DPS is flat out stupid. Bring back DD

[Mugiawara]

Honestly, I don't care how long it's been around. Damage Per Second doesn't make sense as a role descripter. Never did, doesn't now, won't for the next 7+ years. I really don't understand how DPS even managed to replace DD to begin with.

Then Jesus, call it DD. What's stopping you?
Now I know you're being serious. Who cares?
We all know what it means anyways. Someone who deals damage.
If people don't know go "DD = DPS" or vice versa.
You're not going to force people to say a term that you prefer.
Just like when people say 'Toons' [And that bugs the askdjkasdjk out of me]
I'm not going to tell people to say characters. Not that big of a deal guys.

[Zigabar]

And no, please don't use "deeps". People sound like they are trying too hard when they do. Save that for the next mmo era, so we can all not throw up when we hear it in this one.

BUT MUH DEEPS!!!

[Remus]

And no, please don't use "deeps". People sound like they are trying too hard when they do. Save that for the next mmo era, so we can all not throw up when we hear it in this one.

Don't hate on my deeps.

[Anlerian]

It's language from multiple sources. Chances are if you played FFXI you are "DD" because people there used that term.

If you are a former WoW player.. or played basically anything that isn't FFXI, you are DPS.

[MrPresident]

DD sounds really stupid.

[Alexander_Dragonfang]

If you are a former WoW player.. or played basically anything that isn't FFXI, you are DPS.

Never played WoW, played a metric f**k ton of MMORPGs. XIV is the first place where i see DDs being refered purely as "DPS".

[thunderbreak]

I think the title DPS is very fitting. But in the context of the type of player.

I just did Weeping City 2 days ago, and the douche bag team I was in didn't socialize, didn't do mechanics, the only thing they did is compare their dick size in a parser. Zombie adds keep wiping raids, Void Fire blowing people up. Monk tries to be "meta", fell off in Ozma triangle mode twice. Bard refuses to sing song for me even though I was empty on MP rezing these assholes over and over.

Then I did Weeping City again yesterday on my alt, this dragoon on the team is typing in /a of how team C should just kill themself because they are dead weight, and the entire raid can't do damage worth of shit. Then once we get to Ozma first he falls off, then he plants the add on the right side and kill half the team.

If the role of a tank is to hold aggro, stay alive, and do mechanics, a role of healer is to keep people alive, do damage if possible, and do mechanics. And the role of DD is to do damage, support, and do mechanics. Then the role of DPS is just simply attempt to kill something before it kills them, then post their parser result in chat, or tell other people how inferior they are. They only care about damage per second.

To quote the great Chris Rock, there's black people, then there's N****s. And in this case, there's DD, then there's DPS.

[TheMax1087]

Dps makes more sense than DD in a game like this where everyone can deal damage.

[Alexander_Dragonfang]

Dps makes more sense than DD in a game like this where everyone can deal damage.

DD makes more sense than DPS in a game like this where everyone can damage per second.

[TheMax1087]

DD makes more sense than DPS in a game like this where everyone can damage per second.

Everyone can deal damage, everyone can damage per second, but only a dps can deal more damage per second