The Healer Double Standard

[Ilenya]

Have you ever considered that vocal tanks don't represent every tank?

You tell me I get more traditionally tank stuff like counter attacks, target debuffing, ally protection, and short term active mitigation, and I'll be the happiest tank.

With a comment like this, I have to ask...Is it normal in most MMOs for 'healers' to really just...Heal? Is that common? I came from City of Heroes before this, where even the most healery of healer sets had buffs to utilize and attacks to work with.