I don’t need to. I believe you 100%.
You have to understand that any system that allows this is perverted. It demeans the value of a proper healer.
To be honest, I disliked SL very much. There were even situations where it was more important to keep my elemental alive for DPS than to heal a DPS. Those situations should not exists.
And while this expansion has been rough to healers, from a gameplay perspective, I prefer this to the aberration SL became.
No combination of DPS should replace a healer. No healer should replace a DPS.
But that does not mean I dont agree with your concept of “battle shaman”. I like it. Its just that a RShaman should not hit as hard as a DPS, nor should a DPS heal as much as a RShaman.
However, there is a place for Elemental utility when it comes to healing, so you are on to something here. Prots and Gdruids heal the party a bit, and it is VERY useful. Rets and SP do it too to a lesser degree.
I just dont think reverting to SL state is the future.
So at the very least, atleast make this “heal weaving” a choice. For both Elemental and RShaman. I think its the healthiest thing.