Which Tank job do you think is harder to heal?

[Torunya]

Hey healers!

So this topic came up in my static today, as I was confronted with a rather blunt statement that one tank job (Warrior) was "harder to heal" than the other two. I am personally under the impression that the differences aren't that significant, as it comes down to the skill of each individual player behind the job rather than the job alone. But I would love to hear what the healer community thinks about this.

Is one tank job harder to heal than the other? If so, why do you think so?

[HPDelron]

Played well, I don't find any particular hard to heal. DRK seem to suffer the most from "Gotta pull 3 packs, use no defensive CDs get real salty when you can't keep up despite being the minimum level to enter the dungeon" with WARs being marginally better about it.

PLD generally seem the most willing to keep a reasonable pace and actively use their CDs.

[Raminax]

Depends on the content.

Generally speaking, for content that requires a bit of concentration, I don't find any particularly large discrepancies in healing the tanks, unless the encounter's design heavily caters to a particular class (Sheltron/Inner Beast available for every tank buster, as an example). People that do well at stuff like Extremes and Savage are competent enough to not be complete dead weight.

However, for casual stuff like roulettes, I find Warriors a pain compared to the other two tanks. The short uptime on their defensive cooldowns is troublesome if trash packs don't blow up quickly, and stuff like Tetragrammaton and Asylum loses a lot of power because Defiance's healing boost doesn't affect Abilities. Combined with the absurd health pools that Warriors have nowadays, Abilities feel even less impactful. That said, a well played Warrior probably stands out the most of the three tanks, too, so there's that.

[Jhett_Magnum]

War was the hardest while leveling my healers but mainly because they were full str right side and used no CDs.

[bounddreamer]

The tank that is hard to heal is the one who isn't using cool downs appropriately.

[Kaurie]

All tanks are equally easy to heal, unless the tank is bad - in which case all tank jobs are equally hard to heal.

[Ghishlain]

Any tank is hard to heal if they aren't playing properly though PLD I would define as the most idiot-proof of the three and DRK the least idiot-proof.

I actually find it a bit more mentally taxing (not necessarily harder) to heal DRK when I'm on WHM because I try to use my Holy Stuns in a way that won't overlap with their Blood Price activation so they can maximize their MP. This can lead to obvious issues when you're dealing with a DRK you're not used to playing with and they don't seem to have any rhyme or reason when they decide to activate Blood Price. Thankfully this issue is only a problem for WHM (maybe AST if they use CO during the time that's active).

[Tanathya]

War was the hardest while leveling my healers but mainly because they were full str right side and used no CDs.

That's what made it harder, not the fact that they wore STR. Full VIT would've meant a hit, maybe two more hits.

[Fived]

I hate hate HATE healing tanks that think they should put stone skin on themselves before every pull in 4 man content. The way I see it, if I need SS to keep you alive in this content, then I will give it to you. Meanwhile, we are clearing this content and no one is dying, why come to a complete stop between trash pulls just so you can have a little buff. Things I hate about each tank:
PLD - Stone Skin Junkies.
WAR - Running in circles trying to attack mobs
DRK - Living Dead when not needed

Just generalizations of each class, obviously skill > class. But those are my pet peeves. But a tank that keeps agro like a fat kid with a cookie... love em'!

[Tanathya]

I hate hate HATE healing tanks that think they should put stone skin on themselves before every pull in 4 man content. The way I see it, if I need SS to keep you alive in this content, then I will give it to you. Meanwhile, we are clearing this content and no one is dying, why come to a complete stop between trash pulls just so you can have a little buff. Things I hate about each tank:
PLD - Stone Skin Junkies.
WAR - Running in circles trying to attack mobs
DRK - Living Dead when not needed

You can't hate them based on what you listed. PLD can Stoneskin themselves as they see fit, all of the tanks need to move in circles in order to avoid multiple AoE's when there's a big group, and WAR especially since they need to Overpower, and that's conal, and Living Dead is barely ever needed, it doesn't hurt anyone and if you see that up, you might actually have like 15 seconds of ignoring the DRK completely, so if anything, it's a gain for you as a healer.