I'm bored when I heal because I need more complex DPS rotations

[Renathras]

No, they only think they do. Then when they get it, they'll realize the fatigue and boredom (especially in non-relevant content) and quickly realize how wrong they were then beg to revert. Not to mention how the players willing to heal would drop that much more and waiting for healers would be obscenely longer.

No, Sebazy's right.

Not everyone actually enjoys DPSing. In games with four roles (Tank, Heal, DPS, Support), DPS makes up only around 30% of players, meaning around 2 out of 3 want to do something else. Many people pick Healers specifically because they like supporting and aiding allies and don't derive joy from big damage numbers nor satisfaction from executing a DPS rotation.

This is very much a "you think you do, but you don't" statement.

You may be correct that there are LESS people that want to be pure healers than the number of healers now, but the fact remains, there are genuinely people that would be content not dealing damage in group content. I remember in ARR being told that healers don't have MP for damage dealing, so only heal. Did that in tons of content and enjoyed it all just fine. I've also played games where healers couldn't deal damage for various reasons (generally MP), like Holy Priest and Resto Druid in BC and Wrath era WoW where you pretty much didn't hit an attack spell in group content (the whole "I'm going to WAND you to death!" meme was real for a reason), and people loved it. I loved it.

So you speak for yourself, not everyone, when you say "Everyone wants to contribute to damage in meaningful ways."

There are a lot of people who would be content only casting heals, and there are others who wouldn't, but would rather, as Sebazy says, contribute by buffing instead of damage dealing. This isn't saying there aren't people who want to deal damage and be kind of hybrid DPS/healers - there very clearly are - but not everyone "wants to contribute to damage".

[Mithron]

No, Sebazy's right.

Not everyone actually enjoys DPSing. In games with four roles (Tank, Heal, DPS, Support), DPS makes up only around 30% of players, meaning around 2 out of 3 want to do something else. Many people pick Healers specifically because they like supporting and aiding allies and don't derive joy from big damage numbers nor satisfaction from executing a DPS rotation.

This is very much a "you think you do, but you don't" statement.

You may be correct that there are LESS people that want to be pure healers than the number of healers now, but the fact remains, there are genuinely people that would be content not dealing damage in group content. I remember in ARR being told that healers don't have MP for damage dealing, so only heal. Did that in tons of content and enjoyed it all just fine. I've also played games where healers couldn't deal damage for various reasons (generally MP), like Holy Priest and Resto Druid in BC and Wrath era WoW where you pretty much didn't hit an attack spell in group content (the whole "I'm going to WAND you to death!" meme was real for a reason), and people loved it. I loved it.

So you speak for yourself, not everyone, when you say "Everyone wants to contribute to damage in meaningful ways."

There are a lot of people who would be content only casting heals, and there are others who wouldn't, but would rather, as Sebazy says, contribute by buffing instead of damage dealing. This isn't saying there aren't people who want to deal damage and be kind of hybrid DPS/healers - there very clearly are - but not everyone "wants to contribute to damage".

No, everyone wants to DPS, anyone who doesn't should go play a different game.