Quote Originally Posted by AsahinaMyLove View Post
Healer = Healer! o_O

Whats next? People asking DPS-classes to just heal themself with Potions or pretty weak heal spells by cross-skills? lol
No, but that's because it's undesirable for DPS to waste potion CDs and GCDs on healing.

There are two main reasons why anyone cares about healers dealing damage:

1. Healers are actually decent at DPS, while the DPS role is horrible at healing and should not be attempting it instead of attacking.
2. Skilled healers need to cast very few heals to fill their primary role in most content and with most groups. Bad healers will stand there and spam Cure etc., but good ones know when the damage is coming and which skills will keep the party safe with the fewest GCDs and the least mana consumed. These healers have abundant time to weave in DPS unless the party is artificially inflating the healing requirement by being terrible.