What if DNC is SHOMHOW a DPS?

[Nedkel]

Why not both?
A healer that could heal others by dealing damage.

[wereotter]

Why not both?
A healer that could heal others by dealing damage.

A healer that can keep 100% DPS up time would likely be either too broken to work in the game, or too weak on the heals to really do what it takes after a Charybdis style attack

[kikix12]

A healer that can keep 100% DPS up time would likely be either too broken to work in the game, or too weak on the heals to really do what it takes after a Charybdis style attack

Seeing as the damage output could be lowered to compensate (all skilled healers actually attack currently anyway) the higher up-time of offense, balance is not an issue.

What is an issue is damage without a target to damage. There are invincibility phases in a bunch of bosses, some of which damage during those. Just about all ultimates involve invincibility and if they come after AoE that drops the party members low on health...good game, try again. So every healer needs straight healing of some sort (by straight, I mean one that can be done without any enemies at all and in some sort of bursts).

[Nedkel]

A healer that can keep 100% DPS up time would likely be either too broken to work in the game, or too weak on the heals to really do what it takes after a Charybdis style attack

It all could be balanced with numbers.

For example this particular one could deal a little bit more damage than the rest of the healers, but have different scaling of damage > heal.

[Ilyrian]

Why not both?
A healer that could heal others by dealing damage.

I think if this is the case they'll have to majorly overhaul WHM.
If Dancer can heal whilst doing DPS that pretty much kills WHM.

It will be interesting to see how they deal with that.

[linay]

I think if this is the case they'll have to majorly overhaul WHM.
If Dancer can heal whilst doing DPS that pretty much kills WHM.

It will be interesting to see how they deal with that.

Maybe they should use that mechanic on white mage instead. So white mage can both heal directly or indirectly by damage. Since they want white mage to focus on healing, this would still fit that idea since they're still healing even when doing damage.