Question to healers

[ZephyrMenodora]

I don't do this because this is not my playstyle as a healer. I'm a very risk adverse person so will keep all dps full and typically stoneskinned and the tank above 70% if possible. If the tank is particularly competent, I will let them go to 50% but not lower.

This may sound bad to some people, but I prefer to be sure no one dies than to add my own dps and then have to rez someone. If a group wants me to dps more, then the following should happen:

1. DPS should move out of AEs or scripted events that cause massive damage. If the DPS is good at this, I can dps more and worry about them less.
2. The tanks should be using defensive cooldowns on pulls. A lot of times they don't use any at all until bosses. Therefore their hp plummets and I can't safely go into Cleric until there are only 1 or 2 mobs left to kill.
3. The tank should pull only as much as they are geared for. Undergeared tanks pulling everything possible will result in my needing to heal 100% of the time and sometimes Benediction to avoid their death.
4. Some tanks run off before all of the mobs are killed, chaining pulls and leaving no chance to get out of combat. If this happens I can't DPS because Shroud of Saints by itself isn't enough to keep my MP high if I never leave combat.

So, how much I can DPS does often depend on the competency of those around me. Some groups are great and I can get quite a bit of DPS out. Others...not so much.

PS: I also have only been back in game for 1 month and just got Heavensward, so I don't know all the instances like the back of my hand. I am not 100% sure when large damage will come, so I choose to be prepared by keeping HPs high. I don't even know what a tankbuster is - do these happen outside of raids? If they do I haven't seen much of a problem because I typically keep HP on the higher end.