PSA - Cleric Stance and vote kicking

[RaijinSupreme]

It's not being melodramatic. Everyone wants healers to be pulling 1k dps in every instance, or your just a garbage, time wasting healer.

I dps my but off and if I'm doing more damage than a actual dps, you better bet theyre gonna tank the floor at the first missed mechanic. It's quicker to swift raise than to try to heal through stupid.

You are being a bit dramatic though. I understand that it can be frustrating when people as so much of you (and to be fair, most people who want healers to heal only really wants you to just not be standing there when you have the ability to help out every once in a while), but saying that you are just going to stop healing altogether is over the top. not a single person is asking for that.

[BorisDaBlade]

That's not what people are saying and you know it. You should do both when possible (and it's often possible). But if you want to think in black and white then that's your choice.

I understand that, but the community tolerates, casual tanks and casual dps, but heaven forbid you have casual healers that only want to do their role.

[CosmicKirby]

I have never once been in a group where anyone actually complained the Healer wasn't DPSing. I've noticed it constantly, but I don't care enough to ever bring it up myself.

Certain people in this thread are projecting their own insecurities about DF super hard. You should TRY to do both, but your more important job is to keep people up, that's as simple as it can get.

[Transient_Shadow]

Keep in mind that a Vote Kick for any other reason than that is listed (non meta play doesn't count as harassment) can be penalized.

[Aramina]

Nope, it's covered by playstyle differences.

re: TransientShadow

link: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post2357707

[Aramina]

Both sides of this arguement are being absurd.

[LalaRu]

I'll go telling crazy stuff but will say the real problems are two:

1) duties not difficult enough to keep the healer busy on healing;
2) healer's dmg on par with dps's one (not really a problem by itself, 'tho, leveling solo an healer was always a pain in other mmos);

[GiNGERxFuRY]

Think about it like this, in every Final Fantasy game there is a "healer" type class am i right? they have healing skills like cure, cura and curaga yet they also have holy and other dps like skills. It sticks to the lore that a healer will dps here and there. While i myself do not heal I would like to think that just sitting in a dungeon or at a boss with nothing to do would drive me crazy lol Many others brought it up, but how did you get to level cap? carried by tanks and dps? at some point this has to stop.

[Keridwyn]

Some of the things I'm seeing here are...troubling.

First, this thread was based on a change that will not happen for a month. Second, most folks arent saying 'dps or get out'. Folks are saying 'dps please if you have time'. Come 4.0 healers wont have to choose between crippling our ability to heal to do damage and neutering our ability to dps to keep healing. Most people in this thread are not asking folks to change their playstyle now but to consider dps after this change in the future when its easier and less stressful.

[Sarevok_Thordin]

If the tank is getting smacked around like a wet noodle, guess who isn't DPSing.

If you don't like it, enjoy your wait for a healer, I won't have to wait long.