Quote Originally Posted by Hurlstone View Post
In my opinion, DPS'ing whilst healing should be optional. If you feel you can handle the heals then great, go for it. This game more then most seems to encourage DPS'ing whilst healing (Hence Cleric Stance etc...). But if someone is new to the healing game or the class, they may want to just concentrate on get the healing aspect right. Even if they just enjoy pure healing I do not really think they should be penalized.
I was about to reply with this, but you said it so much better than I could think of.
whether the Healer is DPSing or not should be entirely up to that Healer and their comfort zone.