An arguement towards having Healing on DPS

[Kabooa]

A sacrifice i actually don't mind taking. saved me from wasting a Healer's res

And frankly, that's a good trade off.

Kind of wish trade offs weren't so heavily disfavored all around.

[Archwizard]

And frankly, that's a good trade off.

Kind of wish trade offs weren't so heavily disfavored all around.

I agree. I'm totally fine with giving DPS options to trade damage for survivability or utility on-the-fly, particularly when the trade has potential for higher output in the long run (such as, say, reviving another DPS, preventing yourself from dying, spending a charge on a burst CD for a vulnerability debuff, etc).

Yet when we say "why not give BLMs a stronger version of Drain, as a backup to Manaward", one of the more common responses is to try and swap that option for a CD like Second Wind or Bloodbath... so there's no trade-off.
Nevermind that Manaward itself represents the "no trade" option...