Quote Originally Posted by Aidorouge View Post
...I honestly wouldn't put it past them to think about giving every healer a "pet" like Scholar, put most of their healing output into said pet, and gutted most of the healing spells/skills to give healers more DPS and buffing abilities.

The question is though, if healing *did* become a largely automated process, and job interaction was about providing engaging damage and active support, would anyone find that acceptable?
Well, let's phrase that another way. Let's say - what if tanks also got their own little pet that took care of all their own personal mitigation, so they wouldn't need to worry their heads about more than being a blue DPS and their damage buffs? Would tanks find that acceptable?