Every healer should play a level 15-20 glad tank

[Omagana]

I don't really need to play a tank to figure this out, because I have eyeballs, a working brain (I think...), and noticed the threat meter the first time I used Medica.

It's a running joke with my friends that they should just give Medica to tanks, because it works better than Flash to get threat!

P.S. You couldn't pay me to play a tank. That is the worst job, bar none.

+1 if I had played tank during the beta I'd never have started it, tanking sucks in this game imo (I've done a lot of tanking in other games, Rift most of all). It's just not enjoyable in this game atm and often a lesson in frustration. I don't mind the bosses, but trash is just a chore...give me a cleave SE!

Also I'm sure a lot of dps/healers don't even know what the threat meter is...

[Zakalwe]

Provoke just for the added range, it's 10y longer than shield lob. So I use it at times just to pull patrols out of groups, then lob.

Ahhhhh, I see. I tend to preciously guard the provoke cool down, but can see its utility for pulling in special circumstances.

[Rivienne]

I think I partly disagree with the premise here. Many people playing this game aren't familiar with the way the party roles work. And up until level 15 they have been largely on their own. Then suddenly they are dropped in with a group of other people who may or may not be in the same boat. Result? Everybody is figuring out their role at the same time. Playing another role can help some people, but ultimately the problem would remain. A large percentage would be learning their role for the first time. It took me until level 25 before I could keep track of the health, and the AOE, and the aggro at the same time, forget just doing my job right: I am still not very good at it (probably never will be that great either). I think people should stick to one primary role until level 25, through halatali, and the two level 25 gh.

[Riko_113]

Every tank should learn to play a tank

Corrected.

[Rhas]

I was able to hold aggro against a medica spamming healer (Since they couldn't "Click" on me to target me, and they were upset due to my small size.) It was glorious. (Tam Tara)

Being a lalafell tank helps me find healers who use the HUD.

Man that must have been one really bad healer if they couldn't hit the Function keys (FN) or click on your your name in the party window (PC) or set it on on the PS3 to tab through players

[Gauntduo]

According to everyone, everyone should play everyones class so everyone can be in the shoes of everyone whos anyone.

[Strelnikov]

I wish PLD could equip Medica... or as I like to call it, Flash II.

HAhah your going to hate me for this but after I made Pally, I lost the group of mobs to a good but over healing healer. As she ran them around in a circle. I used Cure 1 on her. They ALL came at me.. I have found my best enmity tool!

[Kyouko]

For some reason whenever a healer pulls threat they do an aoe heal which adds more hate to them, makes no sense

[Riko_113]

For some reason whenever a healer pulls threat they do an aoe heal which adds more hate to them, makes no sense

I try to avoid this, but my expectation is because they now have to heal themselves AND everyone else at the same time. Not overhealing helps a ton as a WHM to avoid aggro, but honestly a tank that can't hold aggro makes it impossible for me to heal. I get aggro and so does everyone but my job doesn't change:Keep the team alive. Only so much a healer can do to drop aggro. It's the tank's job to do everything else. DPS can just stop DPS so it's easy.

[Esura]

Man that must have been one really bad healer if they couldn't hit the Function keys (FN) or click on your your name in the party window (PC) or set it on on the PS3 to tab through players

On the PS3 I sometimes can't cycle through their names fast enough to heal the team when they all sustain too much damage. Not like I like spamming Medica since it puts a nice damper on my MP but its either that or everyone dies...which means I die. I know it generates a lot of aggro but the spell exists for a reason.