Tank or Healer alt for Myth/Philo farming?

[EinSoFZ]

Tank is still instant for me. My whm usually needs to wait about 10-20 mins.

Yeah, this is pretty accurate. Tank is after all the most sought after job to complete a party. So Tank would probably be the better choice if you're looking to farm tomes quickly.

[Devilray]

Go PLD
Join a WP speedrun
Make a macro that uses flash every second with Rampart and Sentinel weaved between
Gather mobs
If your MP gets low, pop an ether / riot blade

I wouldn't do that. U want to save Rampart and Sentinel for specific pulls...

[Kuvu]

Easy mode would be scholar as was mentioned. Just let the pet heal and cast when you feel like it.

[Kuvu]

Tank is too much of a pain if your looking for easy mode really the main pain is dealing with idiots in the group.

[Skindef]

Need more tanks...

[GeilLega]

Tanking moderately well requires a lot of keyboard action, tanking well / doing real speed runs is pretty tough trying to watch Netflix...

You're not going to hold agro with pure flash spam on any decent DPS, and they are going to get annoyed when they constantly peel off of you. Scholar is probably what you want here, as your party members will hate you the least in that role.

[Capita]

Yeah I don't mind a queue as long as it's shorter than DPS. I considered tank when I posted this but I really can't see how a tank can go through a dungeon with only half of his attention now, which is pretty much my purpose. I do want to be lazy farming for tomes, because it's not exactly a daunting task as much as it is a tedious one.

As far as healers go, I did hear SCH was easier to just have pet do most of the heals, but I also hear it's more button-mashy than WHM. I also hear the fairy isn't too great at semi-solo healing AK/WP until you're in full DL?

[Capita]

Ah, that explains it. Thanks. To me an alt is another character, not another job. Especially in a game where you're meant to level multiple jobs on the same character.

ALTernative character

ALTernative job

The key word here is "alternative", abd the subject is interchangeable depending on context. Shouldn't be an issue.

[Lollerblades]

sch is easier then whm, I sit in cleric stance most the dungeon tossing DoTs and stuff while fairy heals....only do stance dance on boss fights. Although for WP speed runs I prefer to be whm as tanks HP drops fast when has 8-10 things hitting them so sch more frantic for healing that.

I don't find it that bad, lustrate , Adloquium. Set Eos to.steady rouse and whispering dawn.