Why do people hate on tanky healers?

[Akiva_Ninazu]

Sounds about right.

[Yumi_umi]

People feel too entitled with all these assumptions flying around.
So lets say in 2.2 the leviathan battle does this awesome super cool tsunami move / tidal wave thing that will 1 shot everyone with 5.5k hp and lower, it will then seem less likely that my build will seem goofy lol and everyone will be like omg stack vit pleaseeee but thats in my dreams and probably will never happen.

[Akiva_Ninazu]

People feel too entitled with all these assumptions flying around.
So lets say in 2.2 the leviathan battle does this awesome super cool tsunami move / tidal wave thing that will 1 shot everyone with 5.5k hp and lower, it will then seem less likely that my build will seem goofy lol and everyone will be like omg stack vit pleaseeee but thats in my dreams and probably will never happen.

If that happens, they will have gear that pushes people past that threshold within their own classes. There is literally no scenario in which your attempted WHM tanking is not made of fail.

[Pakuda]

Sounds about right.

I lol'd

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[Eclips]

I've beaten T5 on my scholar, and Solo heal EX primals with my tank build WHM. I handicap myself because this game is that easy. Explain that.

Why would I need to explain something that most people capable of clearing content understand already? Let's be clear that if your whm is geared enough to be tanky, you most likely have over 400 mind. That's plenty to heal the content regardless of how much HP you have. The fewer healers you have, the faster the fight goes, which is less healing throughout.

Solo healing garuda ex is easier than 2 healing it. Less people take damage, this allows for less mind.
Solo healing titan ex isn't hard because it's a pattern. Most of the difficulty in the fight comes from having a smart team, not whether or not you have heal throughput.
Solo healing ifrit ex is just dumb and I won't even humor it.

There's nothing to explain really. This is a game made for the ps3, it's never going to be hard for a PC player.

[Pakuda]

Let's be clear that if your whm is geared enough to be tanky, you most likely have over 400 mind. That's plenty to heal the content regardless of how much HP you have. The fewer healers you have, the faster the fight goes, which is less healing throughout.

Solo healing garuda ex is easier than 2 healing it. Less people take damage, this allows for less mind.
Solo healing titan ex isn't hard because it's a pattern. Most of the difficulty in the fight comes from having a smart team, not whether or not you have heal throughput.
Solo healing ifrit ex is just dumb and I won't even humor it.

There's nothing to explain really. This is a game made for the ps3, it's never going to be hard for a PC player.

I'm a ps3 player, also you just confirmed my point. Even with a tank build, you can still heal fine. So if you want to be an idiot and make a stupid tank build then power to you.

[yondaimeflash]

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^^ lol couldn't agree more I just didn't want to waste my time while Said OP is squeezing out ever inch of power they can I in I90 gear otherwise BIS am barely having to do anything and still be able to do my job. Don't get me wrong all the power to the OP for trying to think out of the box but need to prepare for bad criticism when doing it I still think like I said above WHM's should nvr tank.

[Eclips]

I'm a ps3 player, also you just confirmed my point. Even with a tank build, you can still heal fine. So if you want to be an idiot and make a stupid tank build then power to you.

What's your point then? The reason we get new gear is to make the fights easier / quicker, not harder and longer. You don't have to be tanky to live through any of the fights except for having 4k hp on twintania. When you say things like "I stack hp on my WHM" its like saying you stack dexterity on your dragoon. It just makes us think you're stupid and we're going to have to work harder to complete the fight to carry you.

[yondaimeflash]

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yet you and Pakuda don't get it there are pugs out there like the idiots I dealt with last night that go into a fight blind who do not do there research so your healing tank method will fail.

[yondaimeflash]

What's your point then? The reason we get new gear is to make the fights easier / quicker, not harder and longer. You don't have to be tanky to live through any of the fights except for having 4k hp on twintania. When you say things like "I stack hp on my WHM" its like saying you stack dexterity on your dragoon. It just makes us think you're stupid and we're going to have to work harder to complete the fight to carry you.

I couldn't agree more Why make a fight long and annoying when you can geared properly and do it right you can be done fast.