Ok so for one looking at Thief with transfusion, with them running zerker gear and scholer runes they get a wooping 2889 healing with the 9 pulses o boy so much healing there and that comes every 12 3/4 seconds. That is so much healing so much......While my build preventing 33% damage on a calculation of 1000 damage. Prevents 330 damage per 1000 over a period of 15 seconds total, i provide max barrier to them with almost every application of it, and heal for over 12K with well of blood. Everyone that has commented on this are just lemmings, you follow the META because you think META is the best well META is not the best because there is no best build just best at and best for. In my game play i like being the tank i like being able to take the heavy hits ans stay alive while all you zerker viper fools are dead. In the long run my DOT is hire than yours. So again since i prevent more damage can take more damage can heal just as much damage if not more, and in the long run do mare damage my build is over all better. Yes Minstrels gear is a viable and i very well may go that way. However my T4 runs are fine with me tanking and healing and in a raid being able to do both of these jobs will open up the option for something else to come into the team. But since i do not run raids because i do not think i am an Elitest i do not care what ppl that raid say. Because until you have tried the build in a raid you will not know now will you. And yes raids are marked as exactly what i said they are ppl that think they are elite, because you have to run the exact build that they want or you can not go and they is total BS. Which is why ANet needs to make more solo content, with either henchmen and heroes or just pure solo content to get legendary armour. Anet also needs to remove all time gates for legendary trinkets as time gating is not a good way to say hey good job staying with it to get the trinket, it is just a way to make players mad.