What if, healers are not healers?

[Ahrniel]

I thought about something similar the day I got to play with all roles, in this game everyone is a dps with an extra role.

Tanks are DPS + Tanking.
DPS are DPS + DPS.
Healers are DPS + Healing.

I've played WoW before, so the moment I got to know the roles in FF14 that became obvious to me. Maining Restoration Druid back in Wrath of the Lich King was 100% about healing, and I had plenty of damage to deal with. When I got to FF14 and started the low level dungeons I could stay 3 or 4 encounters without healing once, because the damage wasn't worth it. So I realized: "Hold on, I have Cleric Stace. I have damage spells. I have lots of time. Oh, I should DPS.".

It is a given. But I guess all the salty ex-wow players want to ruin this game just like their own game is a ruin and force the Healer + Healer in FF14 as well, sorry people, this is FF14.

[Feyona]

There may be another solution that enables healers to heal or dps through personal choice, or player's preferred playstyle, and that is to make all healers have the same damage dealing potential, so each healing class, is allowed to heal or dps as they choose just like tanks can choose to mt or ot. Healers can be 100% healers and still enjoy the game without ruining anyone's play. If you play a class that is being coerced into not using the spells it is designed to play because you are a scholar, for example, then its not actually very fair. I would like to use or choose to use all the spells I have for my class. Being classed as just support, kind of makes you lose the essential component that makes your role nessesary in a group