DPS checks vs mechanics

[Syrehn]

Too late. World first groups need healer DPS to cover for their own poorly geared DPS not being properly geared, so everyone's expected to cover for bad dps instead of helping them actually be good.

Note that I consider any poorly geared DPS to be bad regardless of the reason.

I do realize that world first groups do have their healers dpsing (as do other groups). I honestly don't think going for a world first and trying to eke out every little drop is remotely the same as your average players saying:

I hate the concept of wiping if the DPS check is failed. I'd rather have large damage or a debuff or something inflicted instead of a wipe. Something player skill could recover from.

In the above scenario (where large scale damage/debuff goes out instead of a wipe) not only are the healers doing their required role of healing, and likely dpsing a much as they can to help out, their skill would then be required to save the entire party from a wipe that is caused by dps under-performance. This in turn either leads to additional unnecessary strain on the healers or groups subbing out dps for more healers so they can cheese the fight. :/