What is your preferred area of expertise, Tank, Healer, DPS or Crowd Control and why? #PRF #MMORPG #MMO #communitymatters
I love being a jack-of-all-trades kind of a role. A utility role. A support role. I guess in that regard, as defined in the question, DPS or Crowd Control.
I remember back in the DAoC days when the guild I was with was rotating through the realms and in the one realm I had chosen a mercenary type of warrior (sorry, can't remember the actual role). I believe it was the King Arthur guys. While they could deal out damage and had some range-blocking capabilities, they were horrible at toe-to-toe melee and would routinely get crushed. So I would hide back from the front lines and stand with the clerics. When a rogue or some other sneaking class would get in close to the healers I could smack them silly. At the time this was a tactic that only our group implemented and it was a fantastic method to play. Mostly because it wasn't a tactic encountered routinely so would also take other groups and realms by surprise without being able to counter.
I like the element of not necessarily being the focus of attention and getting all the glory but more of being in the background and saving the day when it matters most. Or of supporting the group such that when in the group it isn't necessarily recognized as being much of a contributing factor until not in the group and the group has a harder time or a longer struggle and then the utility is much recognized and people are thankful when present.
The Monk page currently offers Off-Tanking and Utility as Group roles..
Ranger page currently offers Ranged DPS and Utility as a Group role..
Rogue page currently offers Utility as a Group role..
So I'm torn. But I'll go with Utility for now. :)
I don't have a single prefered role anymore, I like dps, support and healing all very much. I guess my least favorite role is tanking, but even that I like somewhat. It's really hard to narrow down on any of the classes yet, I can tell you :) Hopefully once we learn more about the classes, choosing will become easier.
played a sworddancer (tank) in WAR...specced him for 2hand and full dps
played a cleric (healer) in vanguard..specced him towards dots....
i just cant fight it....i'm a DPS...i want to be at the top of the dps-meter....*i could cast another fireball but i might pull aggro off the tank* *pulls aggro off the tank* *nooooo* :P
what's wrong with me?!?
:D
Kilsin said:What is your preferred area of expertise, Tank, Healer, DPS or Crowd Control and why? #PRF #MMORPG #MMO #communitymatters
I gravitate towards roles which help. I usually Tank but I thrive in a role when I can both tank and heal to some extent. Why: I am an Advocate and a protector in real life. I care a lot for people, even people ive never met.
-Todd
I almost always end up with a paladin main.
I also almost always have a healer that is practically a second "main". Usually a cleric-type.
(Note: In Vanguard my disciple was arguably my main and the paladin was my second).
Then I'll have at least 2-3 alts doing other roles, because, altaholic. The only reason I don't end up with one of everything at some point is because of limited character slots and my obsession with crafting :)
I prefer a dps class. Wizard to be precise.
I will also alt a tank.
Like Zorkon I am a Wizard type player. I like pushing DPS to it's aggro limits. I don't mind being a utility either because it makes finding groups easier. Never been much on healing, I have been main tank in raid settings in EQ and I enjoyed that a lot. But the funnest times I've ever had was early EQ (release-PoP)playing a Wizard. After that Wizards kinda fell behind some to rogues then eventually zerkers.
I was always flirting on the hairy edge with aggro on raid mobs.
Most often, my main is a healer with a secondary as a tank (of shadowknight-style). Then I have a million alts of all different flavors so I can understand the classes/races better.
Previous mains: EQ - SK Iksar, SWG - Dancer/Teras Kasi/Sniper Human, EQ2 - Warden Dark Elf/Shadowknight Dark Elf, Rift - Cleric/Justicar/Sentinel Kelari, SWTOR - Sith Inquisitor/Sorcerer (healing branch) Pure Blood.
Also, I enjoy pure healers over the DPS healers if given an option.
Tanking, provided the classes are interesting and approached in an innovative way. And I gravitate towards the least played class, or the "harder" and more "broken" class. It gives me joy to be chosen as tank, playing the "broken" tank, over the other guy who plays the safe bet.
Wusses.
Puller :-) EQ1 Monk puller for life :-)
In D&D I always played fighter both as tank or dps.
In MMO's I usually play dps or tank. When I play tank I love to play non-traditional tanks that are not sword and board, for example druid or monk tanks in WoW rather than warrior or paladin.
When I play dps I enjoy all the different classes both range and melee :-)
I've also played healer but don't enjoy the playstyle as much since it's much more reactionary rather than pre-emptive. Tanks do have reactionary elements but not quite as much as Healers.
Crowd Control seems more like babysitting. A very important role, but seems like it would get boring after a while and in some ways it's just too much responsibility cause if you screw up everyone dies.
GoofyWarriorGuy said:Crowd Control seems more like babysitting. A very important role, but seems like it would get boring after a while and in some ways it's just too much responsibility cause if you screw up everyone dies.
Agreed. The idea of playing Crowd Control myself scares the crap out of me.
I've never been able to pick just one. I enjoy tanking, dps, and cc equally...anything that lets me deal directly with the enemy. The only thing I'm not fond of is being a main healer because I'd rather fight than heal. :P But I have great respect for healers and know what a tough job it can be.
I'm also always a fan of classes that can do a little bit of everything.