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    NobleWinter's Avatar
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    Gridania
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    Winter Gem
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    Brynhildr
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    Scholar Lv 100
    Quote Originally Posted by Payadopa View Post
    I think you are confusing a DPS who heals with a healer who DPS. It's your job to heal first and DPS second.
    I understand why Tank, Healer, and DPS exist as roles but the functions are shared by everyone in every role and I feel like if the player base understood that aggro and damage mitigation is a group effort just like DPS and healing we would all be enjoy the game more. Healer DPS may not be "mandatory" in low level content but I've been in plenty of groups where my healer DPS was the difference between a clear or a wipe. This applies to unsynced trials as well where we should be so overpowered a healer isn't even necessary but multiple people failing mechanics means beating enrage by a hair. We should all want to use every skill we can to help our party progress and in that light healing and DPS are the same; tools to help your party succeed and that's how they should be labeled.

    I saw a healer use Repose for the first time in a dungeon a few days ago EFFECTIVELY and it blew my mind. They had a macro that targeted a caster type enemy, standing at a distance as they always do, that the tank lost control of and marked it with the Red Ignore Symbol while simultaneously telling the party to ignore that target until the tank grabbed aggro in chat with one of those attention grabbing sound effects. The enemy was put to sleep for 30 seconds giving the tank enough time to read the message and grab the mob without anyone dieing to it. It was amazing and exhilarating to see it happen and it reminded me that we share responsibilities. The healer mitigated damage and helped direct aggro with a skill that did no healing. Would a pure healer have done that? Maybe not, but a great healer did and we should all strive to be great healers by using our toolkits to the full and that's what the game should push us to do.
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    Last edited by NobleWinter; 06-18-2020 at 09:42 AM.