Dps As Healer

[NolLacnala]

Soooooo what do you do the x% of the time when you're not healing?

I use to refer to these as Butt Wagglers, since it was what they spent three quarters of fights doing. But WHM are going the way of the dodo, so I guess Heavy Breathers would be more appropriate?

[Thunda_Cat_SMASH]

Soooooo what do you do the x% of the time when you're not healing? Sure you don't have to DPS, but why wouldn't you? It makes the runs go faster and it gives you something to do that makes this more challenging. I just don't understand that "argument" of 'I dont have to so I won't'.

My opinion: DPSing as a healer is boring. Your dps 'rotation' is so bare bones it's less complicated than 2.X BLM, making it incredibly easy to just zone out. There's hardly even any reason to be engaged when all you do is mash a single filler spell when your DoTs are up. You hardly even need to pay attention to anyone's HP except the MT's either.

[Natashio]

┬─┬ノ(ಠ_ಠノ) = (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ ....Would people just play however they want as a healer and stop worrying about what some random shmucks think healers should be played. Not in any way referring to Yoshida, but the general community.

[Medicine]

Honestly the only reason I dps as a healer is because it's a lot less boring and I like to be helpful.

But if other healers wanna be lazy go for it. lol

[Nixxe]

I'm not going to bother picking a fight over it in a dungeon, but if a healer has the opportunity to do so and feels comfortable doing so, it's appreciated if they DPS to help speed up the run.

[Ryel]

I mean Yoshida can say it but if the rest of your party decides agree on the vote dismiss it doesn't really save you.

But I'm sure we'll see more threads popping up by players who have been kicked from x primal or y raid filled with tons of "but yoshi said!" as if it's supposed to be law that dictates the playstyles of everyone they come across.

For the record I'm not in the habit of kicking non-dpsing healers but i do find it lazy if you're basically sitting there staring into space between heals because the tank is taking virtually no damage.

[Ghishlain]

This comment alone shouldn't dissuade people from trying to playing healer to its fullest potential - Heal when you need to heal, DPS when you get the opportunity to do so.

I will agree about my dislike of Cleric Stance though - I hate Cleric Stance for what it has done in fracturing the healer community as it has.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

This comment alone shouldn't dissuade people from trying to playing healer to its fullest potential - Heal when you need to heal, DPS when you get the opportunity to do so.

I will agree about my dislike of Cleric Stance though - I hate Cleric Stance for what it has done in fracturing the healer community as it has.

To be fair, Cleric Stance wouldn't be an issue if stuff actually hit harder and/or heal spells weren't so ridiculously potent. The current DPS meta is a byproduct of the content allowing for ample amounts of downtime where heal only healers literally do nothing. Yoshi can say whatever, but that mentality will not change until actual content changes.

[Ghishlain]

To be fair, Cleric Stance wouldn't be an issue if stuff actually hit harder and/or heal spells weren't so ridiculously potent. The current DPS meta is a byproduct of the content allowing for ample amounts of downtime where heal only healers literally do nothing. Yoshi can say whatever, but that mentality will not change until actual content changes.

+1 for agreement.

Time will tell if that happens or not. I wouldn't mind a shift towards a more healing intensive design, but that'll need some pretty hefty tweaks across the board for it to happen.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

+1 for agreement.

Time will tell if that happens or not. I wouldn't mind a shift towards a more healing intensive design, but that'll need some pretty hefty tweaks across the board for it to happen.

I would love a shift towards more healing intensive design. If you haven't attempted to heal in The Feat, I actually recommended it. Despite playing healers only sporadically, I love the sheer intensity and demand it requires. I couldn't turn on Cleric even if it were available. There is simply too much outgoing damage. It's entirely manageable but asks people to know their role well. If a similar philosophy were attempted overall, I firmly believe we'd see much less pushback for healers to DPS.