Quote Originally Posted by givemeraptors View Post
For instance, if you play as a DPS/tank, then healer I think it's surprising to see how much stuff you were concerned with as either of those classes that simply don't concern you as a healer and for which you need to have exactly zero knowledge of to do a good job.
I main healer, and I do play DPS; in fact, I'm 50 in all but LNC/DRG with relics for all of them, so I know perfectly well how fights work from a DPS perspective and I can tell you that most fights can be simplified down to "avoid AoEs, kill adds." The fact that you think the same works in reverse says only one thing: knowledge of fights has nothing to do with roles, only players willing to learn all the details.

There's no reason a healer knows the fight better because they're a healer.
In some cases a healer is the person who can know the least amount and get away with it. Same with a tank.
Yes, I think we've already established this Mr. Repetitive. The problem here is that, like AmyNeudaiz is saying, you're arguing against oversimplification of DPS by oversimplifying tank and healer, hypocrite.