Solution to healers not dpsing in dungeons

[Misutoraru]

the priority of healer is to keep everyone alive and remove debuff
the priority of tank is to hold aggro and minimize dmg taken
you could not say a healer not doing their job for not doing dmg, they could be new to dungeon, they could be less competitive healer, not every healer that refuse to do dmg is lazy, and it is not a must, not in the past, not in present, and probably not in future
a healer doing dmg in dungeon is a good healer, a healer not doing dmg is not a bad healer, just less skilled
you could stay in DPS stance and use STR gear as long as you did your job, to hold aggro and keep the dmg u take low enough for healer to cure up
same story that a tank who could switch stance, while keeping aggro and not taking excessive dmg is a good tank, but a tank who stay in tank stance all the time is not a bad tank, just inexperience or less skilled

[HoodRat]

a healer doing dmg in dungeon is a good healer, a healer not doing dmg is not a bad healer, just less skilled

Someone once posted that when it comes to healer dps, it's usually not about skill, it's about participation. Due to that old thread in the healer forum where they literally argued if healers should dps when they can or just stand there and do nothing, I would have to agree. Sure, there are times when healers are new and they're trying to learn the patterns of incoming damage, and that's fine we all need to take some time to learn. But this isn't about healers learning. Most of the healers I see doing nothing are not new. In fact, a lot of the healers I see who are learning content do throw out some dps when they can. It's probably so little that it doesn't even matter, but they're trying which is a lot more than what I can say than the average player I run into in df/pf.

[Raygan]

have you ever considered mana usage?

I know sometimes im standing there "doing nothing" because it's a hard fight, everyone is (currently) full health, and I am conserving my mana for heals... not DPS, because i get low occasionally. Do you actually watch for this, or just assuming they are lazy/unskilled? Would you rather have heals, or have your healer go oom cuz she was dpsing? Tanks dont watch my mana quite a lot and start boss fights while I'm low, and i end up having to conserve.