Latest Official Developer Statements About Healer DPS?

[Somnolence]

The healer shortage would be fixed by restoring the healer role to a state that is enjoyed by the old healing veterans once again.

Given many healer threads I do not see any consensus on that, since clearly there are people that play healers for different reasons and prefer different playstyles.
Even splitting current 4 healers into 2 playstyles would not be possible as it would result in balance whine.

And encounter design will never be changed.

[Aravell]

Given many healer threads I do not see any consensus on that, since clearly there are people that play healers for different reasons and prefer different playstyles.
Even splitting current 4 healers into 2 playstyles would not be possible as it would result in balance whine.

And encounter design will never be changed.

You say differing playstyles would not work and give no reason aside from "but balance".
You say nothing but the current playstyle taken to the extreme would work and give no reason other than "the healer role needs DPS players to pad it out".

First of all, balance is not my concern. I'm on the forums to give feedback on the type of healer playstyle I would like and that I hate the current healer playstyle, that's it, balance is not my job to figure out, the dev team can figure that out themselves.

Second of all, the current playstyle isn't the only one that can work because the healer role has had a very different playstyle before ShB that puts a lot more emphasis on GCD healing. The current playstyle only benefits people who don't want to actually play a healer.

You also have not addressed the fact that the current playstyle pushing more "barse-brained" players into the role, which is resulting in more frustration and wipes in PF than before when the people playing healers were more interested in recovery and clearing. Plus, you think it's a good idea to cater even more to these people by pushing the current playstyle to the extreme and flood the role with people who only care about numbers and not focus on recovery (recovery being the only reason the role exists in the first place), this is a good idea.....why? You think more frustration and toxicity in the PF is a good thing as long as the green slots get filled?

Heal with unprocced horoscope? Lol. Makes me feel better about my grey tea Clear because l decided to heal and do mechanic So We don't wipe

Yes, I was trying to get a week 4 clear for my alt in Abyssos and ran into an AST that told me I wasn't healing enough for NA1 in P8S P2, my friend told me that they only used an unprocced Horoscope and Macrocosmos for the entire mechanic.

These are the types of healers that are getting more numerous by the day because a lot of old healer veterans have finally started leaving the role after Asphodelos.