If you get a tell saying "can you heal?", turn it down, even if you have gone for a so-called "pure" empath build.
It will only result in debt.
Dead Calm's Defender Manifesto
And the best one I personally have used:
Asker: Can you be our Dreck healer plz?
Me: Dreck can't be healed by me. Have a nice day
followed by /hide. Works a charm every time!
Being a kinetics controller I've had some bad comments like:
"What kind of healer are you?"
reply stunned silence.
"Hey there SPEED PLEASE"
reply "sorry mate it only lasts a short while, what do you mean you havent got a travel power?"
I've got more...
Visionist LVL 50 Ill/kin
Adventurist Lvl 50 BS/Sr Scrapper
Destructionist lvl 48 elm/dark armor Scrapper
63 month Veteran
Ahh yes, my memory returns...
Ok I'm the leader so your job is to hit me with heal for the entire level.
Where's the fun in that? Tell you what perhaps I can buff you first so you won't need healing as much... too late you're dead.
Visionist LVL 50 Ill/kin
Adventurist Lvl 50 BS/Sr Scrapper
Destructionist lvl 48 elm/dark armor Scrapper
63 month Veteran
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And the best one I personally have used:
Asker: Can you be our Dreck healer plz?
Me: Dreck can't be healed by me. Have a nice day
followed by /hide. Works a charm every time!
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hehe I say that too, makes me feel more amusing than I am...
"Are you a healer?"
"No, I'm a defender."
"You're [censored], why aren't you healing me?"
"You ignored me when I explained how my (kinetics) healing works and keep aggroing stuff then running away. So I focus on keeping the rest of the team alive."
"Rez please"
"Certainly - take a look at my powers and tell me which one I should use on you to achieve that effect" (Kinetics can't)
Pay attention to your secondaries as well - but if you're going to spend all your time blasting, go and roll a blaster to be better at it.
If your only heal is Radiant Aura, or something else that has to be used up close, then you're going to have to get in and get dirty if you want to heal melee types. No hanging back and just spamming "g4ther 4 t3h h34lz0r n00bz!"
If anyone ever asks you "R u healer????" say yes, pick up a full tray of greens and proceed to hand them out everytime anyone falls to orange health.
If you are a Dark Defender, only help against Psychic Babbage if you are allowed to call the Fire Tank in the team Mr Faceplanty for the duration of the mission +1 hour.
Dead Calm's Defender Manifesto
Sometimes the only way to defend it by handing inspirations to the tank that's standing on you surrounded by +3s.
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If you get a tell saying "can you heal?", turn it down, even if you have gone for a so-called "pure" empath build.
It will only result in debt.
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Or say yes... like i did this morning when someone ask my storm defender, Can you heal?
yes of course, I responded, we stayed alive, it was fun being a charlatan. 
Visionist LVL 50 Ill/kin
Adventurist Lvl 50 BS/Sr Scrapper
Destructionist lvl 48 elm/dark armor Scrapper
63 month Veteran
i liked it when we needed an empath for the hollows trial i had myself hitting myself asking people in the hollows (in tell)
hey what kind of defender r u mate?
a healing one
yes, what kind of healing?
i dont know
followd by me ripping out my eyes and putting them somewhere.
or the one where u need a granite tanker really badly for an AV mish,
what kind of tanker r u dude?
a good one.
o yes, lol i give up.
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we needed an empath
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Gah!!! Noone EVER needs an Empath. Thank god CoV took it out.
Wowie, someone used Howling Twilight on this thread.
If you specifically need an empath or a granite tanker, there's something desperately wrong with the rest of the team makeup which should probably be addressed first. That thing is the team leader.
If you're AFK a lot or have a slow connection - think twice before dedicating yourself to twitch healing!
If it's a tough battle and you're needed to buff, debuff, and heal - don't draw aggro!
Teams that ask for a healer specifically, probably need at least three healers to be remotely viable. Often a single debuffer will do better than a half-team of empaths, especially against much higher-level foes.
Act, then react. Think about who's taking the aggro - watch which teammates take the most damage. Ask who wants which buffs. Very often when I see a large attack about to hit a teammate, I'll fire off a heal just before it hits. The HP boost hits at the same moment as the damage and noone even notices anything happened (so easily done, especially with big-hitter AV's like Battle Maiden or Shadowhunter). Keep your eyes and ears open, and the camera scrolled out.
If things go a bit pear-shaped - concentrate on keeping tankers alive first and foremost. When they drop, it's all over.
Defending's not always about defence - occasionally the only way to protect a teammate can be to draw his aggro - if you're sat there healthy and the blaster's about to kark it, it may be possible to draw whatever's after him.
Healing aura is wasted on auto-fire - it doesn't take a lot of concentration to fire it off when it's necessary. Spamming doesn't say a lot for your skills.
Finally, never EVER take tips on being a good empath from the croatoa TF summon.
DON'T eat muffins while I'm developing you.
Pants! Turkey Magnates! A man in a box! Rogue AI! Come one, come all, to arc ID 10107 - It's [i]'Not as long as some other arcs'[/i]!
As Sexy Lady once said,
"Let Idiots Die"
Golden advice, that will always be gospel to the defending community.
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"Let Idiots Die"
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Are we allowed to rez them after we expalined why they died or is it final?
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As Sexy Lady once said,
"Let Idiots Die"
Golden advice, that will always be gospel to the defending community.
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I was close to this on Saturday night actually. A good team mix (All ATs) and an Ice Tank who kept spamming HEAL. He also seemed to expect me to chase him around the room, ignoring the rest of the team. A couple of warnings from me (One final) and he quit the team... but not before I checked out his build. He'd only taken Hoarfrost from the Ice primary! 
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Are we allowed to rez them after we expalined why they died or is it final?
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rez them when you feel they have been punished enough 
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"Let Idiots Die"
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Not only do I do that to the idiots who seemed to of thought I was going to be their personal empathy defender and always there for them and not the rest of the team, I do that with my tanker. If a blaster opens up with rain of fire before i get to the group i may let him tank and then i send a tell to the defender to say "leave him dead plzzz!". People moan about tankers not consolidating aggro i moan about people not allowing me to herd completely.
I did a test the other day with my trick archery defender and another empathy defender with no tanker in the team and the result was the same as we survived groups with only one of us defenders in use per group. Only with my trick archery atm people can become worrying low on hp before all is dead but i blame flash arrow for not being good enough ( irc is going to be looked at).
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or the one where u need a granite tanker really badly for an AV mish,
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Firstly i cant believe you paste/type your signature in but i have to say imo a good tanker of any kind is capable of any AV as should a team be with any type of defender in a team. Some people may play a certain defender set badly or the team doesnt play to the defenders needs but that doesnt mean the powersets are bad.
He will honor his words; he will definitely carry out his actions. What he promises he will fulfill. He does not care about his bodily self, putting his life and death aside to come forward for another's troubled besiegement. He does not boast about his ability, or shamelessly extol his own virtues. - Sima Qian.
I get the ones....
'are you an empath'? to which I reply 'no are you'?
As for Dreck, had someone /tell me asking 'do you mind Dreck farming'? To which I replied 'No as long as it isn't parsnips'.....I thought it was funny, they didn't get it 
The Good:
Krazy Mary L50 Kinetic defender
Uniqua L31 PeaceBringer
Black Annis L24 Warshade
Krystal L18 Ice Blaster
The Bad:
Frenzi L34 SS/Inv Brute
completely unrelated to defender tips as such but I had a similiar conversation which ran thus:
- Dreck?
Bless you
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we needed an empath
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Gah!!! Noone EVER needs an Empath. Thank god CoV took it out.
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You know i when look at thermal radiation, I feel its pretty much a doctored empathy set.
He will honor his words; he will definitely carry out his actions. What he promises he will fulfill. He does not care about his bodily self, putting his life and death aside to come forward for another's troubled besiegement. He does not boast about his ability, or shamelessly extol his own virtues. - Sima Qian.
my favorite was
Blaster"hey can u rez me plz"
Me"sorry i can't im a trick arrow defender..."
Blaster"i don't understand y u can't rez me!"
Me"dude what would u like me to do shoot arrows in ur [censored] till u come back to life?"
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my favorite was
Blaster"hey can u rez me plz"
Me"sorry i can't im a trick arrow defender..."
Blaster"i don't understand y u can't rez me!"
Me"dude what would u like me to do shoot arrows in ur [censored] till u come back to life?"
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That my friend, is a true classic. 
Pay equal attention to both your primaries and secondaries. One will stop you from taking too much damage, the other will keep you alive.
I hate it when I see another Defender who doesn't pull their weight, especially in low damage teams. A well timed nuke is much more helpful than spamming healing aura or force bubble.