Quote Originally Posted by Absurdity View Post
Someone's definition of healer or support also depends on their "gaming background".
If you previously played healer in WoW then you expect them to be HP batteries that make the green bar go up constantly.
Try telling someone who played a DnD Cleric that their only purpose is to make HP bars go up though and they'll laugh in your face.
Very wrong about wow. Healers in wow now have a plethora of offensive options, and are expected to dps in any relevant content. If anything even in casual content you'll now get remarks for standing around doing nothing, which wasn't the case before. Dps is now widely acknowledge to be a good indicator of a healer's skill, despite the much higher need for heals than ffxiv will ever have.