Quote Originally Posted by Venjamin View Post
The way everyone talks, it seems more like healers are a necessity, but only grudgingly so. To read what some of the other players have put, they spend upwards of 70% of their time doing DPS.
You may have missed a few things:
No one explicitly implied that DPS is a must. The whole "to-dps-or-not-to" debate is pretty much split into two primary groups:
One being that DPSing is not a must, but a thing to strife for if you're aiming for higher level player. Or in simpler words: It's "recommended"
The other group.. well, in shorter words: They almost act it's like a heresy to deal damage as a healer.

But considering you're playing astrologian, you're in luck. With the more popular meta for endgame, the astrologian are more often in the main healer seat than not. Meaning they spend far more time healing than DPSing. But that also means that the larger share of healing is yours to deal with. This is under assumption you're paired with a Scholar - Which is arguably mandatory for endgame.

If you're not into endgame... Well, 90% of the player base doesn't really give a damn. If you happen to encounter the 10% that's complaining that you're only healing, pay them no heed. Getting kicked for only healing is no valid reason to get voted out of a duty. If this does happen, I recommend to report them. Alternatively, you can snarl back at them and question whether they are doing 100% of their own capacity. Otherwise it's pure hypocrisy.