As a 50 healer, I've NEVER had problems with tank threat

[Rivienne]

Actually, I would like to point out that in my experience while it was somewhat my fault early on, the higher I go, the more likely it is someone else's fault(in regards to aggro management I mean.. I make a lot of other mistakes still...). Usually tank or DPS. But especially tank.

An example would be when I ran a dungeon yesterday, it was copperbell I think, the tank was a PLD, so greater than level 30. She would grab aggro on one enemy. Lose health rapidly, I would cast cure once. The rest of the mob would come straight for me. She then would come grab aggro on them and it would all be fine. This happened at every single mob.

But the point is, for some reason, some tanks don't always grab or maintain aggro on everything first. And when that happens they always go for the WHM. SCH have it easier as far as I can tell. They generate a lot less hate overall.

I am not blaming the tank per-se for being terrible. It is quite possible that she fate grinded to a high level, and is only now going back through the story and so hasn't learned proper group mechanics. But the point is, if the tank isn't doing the job correctly, or can't because of a DPS getting in the way, the healer almost always gets the aggro first.

That early in the game, it is more of a matter of ignorance on a good rotation.

I would agree in general, (and I am hoping to learn enough to pass on somethings in that situation) but I have had it happen in much higher dungeons as well. So I am not discounting what you are saying, but in general it isn't usually the healers fault in my experience. When I played DPS it was usually either my fault or the tanks fault as well. Rarely the healers. So while I get where you are coming from. I disagree with the idea that the healers who are complaining simply don't know their job. It could be they simply keep getting stuck with really bad groups. And having been with some myself, I can see where they are coming from.