Healer Pet Peeves

[Powe]

My pet peeve is when a tank wants me to dps( I usually do) but they don't use any defense cool downs, and they start complaining when I start healing them <.<

[gumas]

Just happened yesterday doing ramuh extreme. Not actually healer "ugh" moment but....

tank still ask us (me and the other healer) to help dps... Like are you serious? With aoe everywhere, tether line, electro ball, thunderstorm left and right where players HP going up and down like economic crisis.... Not counting its pug too. (We got wiped like 3 times before tank just rage quit "noobing" us all)

[UnaLihzeh]

Biggest pet peeve is tanks who don't listen when you say you're not ready and pull anyways. I've taken to just not entering the boss room and letting them die the first time around because if I'm not ready, I'm NOT READY.

[Gemina]

My pet peeves are lack of awareness, flexibility, and growth. Those encompass many things mentioned here already, and each feeds into the next. Finally having had playing roles other than healer, I understand why my own mistakes lead me to not avoiding AoE or using CDs. I understand the reliance on the healer to 'heal' through my mistakes, while making sure they don't have to do it a second time.

As a healer, I am aware that the optimal choice is not always made in the heat of battle, and I am there to make sure we still make it through regardless. But as a healer, don't take that or me for granted. I need to see improvement and accountability on your part if you derp. That is all.

[MrJosh]

My biggest pet peeve is being complained at when I'm very busy keeping my raid alive and wasnt able to put out as much dps when others are getting hurt by AOEs. Happened recently on Alexander NORMAL someone was complaining to me that I didn't put out enough dps. I had dps when i can and the amount of dps that i can do depends on how well we can dance around the mechanics. we cleared the fight with no problem and no wipes (besides letting him die)

[FunkyBunch]

When you're casting Stone Skin because the tank is doing huge pulls and then he runs out of range =/ Not just once, but three times.

[bounddreamer]

Tanks who use zero cooldown. I had one yesterday in the Vault. He died three times on trash pulls. None of those were my fault. ._.

[Kerrigen]

I actually got another one. When my WHM or D.AST co-healer only cares about nuking and never ever put their HoT on the tank.

Please stop being useless. I wholly encourage DPSing as much as possible, but HoTs are the whole reason you can nuke in the first place, and I'm not a substitute for your Regen/Aspected Benefic.

[Cidel]

When my WHM or D.AST co-healer only cares about nuking and never ever put their HoT on the tank.

Oh Seven Hells, this. If I'm getting delegated to Noct stance if I'm paired with a 2nd AST (who makes no indication of leaving Diurnal upon loading-in), the Diurnal one better be making liberal use of their HoTs.

More co-healer pet peeves:

Second ASTs in general. Cards overwrite each other, if you ever overwrite my Extended/Enhanced Balances/Arrows with something like Expanded Spires/Spears, you forfeited my commendation.

When the duty commences and I cast protect on everyone (yes everyone, nobody is left in a cutscene) and my co-healer feels the need to recast protect a few seconds afterwards. No MP wasted, hardly any time wasted, and yet it feels like my co-healer is going out of their way to overwrite my buff with theirs for god-knows what reason.

"We're gonna get along just fine."

[Pixelmancer]

So guys, what are your pet peeves as a healer?

Mine is basically using the WoW Logic of "You only heal because you queued for healer." when I can DPS for free if there's literally no damage going out whatsoever.

Tanks who don't know what the minimap is and run off alone.
Tanks who think they can pull multiple packs of mobs while undergeared and expect Cure II spam to be able to save them from taking half their health bar a second in damage.
Tanks who can't be bothered to remove a HoT before pulling and get me aggro.
Tanks who never use cooldowns.
DPS who stand in AOE and/or environmental hazards.
DPS who stand outside AOE heal range and make me single target heal them after every raid wide AOE.
Black mages who use Convert while I'm already having a hard time keeping up with healing.