The trinity, party responsibility, and how to try and improve the game from within

[Fevelle]

as healers DPSing is a norm

Show me where on the ToS is it called a norm. Show me where on the game it says explicitly that "healers DPSing are a norm". It's a fine mentality, but this one line of your post irks me.

It is a norm forced by the community, not by the devs.

So it IS NOT a norm, just a common agreement between a large part of the playerbase. As a healer who DPS every time I can, it REALLY bothers me when people try to force healer DPS to people who don't want to do it.

[KaitlanKela]

Show me where on the ToS is it called a norm. Show me where on the game it says explicitly that "healers DPSing are a norm". It's a fine mentality, but this one line of your post irks me.

Healers have DPS abilities
Using all your abilities is considered "the norm" when playing a videogame
Therefore, Healers DPS is the norm

[Felis]

Healers have DPS abilities
Using all your abilities is considered "the norm" when playing a videogame
Therefore, Healers DPS is the norm

Say that to the Summoners who never summon their Titan-Egi, so the tank can use his damage skills and don't have to build up enmity.

[KaitlanKela]

Say that to the Summoners who never summon their Titan-Egi, so the tank can use his damage skills.

Okay, if you wanna split hairs, how's this

"Using all your abilities appropriately is the norm for a video game"

I would have thought that obvious, but I guess I was wrong.

If a summoner never used Titan Egi when a tank was needed, then, yeah, that's not the norm and it shouldn't be considered the norm. That would be an accurate application of the concept.