As a healer, is it my job to DPS? A new perspective.

[ToasterMan]

Apparently people have been getting mad at me for dpsing as a White Mage so I'm going to stop. I won't dps anymore. I'll heal, even if nobody needs healing. That's what I've been asked so THAT is what they'll get.

[Rennies]

Don't lower yourself to satisfy bad players. If you know you're doing well, don't pay them any mind. Or just votekick/ask them to votekick you if they have a problem with efficiency.

Though I wouldn't blame you if you started contesting the tank for aggro using healspam after he began bitching. I would do it and purposely go oom before he actually needs healing, just to piss him off. Nobody gets away with telling me to play worse.

[Nekotee]

I got that from my static
They mostly got pissed that I focus myself into dps power of healer and limiting my healing to what is required

Last time they told me "healer is here to heal" i got soooo mad
I end up exploding my overhealing cap on hummelfaust
And we never killed it

They were so confused and one of them ask if Someone was fighting with lv1 gear
It was hilarious
And remind him that with lv1 gear you cannot have more than 15k hp which we all had

Healing dps power a key factor in savage no matter what they say
Plus i don't need to be healing in fight where mistake is one-shot
I don't heal dead body

[Rennies]

Lmao, people are making statics without taking into account how much a dpsing healer brings to the group...

[Dogempire]

I'm not sure that's wise on large pulls. By the time they get their dots on the mobs, the tank could be dead.

Usually there's just enough of a gap before you have to heal, especially when you pop rouse, since I consider Selene as more of a constant health regency than an actual heal.

[Caitlyn]

Someone is salty.

Someone WAS salty ; )

[Dogempire]

I personally DPS when I'm healing because standing around gets boring, but I don't really think you should force a healer to DPS if they're not comfortable with it. Particularly in dungeons they're new to, since they might lose focus and get tunnel vision or panic and forget they're in cleric stance when healing.

At the bare minimum, the tank's job is to grab mobs and take damage, the DPS's job is to kill stuff, the healer's job is to keep everyone alive.

[Sidra]

I got that from my static
They mostly got pissed that I focus myself into dps power of healer and limiting my healing to what is required

Last time they told me "healer is here to heal" i got soooo mad
I end up exploding my overhealing cap on hummelfaust
And we never killed it

They were so confused and one of them ask if Someone was fighting with lv1 gear
It was hilarious
And remind him that with lv1 gear you cannot have more than 15k hp which we all had

Healing dps power a key factor in savage no matter what they say
Plus i don't need to be healing in fight where mistake is one-shot
I don't heal dead body

Time to find a new static...assuming the goal is to actually get through the content.

[FunkyBunch]

the healer's job is to keep everyone alive.

No, the bare minimum, is to Heal first AND do DPS. The Hall of the Novice even tells you this.
It specifically tells you to DPS when no one needs healing. That should be the bare minimum level.
If you can't follow the Hall of the Novice directions, you shouldn't be healing.

[DynamoAce]

Usually there's just enough of a gap before you have to heal, especially when you pop rouse, since I consider Selene as more of a constant health regency than an actual heal.

Actually in terms of Scholar, the best time to get all your DoTs out is as soon as you've put up all your shields and roused your Fairy. If you're overgeared in a dungeon then its not a problem much. But otherwise Getting a Stoneskin, eye for an eye and Adlo on your tank gives you enough time to get a Swiftcast Shadow flare, Bio II, Miasma, Bio, and Bane right after on the mob.