Roles need to be changed to better reflect the game.

[Kosmos992k]

>.> you are playing with words and i have taken scholar as example cause it's my main but heal/dps works for whm and ast too.....just saiyan.

The game gives us some dps skills so why we shouldn't use it.

Those skills are there to let us complete solo content. They are secondary. By all means use them if you wish, but they should always be considered entirely optional in group content.

The game gives us knockback skills. Everyone rages if you use them ._.'

I call unfair!

This tank doesn't rage if they are used strategically to pin things against the wall for a while...

[SchalaZeal]

No, they said they were adjusting tanks damage formula. It doesn't necessarily mean a nerf of any kind. And it'd be a really bad idea because tank DPS is still needed to clear A3S/A4S.

They'll also adjust savage in 3.15 if clears aren't higher.

[Jim_Berry]

Or just have everyone do everything and call it a day. It'll be like FF7 all over again where I can have everyone play exactly the same.

In Elder Scrolls Online, everyone can be every role. However, the way it's set up, everyone WON'T PLAY the same.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

In Elder Scrolls Online, everyone can be every role. However, the way it's set up, everyone WON'T PLAY the same.

Based on how people want everyone to follow video strats to the T for this game, I'm pretty sure everyone WILL play the same here if we can be a master of all

[Jim_Berry]

Based on how people want everyone to follow video strats to the T for this game, I'm pretty sure everyone WILL play the same here if we can be a master of all

Yeah...good point!!

[Nektulos-Tuor]

As evident with the people on this forum, I believe that role names should be changed. I think it will clarify a lot of questions the fan base has and would let SE finally come to terms with the game they made. Here are the roles and their new names:

Tank ---> DPS that can take hits
Healer ---> DPS that can heal
DPS ---> DPS that can't meet DPS checks without the other two roles DPSing

I know the names are long, but I think it would completely help people understand the horrible abomination that this game created in regards to roles. I know now that I will never be a tank and I know now a healer will never be allowed to be a healer. They must DPS. They must use the skills that were implemented to make it easier for them to solo content in dungeon/raid content so they can finish a dungeon an extra minute or two earlier while putting those two classes under duress while DPS continues to chug along with no issues.

So...

Brawler
Cleric
Life Support

Your making this hard. =p

[SonKevin]

You mean that game where you only needed 1 healer, 1 bard, 1 corsair, 2 samurai and a thief for every ounce of content?

Well, replace the thief with another samurai in the second and third party if an alliance is actually 'required'.

That hurts my DRK heart so much. So many night sitting in my mog home waiting for that party invite that would never come. That's the true suffering of the DRK.

[Tilgung]

That hurts my DRK heart so much. So many night sitting in my mog home waiting for that party invite that would never come. That's the true suffering of the DRK.

To be fair, you guys did have a perma-spot if you were appropriately geared for a good while. Admittedly, appropriately geared meant a 100mil+ weapon. Or a weapon, that during the time it was king, involved getting and entire Dynamis Linkshell (36+ players) to dedicate about a year to obtaining for you.

LOLDRG for life, except for the time in Abyssea where the extremely rare Ryunohige Dragoonss were the absolute strongest DPS in the game by miiiiles. In Abyssea.

Because XI did everything right.

[Calypsx]

Those skills are there to let us complete solo content.

This is never stated anywhere in the game though.

[NFaelivrin]

All of this about the trinity makes perfect sense, from a theological point of view: