My first 'lazy' healer

[Ayer2015]

Yoshi has stated multiple times that content is not designed with healer dps in mind, and healers should not feel required to dps. The notion that healers should dps is purely the community.

[Cynfael]

Yoshi has stated multiple times that content is not designed with healer dps in mind, and healers should not feel required to dps. The notion that healers should dps is purely the community.

That being said, the community is what matters.

There's basically nothing Yoshi or any developer can say that will make idle healers be valued. From a business standpoint, of course they want every paying customer to be able to enjoy the game; from a community mental health standpoint, they aren't going to prevent healers' ability weave damage in with healing actions. They know full well that healers do not need 100% uptime on healing spells, and they definitely aren't going to start designing content that requires that kind of spam.

[Rivxkobe]

Yoshi has stated multiple times that content is not designed with healer dps in mind, and healers should not feel required to dps. The notion that healers should dps is purely the community.

If you are getting carried through content and only healing when someone is below 50%, and otherwise doing nothing, I am going to vote kick you. The DPS and Tank are not there to do all the work to get Healers through the easy content. DPSing as a healer is being a team player and reducing the amount of damage your team takes.

Not playing as a member of the team is an dick move and will get you kicked from my parties.

[Cynfael]

If you are getting carried through content and only healing when someone is below 50%, and otherwise doing nothing, I am going to vote kick you. The DPS and Tank are not there to do all the work to get Healers through the easy content. DPSing as a healer is being a team player and reducing the amount of damage your team takes.

Not playing as a member of the team is an dick move and will get you kicked from my parties.

Pretty much. A non-DPSing healer has the cushiest job in the game; only a handful of actions to choose from, no requirement or expectation to Always Be Casting, no rotation required to fulfill primary Job function, no resource management issues...follow party through dungeon, step out of yellow circles if you feel like it, get tomes and loot.