What generates enmity?

[Blessedbythesun]

Newbie healers haven't progressed far enough to know this yet and probably haven't been told. That's a little harsh to call OP out for being stupid.

Besides, I have been a suspect in pulling initial hate several times while trying to prebuff adlo when the tank seems to ignore it and rush in for the pull.

[Viviza]

It'll happen from time to time that you'll be doing something just as the tank pulls. It happens. Just don't keep a regen up.

You can fuss about with cards, heals, and buffs, on targets not engaged in combat, and none of the monsters will notice. It's only when you initiate a pull or interact with someone already in combat that monsters will register your actions (edit: exception -- bosses automatically put everyone in combat). So you can usually draw cards safely provided you haven't healed anyone yet.

Random aside: if you're low on MP, you can just idle outside of combat for a bit. You regen MP much faster out of combat, and aren't technically in combat until you get yourself involved. It may look like you're being lazy, but it's effective!

[Parawill]

mp-please had a good chart for you, but its worth noting that AoE heals generate aggro per person healed for every person that has aggro on the enemies (basically meaning AoEs generate a lot of hate).

As for Stoneskin and your cards, they basically generate 1 point of enmity, meaning anything anyone does will pull hate off of you--but positioning of the enemies is the tanks job and if you pull the mobs before he can tag them with a Flash, Overpower, or whatever, then it can get messy. Use your cards BEFORE the pull or AFTER the tank has aggro, not while he's first running in. Also worth noting is that people think regens build a lot of aggro but that's not really true.. they're only an issue in the aforementioned situation where the regen is ticking as the tank tries to pull

In addition to this, having a Summoner, Scholar and/or Machinist in your group adds an additional person as turrets and pets get hit by AoE heals as well