Regarding healers acting as DPS

[Aika_Nakamura]

Main WHM here.

When it comes to DPSing, I never let a tank drop below 50% when doing so. While I'm not running something as simple as Copperbell NM (and I have three regeneration spells to put on said tank), it is still something you generally should not do. I'm currently levelling up a tank and noticing a lot of healers are simply not keeping me above 50%, thus causing me to pop cooldowns when they're too busy either just doing nothing or DPSing. I'd like to note that the former is the most often case, though.

So, try to put yourself in the shoes of the tank. Would a tank like being at 25% HP? I don't think so. I don't think your kick was warranted, but I do believe you should not let a tank drop that low. It's just something to make the tank feel comfortable.

I'd also like to note that a tank being at 25% HP is generally dangerous no matter what you do. As their HP gets lower, there's an ever-increasing chance for them to die. What if you miscalculated the damage? What if you disconnected, thus the monsters didn't die fast enough? There's a lot of other factors that simply rules out leaving a tank at that low HP.

EDIT: Gods, this thread is starting to look toxic.