(05-16-2015, 03:25 AM)hauntmedoitagain Wrote:Hahahahahaha. Good stuff. No, I'm not joking.(05-16-2015, 02:00 AM)Edda Wrote: *snipped for length*
You're... joking, right?
If it was a healer's job to DPS, then they would be queued as such in duty finder, or at least given the option to do so.
As it stands now, this is not how the game is designed, thus if you are WHM or SCH, your first and foremost priority should be the safety and well-being of your fellow party members. If you don't feel comfortable DPSing, then don't. There's no reason to take a risk just because you can and frankly there's very little I can think of more frustrating than watching some wannabe BLM spam Holy over and over while everyone else burns.
If there's a reasonable window to switch into Cleric's, then sure, go for it, but it's not a requirement by any means, nor does it shirk one from what they were brought there to do in the first place just because the option is available.
It's selfish attitudes like this that push our potential healers away from ever picking up a cane or grimoire. No one deserves to be abused for having what ultimately amounts to a cautious play style, much less so if they're wiling to endure what is, in my opinion, the most selfless role one can ever play in an RPG.
--Signed, a frequent stance dancer
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn is a video game. Healing is a certain way of playing said video game, not some righteous vocation that will award you 72 virgins after your death. True, there is no requirement for DPSing as a healer. But there is a large difference between being cautious and/or learning, and being lazy (SCHs in low levels on follow, I'm looking at you). In farmable, out-geared, daily content, just standing around and healing is quite possibly one of the most braindead experiences FFXIV has to offer. If people don't want to explore how to make their favorite role more fun and exciting for themselves, that's on them.
No healer in this game was birthed from the womb a Master Stance Dancer. These things take practice, and the knowledge that yeah, it's totally okay to pop Clerics and go HAM if your tank is geared to the teeth and you're bored out of your god damn mind. How many low level roulettes have you done where the clearly new healer just stands there waiting for the tank to drop below the 90% threshold? More often than not, encouraging them to do something other than idling will yield positive results. You would be surprised how many people do not know that it's normal and okay to be a holy-spamming, stone II cold killer on the side.
Tank can't take a hit? You're undergeared for new content? Laggy connection? Fine, play it safe. Nothing wrong with that. But coddling people into not challenging themselves is just... why. I understand this is the RPC and not Leddit, but even RPers deserve the chance to go out and try a different play style in PvE with the role they love. No reason to not attain even greater heights as a healer!
