Learning to Tank

[Cigaran]

Well the archer in my group was level synced. So is it really ok, to let that mob go to them and not worry about it? Would they be able to handle it and not die?

BTW, since I got a level 34 CNJ/WHM it makes sense that I go GLA then PLD. But is there skills I should try to get from the marauder?

Speaking as a BRD, if you can't pace your DPS in order to let a new Tank learn their role then that's ALL on the BRD. I've ran an ilvl85 set up through Sastasha with a GLD that was running it for the first time. I pulled off of them once and that was due to me not paying attention. Had I wanted to, yes I could have easily burned it down without issue.

Far too many get in to the "Me, me, ME!!!" mindset and forget that you're playing as a group and are supposed to be working together not trying to see who has the biggest e-peen.

What do you do when the heals feels like they are coming in late? It is not like I am losing 70% of my hp in the first 3 hit, but more like I am taking a beating for like 8 seconds from all the mobs and boss and I am at less than 40% and I don't get heals until like I am at 20%. What should I do? Run? Heal myself? Or let it wipe and maybe that will call the healers attention?

I know as a healer doing DPS, I've sometimes made some tanks feel very uncomfortable because I have let their HP drop, so I suppose that might explain what I am encountering. So should I ask the healer to focus more on heals? Or is the healer worried about aggro from healing and holding off on the heals?

When I'm running WHM, I know I have a tendency to keep an eye on what buffs the Tank has up. If I know they're going full on defense, odds are I'll toss Stoneskin and Regen at them and then start helping deal damage. When I see they need healing, I'll start back in. A lot of that is me learning the flow of how best to work a WHM while not just standing back and spamming Cure over and over. Another thing I will do is keep an eye out for the Free Cure proc. If I see that, and I know the Tank isn't fighting something that is likely to kill him in a second or two, I'll let their health drop down a bit more than normal and then drop Cure II when the proc timer is almost up.

As for being worried about healing aggro, my comment about pacing comes in to play here again. You can monitor where you're at as far as Emnity goes. When I notice I'm starting to get in danger of pulling off the Tank, I'll throttle my healing unless doing so will result in a death.