Latest Official Developer Statements About Healer DPS?

[Astralrisk]

The Healer dps issue seems to only be an issue for vets. Most players seem content with healers not having a lot of DPS things they have to juggle alongside healing and mechanics.

Besides, if they want that style then there's always Sage.

No reason to rock the boat just to appease some vets at the cost of the majority. Which we know that is the case considering that the easiest healers are the ones that are played the most.

Adding more DPS buttons does not affect the rest of the player base at large. You can clear all casual content in this game without pressing any of your major buttons. You can play a Gunbreaker who only does there 123 combo, pressing no other buttons, and still clear any of the casual content in the game. You can even clear any casual content with "unique and different playstyles" like Ice only BLM. It only becomes a concern when you reach content that does enrages, which is the skill level where people are asking for healer dps focus. Everyone below that level of play can just ignore that aspect of playing your rotation, because the players who wouldn't care for playing on that level wouldn't be engaging in content that asks them to play at that level.

edit: also saying SGE is a damage focused healer is wrong because the only real difference between that and SGE is that faerie embrace procs off of damage GCDs and it just gets 1 extra button to press for damage which isn't anywhere near what someone consider a real damage rotation.