Post Your Healing Horror Stories.

[Raestloz]

I find tanking easier than healing, especially after the patch. You may need a *little* more gear as a tank in certain things (Titan HM is the big one), but outside of Coil and EX Primals, Full DL and Relic is enough for just about everything (even Ultima...which, incidentally, requires more gear as a Healer...)

WAR just need to use a little Overpower spam (Unchained + Berserk + Overpower spam = never losing aggro) in the beginning of a trash pull, and maybe throwing BB at a secondary target occasionally or Flash or Overpower; PLD Flash spam and the RoH at a secondary or Flash more.
For bosses...unless the DPS or Heals are REALLY overgeared, they just need to use their aggro combo (with Storm's Path occasionally for WAR) and they're gold.

The only time its really "harder" to tank is when you have AoE-happy DPS, or heals overhealing too much or using AoE heals too much.

While it is true that healing is a bit harder thanks to the fact that you need to control 8 lives instead of 2 (which translates to the entire party instead of just you and the enemy), being a tank requires that you know the instance at hand and can lead the party while performing necessary maneuvers in the process. For example, in Garuda HM as a tank you need to make sure Garuda doesn't slipstream inside during the Calm phase. Generally, healing is all about spamming cure magics and not much else. What I'm saying is, healing is harder, but doesn't really tax your brain

[PArcher]

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Have you solo-healed Titan HM yet in a PUG? Or even just healed Ultima in a PUG with non-dodging DPS...there's a reason I'm tanking that fight and not healing it anymore

And no, tanks don't have to know the instance any more than DPS or heals do. A tank can be perfect, but if a Heal or DPS pulls extra mobs because they don't know a trigger or see the coming mob, is it really the tank's fault? Haukke N is a good one where you see DPS/Heals pulling things and causing wipes a LOT. I've also seen a lot more wipes caused by heals who don't know a dungeon than tanks who don't.

Also, for Garuda HM...people should NOT be standing near Garuda during a sisters phase at all...its their fault if they get stunned at those times. You see where she spawns and where she's going, and there's plenty of room to avoid her attacks. The only thing tanks really need to know with that fight is where to pull her during movement phases.

[Raestloz]

Have you solo-healed Titan HM yet in a PUG? Or even just healed Ultima in a PUG with non-dodging DPS...there's a reason I'm tanking that fight and not healing it anymore

And no, tanks don't have to know the instance any more than DPS or heals do. A tank can be perfect, but if a Heal or DPS pulls extra mobs because they don't know a trigger or see the coming mob, is it really the tank's fault? Haukke N is a good one where you see DPS/Heals pulling things and causing wipes a LOT. I've also seen a lot more wipes caused by heals who don't know a dungeon than tanks who don't.

Hmmm. I suppose you're right. Tanking indeed becomes easier once you know what to do, but healing's weight is always the same, and with the latest contents damage is guaranteed, so healing is always important. And hard.