As a tank, why am I expected to heal?

[CrimsonThunder]

Today I got kicked from a Fractal run because I wasn't throwing out pots at the BLM, I argued that the cooldown for pots makes it hard to effectively heal as a tank and keeping up with the WHM's DPS was making life harder.

That's not all, last week I got kicked from a Bismarck run because I didn't have Clemency on my DRK, I've never felt so ostracized since my WAR days when people only wanted PLD's. Now they've made PLD's the ultimate healer so I struggle to get parties on my DRK. I really don't want to re-roll.


Why is it like this? I signed up to play a tank, not a healer.

[Krylo]

What even is this thread?

Who uses potions for healing? Who complains about people not using potions for anything at all in dungeons? Who kicks Drk for not having Pld's heal--that is much less effective in any tanking situation, due to interrupts, than Drk's self heals and isn't even cross-classable?

Is this supposed to be a satire/parody on the 'healers not wanting to DPS' threads?

Because that's the only thing I can think it MIGHT be, but I can't tell which side you're making fun of because it's all nonsense. Which makes for poor satire, so I doubt even that.

What is this madness?

[Kuzonoha]

I'm sorry you had to experience this.

Fractal is such an simple dungeon that you shouldn't need to be using pots like that, speaking as a mere i181 DRK. Did anything go run in the run? I've never been kicked for not having Clemency and I wouldn't even consider it a must have for DRK. Unless someone can correct me on that.

To answer your question, I don't know. Unfortunately problems like this is why there is, and always will be, a shortage of tanks.

Edit: Not sure if trolling or not, if you are, you're part of the problem.

[Andrea]

Im gonna assume this is a troll post.

[Purrfectstorm]

I have your story beat. Today I did Fractal as a SMN and my Titan-Egi got kicked for not having Provoke. Fortunately, my group forgave me for bringing along such a newb Egi (they even thanked me for keeping up heals so the WHM could dps). After the run, I did have a talk with Titan-Egi. I gave him a simple ultimatum: git gud or delete himself. I thought the matter was dealt with. However, Titan-Egi chose option #3 instead, which was to come on the forums and complain. You might have seen Titan-Egi's thread earlier. It was "Why am I expected to have Provoke?! I pay my sub so I can play how I want!"

[LaylaTsarra]

Yes pull 3 sets of mobs up to first boss and heal yourself. Seriously, Git Gud.

[Cromi_Jobly]

Were you that tank that asked me why I was using Grenado Shot instead of AOEing?

[hours]

Man, I totally feel you. I was doing undersized Ifrit (story) as a SCH when my party called me out on my low heals. They told me that their static PLD normally heals for nearly 5k! in comparison to my measly 3k physicks and 2.5k adlos, and that they were going to rep me

Like, I thought I was there to DPS????

[Shyluv]

Were you that tank that asked me why I was using Grenado Shot instead of AOEing?

Ooh. Are you the mch that was in Neverreap about an hour ago, that carried that lagging monk? If so, you did an awesome job. (Not being sarcastic)

Or maybe you were in Saint. I've been paired with many machinists today. I just know your name is very familiar.

On topic: this thread has got to be a mock-troll thread.

[Cromi_Jobly]

Ooh. Are you the mch that was in Neverreap about an hour ago, that carried that lagging monk? If so, you did an awesome job. (Not being sarcastic)

Or maybe you were in Saint. I've been paired with many machinists today. I just know your name is very familiar.

On topic: this thread has got to be a mock-troll thread.

I was in EX roulette all day trying to get rid of my last 180 piece of equipment. Almost every run was worthy of a comment, but the AOE one just took the cake.