You’re mostly in control of how well your pet can deal damage though via barbed shot timing. I’m not sure if you’re counting kill shot damage as part of this AFK DPS figure too but it requires as much player input as any MM shot- maybe more so because you need to be mindful of where your pet is and if it’s CC’d, etc.
Iirc they harshly nerfed passive let damage as well. Not sure how prevalent that is before 120 though.
I have played a number of games where the healer imbalance was so out of whack that is clearly made the difference . I was top dmg in game , with a horde war right on my heals . couldn’t kill a thing . 6 heals to zero,
It really is absurd.
I’m generally the first to speak out against desertion because of the snowballing issues it creates but if the healer counts aren’t similar across teams or if they’re drastically in alliance favor, I auto AFK. I’ve played enough games to know I’m not going to have fun- even if we can win.
I don’t want deserter , I cant re Q
Heres a thought, roll a healer! =)
I have 3 but thanks . when I do bgs with it . im the ONLY healer
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I’m leveling a healer too.
Imbalance is still a problem: confirmed. 
I love healing. Dramatic and at times quite challenging. I only heal as of Blizz pretty much all but removing twinking. Shaman healer named Sweetkitten, many realms and levels. My future sub hope is that classic is as i remember? =)
I was in a BG last night in the 80s bracket where we had 6 healers in a BoG horde side. Alliance had none.
It was close, but we won.
Yeah leveling in BG’s kinda blows as horde, but just wait until you hit 120 and your BG’s become Auto Wins 