If tank damage is now based on VIT, why do healers still have Cleric Stance?

[Synrin]

Both now have a stance to swap between DPS and Tank/Heals without the need for different stats. It's leveled the playing field.

You didn't think this through, did you?

This is pretty much the answer to this thread. Ever played as healer?
If they removed the cleric stance I would be very disappointed (as a healer who uses it in various occasions). It gives healers freedom and a lot more possibilities in both dungeons and when playing solo/questing. I don't see anything wrong or unbalanced with the stance. Might be I'm ignorant.

[Lemuria]

If they removed the cleric stance I would be very disappointed (as a healer who uses it in various occasions).

You mean kind of like they did for PvP, which caused a mass-exodus of healers from any and all Frontlines matches? Talk about the proof being in the pudding there!

Anyway, yeah. Now both healers and tanks have their 'DPS stance'. The main difference is that tanks previously had to gear differently to do this, while healers did not. Now tanks can stick with tanking gear and get all of the benefits of good damage along with their crazy defense and HP. I'm very interested to see what it does to my Paladin, since I have always geared for Vitality, and I'll be more than a little disappointed if it amounts to a tiny damage boost.

[Synrin]

You mean kind of like they did for PvP, which caused a mass-exodus of healers from any and all Frontlines matches? Talk about the proof being in the pudding there!

Anyway, yeah. Now both healers and tanks have their 'DPS stance'. The main difference is that tanks previously had to gear differently to do this, while healers did not. Now tanks can stick with tanking gear and get all of the benefits of good damage along with their crazy defense and HP. I'm very interested to see what it does to my Paladin, since I have always geared for Vitality, and I'll be more than a little disappointed if it amounts to a tiny damage boost.

I don't PvP.

[Thunda_Cat_SMASH]

You mean kind of like they did for PvP, which caused a mass-exodus of healers from any and all Frontlines matches?

I don't really care about most of this, but I have to point out, the reason WHY they removed Cleric stance from Frontlines is specifically because healers were not only nigh impregnable (There was nothing more horrifying then seeing a party full of 8 WHM, talk about unkillable), they were singlehandedly wiping out entire alliances with a mere five or six members, and not even the best players could actually kill a healer during that era. The reason pretend healers stopped queueing for Frontlines is cause they couldn't abuse their overpowered attacks and actually had to, you know, contribute to survivability instead of trolling. SE saw how it was being abused, and removed it.