Roles need to be changed to better reflect the game.

[MikaIto]

when guides usually start out with Auto Attacks are "fluff" damage tanks should be pushing there dps when there isn't a "Tank Buster" thats usually a good start for hey this encounter is just dps check oriented

[TaleraRistain]

Trinity was described wrong; it was Tanks, Damage Dealers, and Support (iirc, according to the original EQ lead dev). Healers fell under support, so if you want to split em it was four class types.

Yeah I noticed this as well. I was an enchanter back in EQ and we were part of that game's holy trinity.

The lack of support classes and abilities is something that makes FF lack, even when I like so much else about the game. There is no real crowd control. I don't even bother having Repose on my bar anymore. I never used it. I DPS as a healer because I don't have enough in my toolbox to do otherwise when everyone is topped off. I would love support skills to maintain like Haste, or the Nul- or En- spells. I know the En-spells exist in game. I've seen NPCs use them. I would definitely get behind a change in healers that let us fill a firmer support role in the party.

I'd love more buffs for my bard side, too. But I'm used to things like EQ bards and they are a much different animal.

[Atoli]

I DPS as a healer because I don't have enough in my toolbox to do otherwise when everyone is topped off. I would love support skills to maintain like Haste, or the Nul- or En- spells.

Well, we have AST's cards.
Short-term buffs like Haste, Dmg+, Def+ and the like. Yeah, they are RNG and you can only use them every..20? seconds or something, but their micro-management is closest to what you seem to want from a support type healer