Regarding healers acting as DPS

[Seryl199]

No offense, but I'd probably done the same, maybe with telling you in front why and if you'd not change the vote would come.

Pushing some DPS as a heal is nice and all but first and foremost you should not let the tank go without a heal, just throw it at him to let him know you are there, never mind the fact that he may not need it at all.
If I'd want a third dps look-a-like on a healer slot, I'd look for a game like that...
People these days might be rude, for kicking you without saying anything, BUT you are somewht rude too for not healing a tank when he drops to 25%, those poor fragile things get scared a lot, you know? Never heard of a WoW-Paladin using Bubble and Hearthstone? (For those who might not know -> google )
Anyway, if you want to continue that way, at least let your party know beforehand, even if its just a "Yo, i'm healing if it's necessary don't be afraid, but mainly i'll push dat damage!".

Just my two cents

If the tank is alive, then the tank is alive, no matter if it's a WAR Holmgang'ing on to that 1 HP or a PLD stacking Rampart and Sentinel at full health with Galvanize and Stoneskin. Is it really necessary to throw the tank an unneeded heal just to soothe his ego? It's not up to another player to determine my comfort zone.

Sometimes I can be an egotistical healer, because of course I think my way is the best way. I'm good at what I do, and if you question my methods, I'd probably get defensive, especially during a lowbie dungeon like Copperbell. I hate when others try to micro-manage my role, especially when I'm exceeding its requirements, but to think that letting a tank's HP dip when he's being peppered by spriggans could be considered rude? I have to disagree. It's a difference in playstyles, nothing more.

It's one thing for the tank to say he's not comfortable at low HP, or he's new to his role, he had a long day at work, he's drunk, I can work with that. It's not the tank's place to tell me what skills I should use when, when the tank hasn't even died in the first place. If they wanted that much control, they should have rolled a healer (See? There's that ego coming out).

[YuiSasaki]

*Snip* I have to disagree. It's a difference in playstyles, nothing more.

Indeed it is a difference in playstyles and I might've overpushed it a bit by saying it is "rude" of the heal to not heal if the tank drops low, but - at least in my opinion - the most important point of my reply was, that it's important to communicate with other players, not only via duty finder, raids etc... It's one of the most important aspects - also, at least in my opinion - in MMORPGs, and sadly many other MMORPG-communities somehwat gave up on that aspect.

Reading over it again by now, it might've not pointed out as much as necessary, but...well.. who cares :>

[Seryl199]

Indeed it is a difference in playstyles and I might've overpushed it a bit by saying it is "rude" of the heal to not heal if the tank drops low, but - at least in my opinion - the most important point of my reply was, that it's important to communicate with other players, not only via duty finder, raids etc... It's one of the most important aspects - also, at least in my opinion - in MMORPGs, and sadly many other MMORPG-communities somehwat gave up on that aspect.

Reading over it again by now, it might've not pointed out as much as necessary, but...well.. who cares :>

Fair enough. I joined an in progress lowbie Tam Tara run last night where they had a DPS healer wiping the group. I assured them that even though I planned on DPS'ing, I wouldn't let them down, and we wrapped up the last 1/4 of the dungeon with no issues. Communicating just helps smooth things over, plus I can't help but love those cute little sproutlings. I did cherry pick a few points from your quote, but only to get my point across stronger anyways. Cheers!