Stop queuing for PotD if you don't intend to DPS at all.

[VanilleFang]

How could you even classify someone healing as an ACN as a healer? There's more to being a healer than using a healing spell over and over.

An ACN who wants to run as a "healer" would need to drop all their points into MND for their one (1) healing spell that only has a potency of 400. They would not be able to heal multiple people and would only have Virus and E4E for CDs. No dispel either. Oh, but they can rezz. Totally wurf.

They would also make the weakest possible healer in terms of offensive power. So what exactly would be the point?

[kazeandi]

people, let's not forget this is a game.

i do enjoy throwing spells at my enemies, but only when i feel it's safe to do. it's my call, since the hp of my party is my responsibility.

and then i just log in to do my roulette after a hard day at work and am happy when muscle memory keeps my allies alive and can't be arsed to actually put effort in to make a 30 min run 3 min faster.

let's not forget, those "damn dds", the "lazy healer" and the "shitty tank" are all people, not bots.

[Taika]

let's not forget, those "damn dds", the "lazy healer" and the "shitty tank" are all people, not bots.

To be honest, sometimes it's impossible to tell the difference.

[Cynfael]

let's not forget, those "damn dds", the "lazy healer" and the "shitty tank" are all people, not bots.

Wanting to grant benefit of the doubt, along with having some capacity for empathy, is what stops me from creating drama for people who are making my experience worse. In some cases they can't help it or don't know better, and I'm willing to accept that I usually won't have tip-top runs with random groups if that means that others are able to enjoy and help support the game.

On the other hand, if that lazy healer or shitty tank is making it so that arguably no one is able to do what they want to do (i.e. clear the objective), I am all for putting in a constructive word and for trying to spread information that could help more players perform better.

I agree that it's important not to lose sight of the fact that players are (usually) people, but I also resist tipping towards the opposite extreme of rampant entitlement. Just as with legal freedoms IRL, I believe that each player's expectation to play their own way, free of criticism, with their own subscription money starts to be impacted as soon as it crosses the line into affecting the experiences of others.

[FoxyAreku]

i'm more surprised that you managed to land a team with three healers than that they weren't dpsing, tbh

Funny, most of the time I get nothing but healers.

I did floors 50 to 60 with 3 astros and a conjurer before. I guess people run it as healer because healing is the easiest way to carry baddies.

[Rivxkobe]

let's not forget, those "damn dds", the "lazy healer" and the "shitty tank" are all people, not bots.

Yes, and I always give the benefit of the doubt and are willing to support people who are new. However, entering PotD as a healer and thinking you can just stand around and heal? Not going to happen. I don;t even run PotD that often, but its pretty obvious everyone needs to do what they can to help the team as a whole.

Also, people are people. That doesn't mean they are somehow good or deserving of respect when they can't be assed to do something other than be carried through content.

Funny, most of the time I get nothing but healers.

I did floors 50 to 60 with 3 astros and a conjurer before. I guess people run it as healer because healing is the easiest way to carry baddies.

I think its more they think healer is the easiest role. "because all they need to do is heal"

and seriously, no amount of healing can save some people.

[Butterfly]

I queued up for PotD a few weeks ago as SCH and was grouped up with 2 tanks and a level 45 WHM. 3 floors in the WHM says shes just going to heal, but we had very little damage incoming and the fairy was covering it just fine.
So... I suggest she use this place to practice DPSing as it's not really healing intensive. All I get back in response - "Why should I DPS? THAT'S YOUR JOB."

[Blonde_Huntress]

I queued up for PotD a few weeks ago as SCH and was grouped up with 2 tanks and a level 45 WHM. 3 floors in the WHM says shes just going to heal, but we had very little damage incoming and the fairy was covering it just fine.
So... I suggest she use this place to practice DPSing as it's not really healing intensive. All I get back in response - "Why should I DPS? THAT'S YOUR JOB."

Wow. I love to DPS as WHM. If I was her, I'd love having a SCH fairy to basically handle the healing while I blasted away with Holy. What I'd like even better is to be TOLD I could just worry about DPS.

Ah, the cruelty of it all. *sigh*

[Rennies]

I queued up for PotD a few weeks ago as SCH and was grouped up with 2 tanks and a level 45 WHM. 3 floors in the WHM says shes just going to heal, but we had very little damage incoming and the fairy was covering it just fine.
So... I suggest she use this place to practice DPSing as it's not really healing intensive. All I get back in response - "Why should I DPS? THAT'S YOUR JOB."

Delusional white mages in PotD, nothing new :L

[Watachy]

Just gonna fix something in the title:

Stop queuing for anything as a healer if you don't intend to DPS at all.