I respect healers so much more after playing one (pld)

[Anthal]

I started as a pally on my wife\\'s account and got it to 60 beat hw and decided to get my own acct for my pc, she\\'s on ps4. So, I have a little experience playing tank.

After dabbling as a healer and seeing other tanks...

I do solemnly swear to shield lob every trash pull, flash until I am out of mp, make effective use of cooldowns, provoke the stray that\\'s nomming on your face, and most importantly, dodge the giant orange cones and circles.

Btw, they should give pallys cure 2 instead of flash. Seems to have a better aggro multiplier, lol

[BorisDaBlade]

Oops posted with my 60 acct,lol.

[Santherelle]

Glad you liked it and learned something.

It will take you a while but you will eventually adapt to good and bad tanks with ... I'm not gonna call it ease.. but with familiarity.

[mp-please]

After dabbling as a healer and seeing other tanks...

It got worse after heavensward came out.
I don't know if it was due the whole dps full str warrior bs or if it was for the DRK hype but it's rare to DF and find a decent tank these days. It's a nightmare, it's even worse if you want to do as much dps possible because most tanks run in full str and don't want to use defensive cooldowns at all.

[technole]

Glad to hear it! Always nice to see the flip-side

Everything sounds good, except flash until out of MP. Once you get hate secured, keep hitting the trash instead, use CoS on cooldown.

It got worse after heavensward came out.
I don't know if it was due the whole dps full str warrior bs or if it was for the DRK hype but it's rare to DF and find a decent tank these days. It's a nightmare, it's even worse if you want to do as much dps possible because most tanks run in full str and don't want to use defensive cooldowns at all.

It's all the above. I notice I'm joining way more in-progress HW dungeons leveling up my last tank.

[Aomine1992]

Oh your in for a treat these tanks get much worse in HW lol all I can say is just heal like your life depended on it cause a lot of them won't be in tank stance but will pull huge mobs...and guess what you won't see a single CD used haha but healing is fun I tried it after dps and now have all three healing classes.

[BorisDaBlade]

I was in full vit gear with my pld and still super squishy. I am only at i150, but I don't want to even attempt fractual or neverreap. ACRF was bad enough on a healer, lol.

I really hope I can get better as a healer. I did titan nm with my lv 35 whm and it was the worst healing experience so far. 4 wipes and every one my fault. Lol. Just got to git gud....

[GeekMatt]

I was also a PLD main gone healer (WHM, then SCH, now AST) though I continued to main PLD for 2 years until I hit 60 and thought it was time for a change. Now AST 186 PLD 174.

Learning to heal had a huge impact on my tanking. I was a decent tank before but being able to recognize and adapt to incoming or ongoing healer strain will definitely improve anyone's game. Titan can be a bit of a challenge for anyone new because it's the least forgiving of the sm primals, but once you're use to it the whole fight slows down for you. Garuda is the WHM-specific challenge, run that in DF a few times and you'll suddenly recognize the importance of mp management. You can blow your mp easily in that fight the first time, but before you know it you'll be Holying the plumes and casting multiple Raises without issue.

[AskaRay]

Sorta the reverse for me, I picked up a tank for experience and it really helped me with my healing, knowing what tanks go through.. yikes