Groups are traditional and unorthodox. Some odd combos are done to spice up the game or out of necessity. If people aren't dying an exp/loot is flowing the druids role isn't important. You will get plenty of them because healers are less plentiful than dps (and Nature's Touch is badass in Velious).
Raids are different. You have a couple roles as does everyone else. You wont deviate from the leaders plan. No raid will be without a shaman or a cleric will be saving mana, lol. People will get prime buffs from all and many guilds will symbol everyone on final encounters. A druid will be healing/buffing and the only nukes that will get thrown will be occasional debuffs. Anything else (even charming) is a distraction and waste of mana.
Your heals benefit the raid more than your damage because dps and usually offtanks won't be getting cleric heals. On anything but blue cons you will never keep up with melees in dps (even Rangers) let alone the rogues and monks. Wizards dps because they are designed to.
Your experience/guild may vary but this seems the general standard for any raid that isn't trivial. Your role isn't less important because your babysitting rogues...they can't always stay alive by themselves.
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