A slightly different twist on gearing my tank/healer

[crowdx]

Would it not be faster to fully gear the tank who at that point would not need as much heals once the undergeared healer is dropped back in? The only issue I could see in playing as a full team once the tank is geared would be ICC 5 man dungeons with the lower geared toon might not allow the team to queue for them?

[Shodokan]

Would it not be faster to fully gear the tank who at that point would not need as much heals once the undergeared healer is dropped back in? The only issue I could see in playing as a full team once the tank is geared would be ICC 5 man dungeons with the lower geared toon might not allow the team to queue for them?

Unless you are a super geared druid or pally tank you are always going to need SOME heals. The undergeared healer MAY be enough but it may not be, even if your tank has full t9. We all obviously know that 3-4 passive healers with offhealing can be enough, i assume any healer can match that atleast on the lower end of the spectrum of heals.