Are healers lazy or do some really live by "I only heal"?

[Astral145]

meh I just heal and sometimes pew pew if the tank lets me... but if the tanks pulls every mob from start to boss well I guess i'll be healing instead of pew pewing.... unfortunately I've run in the more heal heal category then pew pew category... for some reason I usually run into the full throttle dps mode tanks that don't even bother throwing up the def buffs or anything else... so all I can do is heal heal heal.... so yea either way I could care less.

[Februs]

meh I just heal and sometimes pew pew if the tank lets me... but if the tanks pulls every mob from start to boss well I guess i'll be healing instead of pew pewing.... unfortunately I've run in the more heal heal category then pew pew category... for some reason I usually run into the full throttle dps mode tanks that don't even bother throwing up the def buffs or anything else... so all I can do is heal heal heal.... so yea either way I could care less.

This is fine too.

Tanks who do "mass pulls" are pushing the party to be better. Holding as much aggro as possible while outputting maximum Dps is the peak of Tanking and forces the rest of the Party to kick it into high gear. Dps have to kill as fast as possible, to help reduce incoming dmg. Healers have to stay on their toes with heals to keep the tank alive, and manage their debuffs/stuns as best as they can. Doing huge pulls is a good way of seeing who in the party is falling behind. If you die but the healer has plenty of Mp, then you know it's the healer. If the healer is bottoming out on Mp and the mob's not dead (or the tank has used more than one set/rotation of buffs) than the Dps are slow. If the tank can't hold aggro or fails to use debuffs, than the Tank sucks. A good sized pull always points out the weak link in the group because it forces the group to do their job to the fullest...

That being said, a Tank should NEVER do a large pull if they can't handle it. Any Tank who does not know how to use their debuffs while maintaining aggro and maxing Dps should stick to baby pulls. A Tank should also NEVER do a mass pull for the sake of their own Ego. It doesn't matter if you can handle it, personally, if the rest of the group will fall behind. It's a team effort. Trying to force the team to be better is fine, but if they can't do it than you're only slowing things down. At the very least, a tank who pulls big should make themselves aware of the average ilvl of the group, especially the healer.