The Healer Problem in PVP

[Cynric]

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This right here is literally hitting the nail on the head. As DPS we can not have anywhere near the level of influence healers have. If we did have that influence we could sustain our win rates a lot more. But if you get a bad healer its instant death, if you get a good healer the game will last its entirety and people will hardly die.

If healing on one side is better than the other, generally that side will be the winner. I don't think DPS should be able to smack a healer to death but something has to give, between blackest night, adlo,protect, bene,lustrate, fairy, cover,etc. Healers have far too much synergy with tanks towards preventing damage and healing any other damage back.

While DPS shouldn't be able to just kill someone by smashing buttons, healers shouldn't be able to create situations that practically force culling time every match.

Then to top off the matter, our damage just isn't anywhere near what healing can be done in comparison. We all require resources for our burst, some of us require more than others, once we dump those resources they have to be rebuilt, but they're usually going to be healed off or stopped, then we just repeat the process.

Many DPS players have switched to healers and achieved better results than when they played DPS. That's kind of a problem. The role is far to dominant on every leaderboard for there not to be an obvious problem.