This is basically the core reason why tanks and healers will never agree on how to fix healersThe core responsibility of tanking is to hold aggro, to direct incoming damage towards yourself instead of letting it hit the party, or failing that, to try and reduce it.
Restoring HP to yourself or the party has nothing to do with that. That's for the healers to take care of. That's why they exist in the tank-healer-DPS trinity.
Tanks think that being an off healer is part of their role design while healers believe that tanks should hold agro and allow them to heal
As a healer main in this game for nigh on 14 years all I can say is that I’m tired. My role has been eroded of complexity and expression for 3 expansions. I’ve watched the tanks do my role for me for 2 expansions and my feedback and critiques continue to fall on deaf ears.
I have no idea who modern healers are designed for but I know now it’s not me. This is the first expansion I’m truly considering dropping the healer role and not returning, so if that was the goal- congratulations I guess
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