Why do people hate on tanky healers?

[Lemon8or]

I think the appropriate term for this build is: "oh look at me in i90 gears but really I heal like an i60s with more HP".

[Mimilu]

Troll-bait topic is troll-bait topic... =A=()

[Porkchopper]

Often, to do 2 things at once is to do neither. MMO wisdom is to do one thing as well as possible, because splitting your stats and or skills weakens your abilities. Also, the lack of Swiftcast means if anyone does die, you can't insta-rez. This is a dealbreaker for raiding. sometimes one person down means a wipe. If the healer can cast one macro and fix it, that can save the day...no amount of heal-tanking can make up for this shortcoming.

That being said, you pay the same monthly as the rest of us. Game any way you like, it's just a game. Don't let the haters drag you down. If you are having fun, then mission accomplished.

[Pakuda]

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.

My point is that if you can still complete your run, why not use something unviable, just for the fun of it? Also let me remind you that there IS a double standard for dps vs healers. Healers can afford to lose some of their main stat, it doesn't gimp them that much. That's the beauty of being a healer; it's a SKILL DEPENDANT class. My WHM has 6k hp, and it's absurd, that's why i use it. I accept that it's stupid though, that's why i use it only when i'm messing around

[Dalavon]

Have you ever seen a healer survive a failed hellfire and continue to heal the two tanks and maybe a high hp dps till they get LB3 and revive everyone and make an awesome recovery? ( in ifrit hm of course lol )
Never tried ex yet
You should see how many ppl go like "gg wipe please" then to just say moments later " gooooooo, almost lb3!!! You can do it lol etc. "
its pretty funny to see that in the chatbox?

I\\'ve seen much harder solo things healers have done. In fact I just solo healed Ultima. Not because they died, but we qued that way. Even at almost i90 whm Ultima HM is a pain to solo heal due to it all being magical damage.

[Yumi_umi]

Lol i love it when i see healers complaining about the lasers in ultima HM and how it kills them while they r trying to dodge and cast etc.
Those lasers just feel like a pinch XD
Just slap a regen and medica 2 on urself with divine seal and just heal away at the tanks and party cuz u'll usaully be back up to full full hp after every laser sequence

[Yumi_umi]

Also wait lol.... If the other healer is more" undergeared"than me, lets say running around with mostly CT parts, zenith and mostly DL and some ilvl 90 healer accessories.
Does that not mean we are both equal? Cuz if i went in with my other set of myth healer accessories and a crafted ring with vit and melded mind materia, wouldn't i be considered carrying the other healer due to them being lesser geared than me by default? Like you can't really compare 2 different ( 5-10ilvl difference) people right? It's pretty much given that people have forgotten what its like to not be in a static and LS pugs.

[Yumi_umi]

Also how is it that a healer can dps, heal and tank to an extent where as dps and tanks can't really measure up to that?
Like would'nt it be interesting if dps had their own cleric stance thing where they switch dex/ strength with mind lol so dps can somewhat off heal.
Cuz u always hear, if you are not healing you should be helping out the dps. But u never hear when you are not attacking, you should help heal for dps.
Damnnn you cleric stance buttonnnnn lol u make us do 2 jobssss XD

[Yumi_umi]

Also we get new gear stuff each big patch or 2 is so that the stats won't fall behind as there will always be newer and more stat dependent battles that will require you to have upgraded from the previous patch.
Like it'd be odd if they didn't add attacks that do like 7-8k damage+ It'd mean that u'd need to go gather em new tome gear/ coil gear and put em on

[Kimura410]

Btw I forgotz to mention my pld with 5.5K hp and full mind. I dont need healerz lolz. I just cure 1 myself and if i die its becuz healerz r bad ))) ;() <>