Tanks not using cooldowns?

[Culfinrandir]

This is VERY common in expert/60 roulette for me and heavensward content. I usually see cooldowns being used in very early content but thats it. Isn't that part of the fun of being a tank or am I missing something? Please tell me there are other healers paying attention to this and trying to "mitigate" the problem. Especially for newer healers who have to try to pick up the slack while learning on the fly.

I've seen it quite a lot in synced dungeons where the tanks seems to think that because they're out geared they can just do anything. They don't quite understand that syncing lowers my heal ability, including spell speed. I've been abused by tanks who seem to think that I can cast Physick every second to make up for the lower heal value (& complete lack of 49+ abilities) - it just doesn't happen. They, on the other hand, don't see the value in their own cooldowns & mitigation because "hurr derr, I be i220 lvl60, nuffink can harmz". -_-

[Roxas_Andrade]

OP, We can notice this better when a new patch is released.

The people who play everyday and are used to doing things the way they should be will enter the new dungeons using their skills properly, beat them and then they will move to harder content. You will see them in the expert dungeons once in a while, but they will be in endgame most of the time.

As the time goes by, more people unlock the expert dungeons and do the content undergeared. Nothing wrong with it, you just need some extra effort and everything should be ok.

Then a strange phenomenon happens: random people who doesn't know anything about their jobs and surprisingly managed to get the requirements and people who main other roles start coming to the expert dungeons. Then you have to deal with a bunch of people who barely know what they're doing...
When DPS don't use their CDs you may or may not notice, but if a tank doesn't use his CDs, for you as a healer, it will be huge.

I guess there's no solving for this problem other than try and help people doing their best. And healers are the best people to do it, since they have in their personalities the will to help people...

[FinaSel]

When I see a tank not using their cooldowns I just think this is going to be a run with a ton of healing. But I won't stop healing a tank just because they aren't using cooldowns.

I probably won't even say anything (unless it is a low level dungeon) because I'm sure the tank knows exactly what they are doing.

Unless people start dying, I'll just heal the best I can and get everyone through the dungeon safely.

However, if it's a DPS who continues to pull mobs before the tank, I will tell them to stop. If they don't, then I will stop healing and reviving the DPS who wants to pretend to be a tank. That really grinds my gears.