Why is Summoner healing so nerfed, even compared to other DPS?

[Mostly_Raxus]

I also think SMN physick should be removed. But if people want to keep it, it should be only allowed to be cast on self and have a 2 minute or so cooldown. We don't need more DPS trying to act as a third healer instead of a DPS.

i say its only fair, heck we have 10 threads a day about healers wanting to be DPS, so why cant the opposite be true?

[Jade_Tyrant]

i say its only fair, heck we have 10 threads a day about healers wanting to be DPS, so why cant the opposite be true?

Well, even if we ignore the fact that a read of any of those threads would tell you that the "healers wanting to DPS" isn't really about them wanting higher DPS much less do equivalent damage to a DPS, and has much more to do with wanting something more involved to do when they aren't healing...

Summoner, when they summon Phoenix every two minutes, gets a heal over time on everyone in the party that does a total of 700 potency per player hit. In addition, they also get Enkindle that does a 400 potency heal combined with a heal over time that does a total of 1000 potency. Summoner does not lose anything, not MP or a GCD use or any kind of resource, by using these; it's simply something available to them freely.