Healer & Tank DPS (WoW vs FFXIV)

[Hunky]

Thanks!

Are you talking about 8-man content where there are two healers in the party?

In that case, it is like how jamesoakes said. If it is an older fight and people are mostly overgeared, one healer can solo heal the fight.

However, there are times when one healer might die and that secondary healer becomes the new primary healer.

There are fights that can be pretty punishing and if there were only one healer and that healer dies, it'd be extremely difficult to get through the fight.

It's why we also have two tanks. Apart from tank swap mechanics, a second tank is there to ensure that there will be someone who can tank the boss should the first tank be killed.

[zipzo]

There are fights that can be pretty punishing and if there were only one healer and that healer dies, it'd be extremely difficult to get through the fight.

It's why we also have two tanks. Apart from tank swap mechanics, a second tank is there to ensure that there will be someone who can tank the boss should the first tank be killed.

That seems like a lackadaisical reason to waste a spot on a "extra" healer though.

If your healer dies, maybe it'd be more prudent to consider that a catastrophic mistake leading to a wipe and just move on to the next pull and try again? You'd stand to complete the encounter much more efficiently in the event your healer doesn't make such a mistake, no?

In a world where healers and tanks are optimizing to the point of maximizing DPS, isn't it contradictory to cast a safety net of such extremity for your raid, that of bringing a 2nd healer in case the first (presumedly the only *necessary* one) dies, when they shouldn't?