Oh Lord!

[Saseal]

I did try the holy thing (wait a moment, regen, CS, SC, holy several times, off CS and heal if needed.) There were no deaths due to that so that was good too. I'll try to work those in more. And Benediction. I have to remember Benediction!

Grats on minion and new weapon!
Pretty much what you listed out will end up being the status quo once you're nice and geared sometime after 50 (in fact, it feels too easy, now... what happened to the mobby CureII spam heart attacks I used to enjoy? ;-; )
Just remember that your weapon will always be your most important piece, next to body/legs/leftside and you'll be good to go while you're going down the road to harder content xD

Also, it sounds a bit like the tank was either really squishy and pulling more than they should have been; did NOT learn the party's limits the first pull; or weren't using any CDs o_O Every now and then, when I get a squishy tank, I'll take a quick few looks to see if they're even using CDs of any sort.... (just keep in mind that the time of first glance and see nothing, I like to give benefit of the doubt that their buffs may be on cool down)