Over-healing should not generate extra threat

[Dale]

I don't understand what's exactly wrong here for you. If the tank is being overzealous in his pulls, or pulling while you have regen up, run with him. That doesn't limit his mechanics, or yours. And I know for a fact you don't fear Melee range. Sure, you get hate for a moment, that just means you're in control to where the monsters go. It'd be worse if my Eos caught attention from whispering wind and I don't have the opportunity to micro her next to the tank causing the tank to move.

But here, you're in full control over that circumstance, Dale. It's not limiting you. If you want to keep Regen on your tank, you know what's going to happen. Maybe pop a stoneskin on yourself and, heck, get a good holy in so that the mobs are stunned long enough to be flashed.

Question though, Why White Mage? I thought you loved Sword and Board.

It depends on the tank. Yes, a skilled and experience tank can deal with it usually. But if it's a new tank still learning the ropes (which is often the case when doing random duty finders) it can turn into a nightmare. It doesn't matter if I run with him or not. Besides, I always stay relatively near the tank anyways during most instances because I do like to use Holy. But you can't use holy when a half dozen mobs are beating the crap out of you (not to mention that creates quite a bit of threat in itself and might compound the problem). And 90% of all tanks are over-zealous with pulls. That's the norm on this game.

The problem is regen creates an imbalanced amount of threat right at the start that many tanks struggle with. It's just a nuisance, and holds back the gameplay. It would be far better just to make a regen pulse that does 0 damage cause 0 threat.

And I also play a black mage. I don't play a paladin because that's what my friend plays. You may remember him. Called "Dest" for short. ^^