Is dpsing and a healer becoming the standard norm!

[Lukha]

Oh god.

Can't we just agree that a healer that doesn't dps is average while a healer that does DPS and heal is good? >.<

No, a healer that doesn't DPS at all is bad unless there's a very good reason for it (new to or very undergeared for the run. Sometimes in 8-man content healers will agree that one will solo-heal while the other goes all out on DPS unless something goes wrong). There is very little content in the game that requires you to constantly heal, so if you're not dpsing because you can't find the time between heals, you're probably doing something wrong (which means you're bad), and if you're got plenty of time between heals and aren't DPSing, you're lazy (which also makes you bad).

An 'average' healer would be one that just dots whatever the tank is hitting and goes back to healing/waiting to heal. A 'good' healer is one who contributes meaningfully to DPS without actually letting anyone die.