Has anybody tried Frontlines after the update today?

[Baneus]

What? This makes no sense. i have no idea if im looking at a sch/whm or blm/smn or war/pld at a range that would make a difference, what i can do though is read their name plates which show what they are...

Wasn't the original reason so you could distinguish ~ilvl of what you were up against?

Easy. It's going to be ilvl80 or below :P

[AlrikRouge]

Haven't tried PvP yet, but going to tonight.

The opinions above make it sound like a dream come true on DPS que times.

See you all on the battle ground!

[Tsuga]

What? This makes no sense. i have no idea if im looking at a sch/whm or blm/smn or war/pld at a range that would make a difference, what i can do though is read their name plates which show what they are...

Wasn't the original reason so you could distinguish ~ilvl of what you were up against?

Last thing I'm really worried about in Frontline is whether or not my opponent's gear is at the i80 cap (I don't feel like most people would go in without it at cap, anyway...), and their name is replaced with whatever their job is, so the appearance of gear doesn't tell me anything that just looking at their name would.

[Baneus]

Last thing I'm really worried about in Frontline is whether or not my opponent's gear is at the i80 cap (I don't feel like most people would go in without it at cap, anyway...), and their name is replaced with whatever their job is, so the appearance of gear doesn't tell me anything that just looking at their name would.

I'm going to

ilvl63 as a healer, let's see how long I last.

[Kinseykinz]

uhm....we already see the jobs on the NAMEPLATES on BIG BRIGHT red/yellow/blue i barely see what my enemies are wearing....

Don't know about you, but if I see a High-allagan WHM w/ an Ilvl100+ weapon standing right beside a WHM in i70PvP gear and a i90ish weapon, guess who I'm going after first. Glamour doesn't exist in PvP for a reason...there IS a strat to not only knowing who to target and kill first based on party role...but also based on gear. And well, in the above case, not only can I quickly tell who likely has the more potent spells, and higher vit...but also in many cases, who's got more experience on their role/understands how frontlines works. (Dude wearing PvP in there is horridly confused).

I hate the looks of my whm gear as much as the next guy, but it isn't me hiding anything. People when they see me know: 1. Healer and 2. Decently Geared Healer. Which also hints that I'm likely a PvE dedicated healer as well....vs. the dude in Darklight, or Dungeon drops w/ just a Relic+1 who likely tends to main another role in PvP/PvE ...and therefore might not have the same reaction time/decision making as a more dedicated healer would.

[Rjain]

I hate the looks of my whm gear as much as the next guy, but it isn't me hiding anything. People when they see me know: 1. Healer and 2. Decently Geared Healer. Which also hints that I'm likely a PvE dedicated healer as well....vs. the dude in Darklight, or Dungeon drops w/ just a Relic+1 who likely tends to main another role in PvP/PvE ...and therefore might not have the same reaction time/decision making as a more dedicated healer would.

Doesn't matter how good or bad your gear is, you're gonna get blasted into oblivion when a bunch of people pile on you anyway. People will attack you because you're a healer, doesn't matter what you're wearing. Most people in Frontline can't seem to pay attention to what's going on on the map, let alone what anyone is wearing.

It is pretty hard to miss "White Mage" "Black Mage" "Monk" etc. above your head in big letters.

[Mugiawara]

Don't know about you, but if I see a High-allagan WHM w/ an Ilvl100+ weapon standing right beside a WHM in i70PvP gear and a i90ish weapon, guess who I'm going after first.

i have no time to find out whos healing the most when theres a huge teamfight at hand. i would personally aim the nearest healer and go at it.
no offense to the rep but his reponse made no sense as other said...we have huge nameplates hovering over thou head. XDDD

[Warlyx]

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ehm u attack both? so u interrupt both healers and doesnt heal each other , the i70 is going to die faster,because he has less hp and doesnt know how to play his healer to the max yet, but the geared will know how to play and as u said react faster so is more dangerous if left alone , but both attacked at the same time means interrupt both and they try their best to stay alive...and ignore healing others.

in the end u attack white mages / scholars on sight no matter if they are geared or not

[Fated]

Greetings,



To make it easy to distinguish which classes and jobs you are up against with a quick glance, we’ve made it so glamours are temporarily removed upon entry; however, we’ll be looking to remove this limitation once everyone has gotten used to this content.

SE's pearls of "wisdom" never cease to make me /facepalm.

[Kazami]

Yeah but, you cannot see nameplates from far away distances.