Quote Originally Posted by Ftail View Post
I’m so sick and tired of the fools who tell to me to, “Heal more instead of dpsing”. If I let the tank die in a leveling dungeon, fine, feel free to to tell me that. When I use benediction when the tank is at 20%-30% hp, that is planned, not panicked. When I’m in a leveling dungeon and I let the tank drop to 40%-50% hp to combine an afflatus spell with an OGCD and get the tank back to full that is not me panicking. If the tank spams clemency or a red mage vecure, because they don’t want him near 50% hp, I’m still going to wait for the tank to drop down to about 20%-30% to bene him. That’s the tanks and dps’s choice to not trust their healer. Wait until someone dies to start berating the healer, seriously.


Ironically a physical ranged DPS set me off and not a tank or a red mage. Props to the tank who pm'd me afterwards to tell me he appreciated me after I left. Sorry for the thread, I just really needed to rant.
For a while, at least last expac--didn't really see this in ShB as much, many healers prioritized damage over healing because that was basically the expectation. I had quite a few tanks ask me flat out (as healer) to please keep them healed and they were grateful for the assurance that I prioritized healing over damage. As a dps, I can't tell you how many times an over-pull in a leveling dungeon ended in a wipe. A lot of people get nervous if they see the tank low or see-sawing--whether you have control over the situation or not.

However if no one died then there's really no cause for complaint. Their nervousness is not your problem but I would have probably thrown them a heal as rdm as well because low tanks in leveling dungeons especially are just asking for a wipe.