A Tank's revelation

[ArmaDragkun]

A while ago I made a post asking what the deal was with healers always wanting tanks to pull more packs and I appreciated the answers I got, as such I levelled up a healer and jumped into a few dungeons and healers...I understand now.

I didn't realise just how boring it is for you guys if the tank pulls small.

I'm progressing my way through the Shadowbrings main quest so I haven't hit end game yet or even max level dungeons but I just wanna say thanks to all the healers out there who never once got annoyed or angry at how slow I was in those earlier dungeons when I would pull maybe 2-3 mobs and dungeons no doubt took 10+ minutes longer then they should of done.

I always now try to pull at least 3+ packs of mobs (if the dungeon allows!) if I see a non sprout healer in my dungeon. I do slow down if they say it's their first time in the dungeon of course! (Made that mistake once and wiped the group I always check chat at the start of a dungeon now lol)

[SenorPatty]

A while ago I made a post asking what the deal was with healers always wanting tanks to pull more packs and I appreciated the answers I got, as such I levelled up a healer and jumped into a few dungeons and healers...I understand now.

I didn't realise just how boring it is for you guys if the tank pulls small.

I'm progressing my way through the Shadowbrings main quest so I haven't hit end game yet or even max level dungeons but I just wanna say thanks to all the healers out there who never once got annoyed or angry at how slow I was in those earlier dungeons when I would pull maybe 2-3 mobs and dungeons no doubt took 10+ minutes longer then they should of done.

I always now try to pull at least 3+ packs of mobs (if the dungeon allows!) if I see a non sprout healer in my dungeon. I do slow down if they say it's their first time in the dungeon of course! (Made that mistake once and wiped the group I always check chat at the start of a dungeon now lol)

*cries tears of joy* Look how fast they grow up.

It's only matter of time now before you start doing napkin math in your head realize as a tank, you don't have to move out of every AoE because some instances, the damage is so pathetic, you'll start asking if its actually possible to die.



Idk if your healer will like that though...

[Deveryn]

*cries tears of joy* Look how fast they grow up.

It's only matter of time now before you start doing napkin math in your head realize as a tank, you don't have to move out of every AoE because some instances, the damage is so pathetic, you'll start asking if its actually possible to die.



Idk if your healer will like that though...

Any good healer will appreciate and the melees will appreciate it even more. Since I've been done chasing tank achieves, I've gone back to other classes and it's annoying / distracting when tanks move around so much where it's seldom needed.

[_Pigzig]

Its only healers that get bored, I don't like AoE rotation

[Jeeqbit]

It's a good point. If anyone thinks that big pulls are hard then they should consider leveling a healer and not healing until the tank gets below 50%. What you discover is that it isn't very common and without big pulls you probably won't need to heal at all.

Its only healers that get bored, I don't like AoE rotation

I get bored on DPS because doing my AoE rotation on 3 enemies is just boring. Fighting a war with my AoE rotation and knowing it will help the tank and healer to kill them faster though, I find that fun.

[MistakeNot]

It's a good point. If anyone thinks that big pulls are hard then they should consider leveling a healer and not healing until the tank gets below 50%. What you discover is that it isn't very common and without big pulls you probably won't need to heal at all.

Not needing to heal at all sounds like a very good thing to me.

[weebtext]

It's always wonderful to see someone realize just how boring it is when you have nothing to do.

Not needing to play the game at all sounds like a very good thing to me.

Back to Netflix with ye!

[MistakeNot]

It's always wonderful to see someone realize just how boring it is when you have nothing to do.



Back to Netflix with ye!

If you are going to quote me, at least do not falsify the quote.
By lying about what I wrote you have shown yourself to be completely unreliable, so whatever point you were trying to make is null and void.

[MilkieTea]

If you are going to quote me, at least do not falsify the quote.
By lying about what I wrote you have shown yourself to be completely unreliable, so whatever point you were trying to make is null and void.

Healing is playing the game.

By "not needing to heal" you've delegated the healer to pressing a single button on repeat ad nauseam. They do not need to "play the game" on their given class, because there is nothing to do.

[Rinhi]

Not needing to heal at all sounds like a very good thing to me.

if you don't want to heal, why play healer?