Healer should not dps in the dungeons?

[Chihaya]

Was the really necessary for someone you don't agree with? You can have different opinions on a subject without going into personal attacks.

Oh yes, time to all use STR acc on NIN, what's next, DEX on DRG?

Tired of these heal only healers way back since CT where you get stuck with 4 melee and the healers still refuse to dps adds on atomos. As mentioned by many in this thread already, alot of the content the healer ends up just standing doing absolutely nothing for majority of the time. While your party is working to kill the mob/boss - you just get to stand there and do nothing! You want fries with that carry?

[Nel_Celestine]

I actually agree that healers should DPS so long as the group is healed first. However my stance on this issue doesn't change the way you're acting to other players that have a difference belief then yourself. Going and personally attacking someone like that is not helpful, it's just plain mean.

[Arielyanna]

Been away for a couple of days, come back and read a lot of lovely comments about my opinion and had a good chuckle. To each their own then, eh? However, Chihaya's caught my eye...

Oh yes, time to all use STR acc on NIN, what's next, DEX on DRG?

Well, to enlighten you, I had those items equipped as I had just got NIN to 50 and did not have any DEX based accessories as I never used BRD as a main DPS, therefore had none to use for NIN. Secondary reason, I was using them for their other benefits as in boosts to Accuracy, Skill Speed and Critical Hit Rate. What is wrong with using what one already has, even though it may not by primarily available (as in STR based Gloam gear), as long as the secondary and tertiary attributes can be of benefit? Thirdly, for your information I intend to replace them when I DO get DEX based gear, but as they were used solely for the abovementioned fight and not for anything else (IE Dungeons, Raids and the like), I saw no harm in using them... FOR JUST ONE FIGHT.

Tired of these heal only healers way back since CT where you get stuck with 4 melee and the healers still refuse to dps adds on atomos. As mentioned by many in this thread already, alot of the content the healer ends up just standing doing absolutely nothing for majority of the time. While your party is working to kill the mob/boss - you just get to stand there and do nothing! You want fries with that carry?

If you actually read my post... I stated that healers should focus primarily on healing and DPS on targets of opportunity (ones close to death etc). I know that this isn't XI... Did I ever state that this game IS Final Fantasy XI 2.0? Nope. I have been in numerous parties where the WHM has wasted all of their MP with Holy spam and then when the party wipes, they blame the tank and the dps for 'not doing their job'... Yet they were NOT doing theirs. Healing. So yeah, call me biased against Healer DPS...

I might be a "Casual Gamer"... but I do have something called a life outside of XIV. Try it sometime.