Quote Originally Posted by Wegente View Post
This thread is amusing, are people really saying that casting Protect is more important than healer DPSing in a dungeon, even when people aren't dying?

Even more so if it's a low-level dungeon, isn't healer DPS more important to speed up the dungeon since monsters do so little damage that Protect isn't needed in the first place and healers can DPS full time without casting a single heal?
Casting Protect ONCE will lower total DPS output and slow down the dungeon run by how much? Answer: Very, very little.
How many extra heals will be needed due to lack of Protect? Unknown, but even a single one will reduce the healers DPS output as much as casting Protect did.

So no, maximizing healer DPS is not that important.