Quote Originally Posted by Seshayn View Post
... the FACT remains that I know dozens of healers who do not appreciate STR tanks when they go into the DF. The reason they do not appreciate these STR tanks has been unanimously consistent among those I interact with. With a primary reason being they can find very little time to incorporate anything other than constant cast healing into their rotation, and the fact that it is just expected of them to tolerate it.
I have done quite a large number of Expert Roulette runs as DRK, with 3 different gear sets (4F/1S MT, full slaying, and the 3S/2F mix I use for Alex Savage) and recently I've found something: Even with me in full slaying gear, plenty of healers of all classes have found time to DPS while keeping me alive. I think I even remember a pre-buff AST popping gravity a few times while I was in slaying gear once. Go figure.

tl;dr: Maybe your healer friends are still a bit undergeared, or maybe they just need to get more comfortable with their abilities, and learn how to tell if their tank is good or not (and trust the tank if he/she is) after the first pull or 2.

--Erim Nelhah