Quote Originally Posted by fumofu View Post
I absolutely hate this kind of healers who tries to 'push dps' at expense of more healing. Good healer is the one who keeps me alive and don't make me feel like I could die at any moment. Healer dps isn't really such a big deal. Now, if healer dps and:
1) any dd dies - now that's a big dps loss.
2) tank dies - possible wipe
I'd say big risk for... little bit of extra dps healer provides?
I'd rather have healer just heal and throw dps once in a while when it's really safe than recklessly pushing his dps and risking failing his job which is... KEEPING PARTY ALIVE!
It's true that if anyone dies it's a DPS loss. However, if no one dies, it's a DPS gain. The fact really is that the more DPS a healer puts out, the less they need to heal.

Obviously I will take measures to ensure the tank won't die before I start Holy spam, like casting Divine Bension. However, if a DPS dies because they were sitting in some AoE, that's their fault. I remember someone reported a healer for DPSing when he was standing in AoEs, and the GM sided with the healer.