The Unofficial "Why is this still a thing" Thread

[KaivaC]

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Not all healers who solely heal can be called lazy. Vise versa, some healers who only dps with partial heals can be called lazy. True lazy healers will be lazy, no matter what kind of kit you give them. The way the game engine is set up right now, double shields would almost be useless if you cut their potency in half. It wouldn't be much different from the set up that we have now. Bringing back stoneskin would require a rework of the skill.

There are very few fights outside of the savage ones that challenge the potency of healing. Vise versa, addressing party shields would require lowering healing potency to avoid making healers even more powerful than they already are. The fact that every fight allows significant dps uptime for healers because of their strong healing capabilities is part of the issue.