Which class is the best for pure healing output? (Mostly about raids)

[cat.8975]

@Zenith.7301 said:A pointless conversation because due to the existence of 2 dodges and several blocks/immunities on several if not most classes, sustained healing requirements are marginal.

We are in a game where before the nerfs to their DPS, condition druids were sufficient to do all raid bosses.

And unfortunately that doesn't vary by format because in WvW and PvP it is all about burst healing, not sustained healing.

Continuous, sustained healing still has its uses in WvW. For raids, Desmina/River of Souls can be trivialized with a strong offhealer.

[Zenith.7301]

@cat.8975 said:

@Zenith.7301 said:A pointless conversation because due to the existence of 2 dodges and several blocks/immunities on several if not most classes, sustained healing requirements are marginal.

We are in a game where before the nerfs to their DPS, condition druids were sufficient to do all raid bosses.

And unfortunately that doesn't vary by format because in WvW and PvP it is all about burst healing, not sustained healing.

Continuous, sustained healing still has its uses in WvW. For raids, Desmina/River of Souls can be trivialized with a strong offhealer.

Sure, but the point is that it's not even close to being so valuable as to be desired because the game's own systems completely undermine any form of support that isn't offensive support, which is why tempest/revenant/scourge support builds far well behind druid despite massively outhealing druids (which is going to be a serious issue with druids once they address offensive buffs, alongside warrior and chronomancer).