Quote Originally Posted by Brises View Post
I have never been attacked by the Tonberry King adds, so I have to wonder what the healer was doing? And I do DPS the boss while healing, esuna and stone. But normally, someone is assigned to take out the adds. In my groups, usually a bard. WHM can holy them also, but in my groups we don't do it that way, and we make short work of that fight and nobody ever dies.
Most likely, the tank wasn't AoE tanking and they were ignoring the adds. It's a fairly common strategy in WP, but if the tank isn't actually using Circle of Scorn and Flash in his rotation, the healer healing him (from all the Tonberries showing up and beating on him) will quickly pull threat.