Why must the ability to heal as a DPS = underwhelming performance as a DPS?

Pure DPS means that DPS is ALL you can do. Whether or not you think the heals are lousy or inefficient does not negate the fact that you CAN heal, and are therefore NOT pure DPS.

If you want to go down the road of a DPS spec loses the ability to heal, then I can see buffing the DPS output.

Then there has never been a tank on any mmo ever. Because tanks can dps too, just very very poorly.

Where did I say ANYTHING about tanks?

I suggest reading your own posts.

There are NO purely DPS classes that have the ability to heal. Having the ability to heal, by it's very nature, makes that class a hybrid.

You may spec into DPS, but as long as you have the ability to heal, you are NOT purely DPS and so should not have top notch DPS, or even within 5%.

Pure DPS means that DPS is ALL you can do. Whether or not you think the heals are lousy or inefficient does not negate the fact that you CAN heal, and are therefore NOT pure DPS.

If you want to go down the road of a DPS spec loses the ability to heal, then I can see buffing the DPS output.

I am not sure everyone agrees with this statement both sides seemed to agree the DPS/ heal classes and tank/DPS classes are by their nature hybrids when they go DPS because both retain aspects of their other spec, healing for some and tanking for others. The arguement seems to be two parts

One group says all DPS builds should do relatively similar damage, one group seems to think the pure should do defineably more.

One groups says there is a big gap between the damage right now, another groups disagrees with that.

The fact is whether we call them hybrids or oranges it does not matter, I think what matters is the relative dps they do compared to the apples.

smh...

Ok, nice and slow. If a class has a healing spell (using spell here, you'll see why), that does not mean they're hybrid. If they lack the -ability- to heal. If we use your logic, that if you have a certain kind of spell, that deviates from your roll, you are a hybrid. That would mean, that no tank ever has been a tank. Tanks have dps spells, but not the ability to dps.

Or, another route, Jug dps have taunts, but they don't have the ability to tank (certain situations withstanding...i've had marauders tank). In this game, spec = roll. Sorcerers cannot use their heals, at all, due to cast times. Making them quite literally worthless. What is a hybrid, where you can only do one thing?

So long and short, just because a class has a spell, does not mean they're a hybrid. On SW:TOR, your spec is either pure or not pure. Tanks have dps spells, but can't dps, in your eyes tanks are hybrid.

If Bioware made healing useless for a DPS Sorc and gave us a group buff like Marauders and Snipers have while making our DPS close to equal I would be extremely happy with that

Bcuz you choose not to heal and the say you cant doesnt meam you are a hubrid you cAn use it anytime. Tanks are suppsed to tank but accomplish it via abilities strange how you make no sense

Did something happen? You were typing much better in your other threads. It pains me to read the above...so I won't. Hope all is ok.