Scholar doesn't spam Chain Strategem.
Bard doesn't spam Battle Voice.

Sure healers can get extra buffs or debuff buttons, but we all know it's going to be a "press once every minute, two minutes, 3 minute" buttons, like every damn debuff and buff in the game.

What healers need is FILLER.
Something to spam other than Glare, that's flexible enough for the healer to NOT press when there's healing involved, and when there's downtime.

Extra healing isn't gonna work at all either. Like what? Do you think that adding more healing buttons to a game where two GCDs will fill up the entire party's hp from 10% will actually make downtime interesting?
NO. It will give healers even MORE downtime, even WITH more damage going out.

So what's the next best option? Something that can be spammed, and can be seen as more contribution to the team. Hmmm...
Something that can maybe make the encounter go faster? You know, by making the boss' hp go down faster... Hmm... Idk...
Like something that you can just stop when there's healing involved or your mana is low, that it's actually very optional for you to press.

You know, something that you can do besides playing Stream Raiders on a second monitor. Hmmm..

Hmm... I really don't know. It's on the tip of my tongue...

Oh! optional dps buttons

"what healers need is FILLER... no, not the filler we already have, i mean REAL FILLER!!!!! grrrrr" keep your dots up, keep your debuffs up, keep your buffs up, toss in needed heals, use the 1-2 dps spells that are already present in the kit. this isn't that hard, if you're looking to pull bigger numbers, try actually being GOOD at a dps class? that should easily allow you to both pull bigger numbers and have a full dps kit with minimal utility heals, which seems to be... everything you desire! and again, you seem to be ignoring half of my point. i have said many times by now that i think there are too many needless bloated spells in the deck.

so, the next best option? something that can be spammed? it's on the tip of my tongue...

stay with me now...

something you yourself have already acknowledged the existence of!!!

G L A R E!!!

[Payotz]

"what healers need is FILLER... no, not the filler we already have, i mean REAL FILLER!!!!! grrrrr" keep your dots up, keep your debuffs up, keep your buffs up, toss in needed heals, use the 1-2 dps spells that are already present in the kit.

Yeah man. How dare we want Aero 3 back? How dare you want to make this filler interesting!
Oh no, whatever shall we do! The sylphies are having trouble keeping the only 30 seconds DoT we have!

Pathetic. Healers have room to expand that filler more. You said it yourself that that filler can actually be a lot more interesting.
So make it interesting.

Dps buttons that are optional to push. Expand that with two more DoTs

this isn't that hard, if you're looking to pull bigger numbers, try actually being GOOD at a dps class? that should easily allow you to both pull bigger numbers and have a full dps kit with minimal utility heals, which seems to be... everything you desire! and again, you seem to be ignoring half of my point. i have said many times by now that i think there are too many needless bloated spells in the deck.

Buddy if I actually cared about dps numbers, then I wouldn't be healing in WoW. LOL
I care about making filler interesting and making that filler give meaningful contribution to the team.

And making the encounter go faster, is the best contribution I can give to the team.

Give me more optional dps buttons

so, the next best option? something that can be spammed? it's on the tip of my tongue...

stay with me now...

something you yourself have already acknowledged the existence of!!!

G L A R E!!!

"Yoshi-P please, I just want to press another button with Glare. Can we have Aero 3 back? Please. I want to make the downtime more interesting!"
"NO! YOU ALREADY HAVE DPS OPTIONS! YOU WILL ONLY PRESS GLARE RAWR"

It's so funny. HAHAHAHAHHAHA