Quote Originally Posted by Bixillarla View Post
I rather them not DPS and compelte the duty with no wipes than them try to DPS and mess and cause a wipe which makes the duty longer. Healers should not be doing DPS they should be concentrating on keeping everyone alive.
Sigh. And the problem is, in the majority of this game's content it's unnecessary for a healer to be healing 100% of the time. If no one needs immediate healing and you have nothing else to do, why wouldn't you DPS in between? Seems lazy to me to just sit on your hands like that, but the lengths people will go to to maintain their mediocrity no longer surprises me.

A healer DPSing in between healing is keeping the party alive, by the way. Helping to make mobs die faster increases the effective HP of the entire group just like an absorb shield. The faster something dies, the less damage it deals, and the less you have to heal.

Of course a healer should learn when and when not to help DPS, but outside of a tank being undergeared or a little overzealous with their pulls, you should have plenty of time to at least throw out the occasional Aero or Stone in most scenarios. You don't even have to stance dance if you're not comfortable. That reduced damage (from no CS) is still far better than the zero damage from not casting at all.

Maybe if I encounter a healer that refuses to deal damage in their downtime, I'll make sure they don't have any downtime by intentionally taking avoidable damage. Sounds petty, but by their logic, it's my job to deal damage not avoid it.