Quote Originally Posted by Penthea View Post
Look I agree that healers should do more than just healing if their current situation allows for it...but a tank who does zero dps is a bad tank because the second any very skilled dps comes along they'll rip aggro from them. To solidify threat on themselves tanks need to use the threat combo or hope no one in the group is very good at pumping out damage. Whereas a healer who only heals isn't going to get anyone killed. They just make the fights last longer.
Actually, they won't. I can hold hate without even keeping my tank stance on, though it can get dicing trying that. Abyssal Drain, Overpower and Flash generate enough aggro even good DPS won't pull if you spammed them. A tank who does this is equally as bad as a healer not DPSing. People have to expect FFXIV isn't WoW or any other MMO where healers do minimal damage. You can certainly argue healing is far too potent and healers shouldn't have the downtime they do, but that is a different discussion.