I am really getting sick and tired of every MMO turning healers into pseudo-DPS classes. I don’t know who started this trend, but whoever it was needs to be chained up with the guy who invented bind on pickup crafted items, thrown into a pit, and have lotion lowered down to them while being reminded to put it back in the basket. There are a lot of gamers who actually enjoy playing true support classes and true healers. They don’t need OMFGWTFBBQ dps to keep them happy in between times where they “have to (omg I might hyperventilate)” heal.  This obsession with making healers into DPSers always causes severe balance problems. After all, why just DPS when you could DPS AND heal? This quickly results in nerfs, and for some reason developers always go straight to the heals for their nerfs. Imagine how that makes the people feel who actually play healers to… *gasp the horror*… HEAL?

(NOTE: That’s Dr. Cuddy, from House, M.D., if you are wondering about the girl<->topic connection.)

The Stupidity of this DPS Healer Phenomenon

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