Quote Originally Posted by Ultima View Post
Because the community has painted healers as these overworked slaves who have to keep the big mean DPS tanks and careless DPS alive, which is just a cover story for healers to be AFK for like 15 GCDs before they need to actually heal again which is usually just a Cure II away from being back to AFK. While Tanks get screamed at if the mobs are facing the wrong way, they're pulling too little or too big, or... well you get the idea. Tanks have to do everything that DPS do + Tank responsibilities even when people want to be casuals and refuse to do meta things like drop Tank Stance, it is apparently too stressful for them.

So, they swap to Healer where you can mash Cure 1 and keep Medica II up the entire time and people will commend you despite the fact you did nothing but watch netflix.

Source: I'm a WHM main since launch and my friends who haven't healed think it's difficult or scary but once they try it, they discover I'm doing nothing but reading or watching stuff on my other monitor whilst throwing DoTs and rocks between heals.

At higher level play, healers still have a tremendous amount of downtime and once you understand how powerful your heals are, things that drop tanks or the entire raid to no hp become as simple as 1-3 AoE heals depending on your job and Co-healer's cooperation, it's really sad watching a Cure 3 and Assize top off the raid.
Ok, I am going to accept your post as an exaggeration. If you feel otherwise, then come along with me while I am tanking. I will put you to work, I promise. I suggest you bring your whole healing kit as WHM. You are going to need it if I am tanking.

One thing I love doing as tank is pushing cocky healers like you. As a healer main myself, there is nothing more I enjoy than putting one in their place while tanking to let them know that they are part of the team, not a god.