Quote Originally Posted by Sidra View Post
Well...now you're just being stupid and letting your personal opinion of how healing should work get in the way of a useful tool, common sense and good gameplay.
It's not a personal opinion when the group used to wipe constantly in Thordan EX because half the group didn't turn for gaze because they wanted to see their numbers go up in the parsers. It's also not stupid when my co-healer killed his fairy and missed his timing to shield the party to see his numbers go up, wiping the party in the process for three pulls in a row. Not stupid when he tunnels vision and kills the DRG with Protean Wave to get another Broil off. Also, not stupid when the co-healer started dotting both hands in the split and we wiped at the hand DPS check because he let his DoTs tick in the wrong hand to see his DEEPS go up.

I could go on, but the point is clear: no DPS numbers will save a group that fucks up mechanics to see numbers go up. Worrying about numbers before enrage hinders progression. It's like wiping your ass before going to the bathroom.