From reading the forums I’ve gotten the impression that there’s a new expectation for Healers. At least by some players out there. And that is that Healers must DPS in order to be a useful member of a dungeon group.
I understand that some Healer classes can dps to an extent and Disc Priests and Paladins heal while fighting. But apparently some players want / insist that all Healing Classes also do dps in a dungeon. This sounds crazy.
The whole processes of running a dungeon is that the Tank holds aggro and does dps, the Dps do Damage. And the Healer heals the group. That for a large part has always been the holy-trinity of RPG games. And in Wow.
Lets take a look at the Traditional RPG Job Descriptions:
Tank: Heavy Armored, Big Weapon Juggernaut; Holds Aggro, Bashes enemies.
Fighter: Do tons of Damage to enemies while they are distracted by the tank.
Healer: Buff/De-buff and HEAL the group, and resurrect the fallen.
Sure if a healer is of a healing class that can fight and heal, ok. Or If a healer is capable of healing while fighting, and wants to do it, ok.
But please don’t demand all Healers to do dps while they are trying to keep the group healed.
Also think about this: If a group is not doing enough damage (dps) in a dungeon run to succeed, then where does the real problem lie? Lets see, could it be that the DPS (Fighters) are not doing enough Damage? Hmm… Well the Tank’s job is to hold aggro,
the Healers Job is to heal. Oh wait! It’s the DPS’s job to do damage! So next time someone feels like telling the healer to do dps, instead yell at the DPSers.
I find the demand by some for healers to do damage to be ridiculous and offensive!
Healers who complain about doing damage don’t do content where healer dps matters so this is really not an issue.
If you don’t want to do damage, then don’t. Whatever level you get to is a level where healers don’t need to do damage. It might be higher than you think. People complaining to you about you not playing the way they want doesn’t lock your account, just requeue and send it. Or in this case, don’t send it.
It’s not new, healers have ALWAYS been expected to deal damage when there’s nothing else for them to do. There have been threads arguing about this topic at least once a month for at least seven years.
All of them already can, every single healer class and spec.
if u have time to dps u should lol. this isnt classic where u arent starvin for mana and even then people use to aa for any dps they can get. people are spoiled here lol
It depends upon the situation. The harder the content the more important it is to have as much dps done as possible, so even healers dpsing is necessary. It should never come at the expense of keeping the party alive though so if you have to choose one over the other, I hope you say screw the dps and just keep everyone alive.
If the content isn’t challenging then there’s little to no reason for a healer to dps.
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