Why do tanks no use coold downs?

[Taika]

So yes, I play a devils advocate here. Is using the cooldowns "casually" a sign of a good healer/tank?! It may be, if they are used properly, that is. But is not doing that signs of a bad healer/tank?!...Possibly. Not necessarily. How cooldowns are used is based on factors that are out of the healers/tanks control. They need to "adapt". That's why I disagree with you saying that not using cooldowns is sign of a bad healer/tank. Not because it is inherently wrong, but before it is not clear enough. They need to be properly timed. And for that, one needs to KNOW about the dungeon, the party and their own limitations in respect to it. The cooldowns may be short, but they do not necessarily have to be usable in every battle. A mob may take less time to clear, while the cooldown may have been used about halfway into the battle. That means that you won't have it for most of the next battle. Maybe there are these bee's with their Final Sting (which is very much survivable by the way) and the DPS just refuses to kill them fast enough. Happened more than once in my parties. So the cooldown may be used at the end of the battle. Admittedly, there is quite a lot of time after the bees where it wouldn't really be neccessary (except for another Final Sting), but hey. Stuff happens where you may end up having these skills on cooldown for most/all of a battle. And that is with planning ahead.

Final sting isn't something you use a cooldown for, it's something you stun. :P In any case, as we're talking about easy content here (like you said, not even expert dungeons), there's nothing there that you can't clear very well with standard use of cooldowns on each pull (rotating them so you'll have something up for each pull), even on your first run. And as saving them is more likely to get you into trouble than save you, there's no reason to do that. Apart from maybe Benediction, Hallowed ground etc. that you normally use routinely in content you're familiar with. You don't need to "properly time" Sentinel or Tetra, for example. You can and should use them in appropriate situation on the first pull they're up for.