To new healers.

[RaquelleAvarosa]

Dear newbie healers,

If your tank loses threat on his mobs, and they come towards you.

DON'T RUN IN BIG CIRCLES!

Doesn't help AT ALL. Just go to the tank and let him grab aggro back. You make both yourself and the tank look like circus clowns when the mob chases you, and the tank chasing the mobs in circles.

Sincerely,
Vet healers, melee classes.

[Fynlar]

But when else am I going to fire up my Benny Hill theme?

[Ilitsa]

But when else am I going to fire up my Benny Hill theme?

First thing I thought of as well when I read the OP =D

[Nekotee]

I second that a lot !

If you take the aggro, be the be(a)st !
Unleash the inner warrior in you and show the tank how to tank
Heal yourself and spit at the face the monster that try to have a piece of your Ass
Prance on the battlefield with your fabulous steel-pants
And remember, the heal are the one who decide who win the battle !
And you're not going down until you choose to go down.

[Imakun]

OR you could say f*ck it, heal yourself, pop CS and show 'em how it's done with a Quickcast Holy > Assize > Aero3 to grab EVEN MORE hate, turn off cleric stance and tank like the true boss that you are.

[Shiki_Lockhart]

OR you could say f*ck it, heal yourself, pop CS and show 'em how it's done with a Quickcast Holy > Assize > Aero3 to grab EVEN MORE hate, turn off cleric stance and tank like the true boss that you are.

I had to giggle but you forgot to add divine seal and presence of mind to make heals even more potent so more hate and cast also regen and asylum on top of it

[Imakun]

I had to giggle but you forgot to add divine seal and presence of mind to make heals even more potent so more hate and cast also regen and asylum on top of it

That's the spirit!

[Laerune]

This should apply to the dps aswell, I remember losing agro back in my tanking newbie days and the dps players would always run away from. Today, I was doing a dungeon and I was going to do a big pull, then the healer threw a regen one me while I was pulling the first mob. The rest of the flock turned their agro towards the healer and started running towards him/her. I tried to cast a flash or shield lob, the healer kept running away from me, which made the mobs run away from me aswell. After 5 minutes of running around like headless chickens, the healer noticed I was running after her and she/he finally stopped running and came to me. I got agro, explained him/her to not regen and always run to me when they have agro and we moved on and finished the dungeon without any issues.

[AutoWhit]

I remember a few times, in other games, I would end up sitting in the middle of the room waiting for whoever it was that took aggro to stop running around so the tank could catch up and grab the mob. In fact, until I'm comfortable that the whole group is knowledgeable enough about basic crap like this I won't use any gap closers.....I'll save them, in case I need to chase something down after the tank regains aggro.

[tinythinker]

Dear newbie healers,

If your tank loses threat on his mobs, and they come towards you.

DON'T RUN IN BIG CIRCLES!

I am a "in my first month of the game" healer. I try to run any mobs that spawn and fall for me over to the tank, but in some boss fights the tank is busy and lots of enemy AoE is going off around the big bad so I may have to kite a bit while a DPS kindly nukes whatever is chasing me.

But yeah if the boss gets frisky with me I run straight at the tank, often hopping like a bunny. Or in that Big Bridge fight like a frog.