Why you should play a healer!

[Cynfael]

In short this depends too much on your party to say healing is always easier, at least in my experience.

I appreciate the reasonable response, so let me explain briefly:

When I stated that healing was mechanically simple, that’s exactly what I meant. I took care to specify this, but at least one other poster still managed to misconstrue what I wrote as some kind of criticism or attack on the healer role.

My opinion is that SE keeps healer and tank roles less complicated by design to offset the greater responsibility and broader range of actions they carry. Contrast with a DPS job like MNK, which has both timers and positioning to take into account but has comparatively minimal interaction with the party.