Healer mains: your fav role/job when not healing?

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Originally Posted by AphraelAmarantha

I don't take breaks from healing, its the only role I play and that I'm somewhat decent at. (which isn't really saying much x_x)

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But it's pretty fun when you're the tank in Expert, the healer dies, and you just heal the pull while also tanking it! :D

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Originally Posted by Tridus

But it's pretty fun when you're the tank in Expert, the healer dies, and you just heal the pull while also tanking it! :D

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Meh, I don't find anything regarding tanking in any game fun. I suck at it and I hate it. I would play dps more in this game but I suck at that too, so I just stick to healing(specifically WHM, the other two healers seem a little too complicated for me). It's much easier for me.

Black Mage followed by Bard. When I get the chance to play any of these jobs I will gladly take it even if it means waiting for a queue.

I personally only heal when I am new to something for comfort or helping someone.

Summoner.

I have days where I consider just swapping to SMN full time, even attempted to for a bit in HW, but then those DPS queues happen and just slink right back into one of the healer jobs for a while instead. ^^;

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Originally Posted by Ametrine

Summoner.

I have days where I consider just swapping to SMN full time, even attempted to for a bit in HW, but then those DPS queues happen and just slink right back into one of the healer jobs for a while instead. ^^;

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I've always considered trying SMN considering how much I like the base class and SCH, but it seems like it is *so* complicated.

DRG, because it's fun to show the perpetually-dead how it's done. Also NIN, but it's hard to play it with my latency. I probably play WAR the most though because nobody likes to tank and Au Ra look amazing in tank gear (also, if you spam /vpose it looks like you're playing air guitar, so that's cool too).

I've always been partial to melee classes in every game. But I get bored playing a DPS role in raids because it's repetitive. The healing experience changes over the course of progression and farm so I'm constantly changing my routine, keeps things fun.

RDM when I want to relax. Absolutely never ever tanking, I hate it.

I never really do any other job than healing. But I do always level casting in every expansion for the titles >.>'

I have no major alternatives - I just play whatever takes my fancy, and when bored or waiting for weekly reset, consider levelling something else. The most played non-Healer I have at the moment is WAR. If signing up as WHM (main) isn't shortening the queue enough, I'll grab my axe for instant-queue and the joy of Cyclone/Decimate spam.

BRD - Was actually fun to level once you get out of ARR, and there's something to be said about having utility/support function tied to respectable DPS, rather than just being a respectable (selfish) DPS. I've pretty much dropped MNK in favour of BRD, though now that I've levelled a DRG to 68, I'm starting to get back into the melee-DPS vibe.
MNK - Enjoyed it in the past but... Meh, while it may have been cute knowing I'd have to be positioning myself 24/7 to get max benefit, there are a lot of times I'd much rather play something a little more static/little less hectic.
DRG - I've not done any hard research yet but I find myself doing solid deeps in the 60+ range. Impressive AoE and the ability to leap around like a lunatic has its merits. I've yet to face-tank the floor after a dodgy leap but I suspect it'll happen eventually. Quite liking it, though unsure if it'll topple BRD from my favoured deeps-list just yet.

What's next?
Well, I might try RDM - I often take 'undemanding' as a bad sign, yet that'd be hypocritical of me to say due to above-mentioned annoyance of MNK positionals these days, mostly because True North is a CD and most content (even casual) involves tanks farting about, avoiding mechanics, or just tanking things in fires because screw positional deeps.

I'm really not liking SCH and I hear AST has the lowest damage of the three. I think I may have spoiled myself by enjoying all content types as a WHM before even revisiting the other two classes, so I'll stick to my WHM+WAR+(whatever DPS gains my favour) as a personal trinity.

I started out as a tank, and from doing so, I really enjoyed melee combat. Still love healing more than anything else, hence why I became a healer main. But when I don't heal, I like playing WAR and SAM.

Side note, another reason I like being a healer main, is because people are legitimately shocked when they see a male Roe healer in their duties ;3