I can understand the hesitation some people have regarding Tanking and Healing roles. I have been a healer over the course of many mmo's to the point that I just love the mechanic of it. I really wanted to play PLD in FFXIV to mix things up, but I got too worried about being a liability to my party due to my limited tanking experience. That caused me to revert back to what I know, healing, so I went WHM.

Tanking is a leadership role in many aspects and I think Tanks get threat generated from both npc and players alike faster than the healer does. I constantly see chats with people trashing bad tanks, I have rarely seen the same rants on the healers of this game.

I still plan to pursue PLD at some point down the road and deal with the growing pains I'll more than likely have lol