Is not dps'ing that rare?

[Riesenscnauzer]

I'm a noob when it comes to ffxiv. I've owned the game for years, but never really played until this past month. Relatively new to the forums too, and I see a lot of posts , mostly seeming to do with the changes. And there are a ton of dps questions, almost a dead horse as it were.

The question two fold, is

#1 is what does DPS mean in the context of healing, I mean are we talking about a "holy" when applicable, and keeping relevant DOTs up? Or is their some meta that is expected where healers are to have full rotations to run while also keeping an extra eye on those in the party that need heals?


#2 Is it really that rare, or is this more of a "soapbox"moment for everyone who has that one story where all the healer did was heal, even when the tank was overgeared and both dps'ers didn't draw aggro, and stayed out of the "bad" ?