Is it bad to only like DPS?

[Xiao_]

All roles have negative stereotypes about the people who main them, and even though the stereotypes are often true you're fine so long as you don't live up to them

[Tizzy_Tormentor]

Me and my mates enjoy variety in our roulette, so we go as whatever we feel is best, sometimes we go without a tank just for a giggle.

Overall, I enjoy doing roulette as a Bard and Scholar the most, but I can do any other job I have geared up just fine.

[Rhaja]

I have the opposite problems. All my friends want to heal. Dungeons take forever x_x

[Thunda_Cat_SMASH]

Nah, nothing wrong with loving only the deeps classes. I myself love tanking or dpsing, but healing is the worst. XD Don't even have time to enjoy myself, just constant stress from being expected to be perfect at all times as well as pushing dps, even in PUGs! It's a shame because I like playing astro and their card system, but the community can be such a pain.

[Awful]

I like playing all 3 but as a tank I can't really speed things up that's the DPS job + the healer if they have time to DPS my favorite DPS for dungeons is probably summoner I love destroying everything and using Bane + Deathflare. My heals go to is either Sch or Ast since I can bring the DPS on either or I can support a DPS on my Ast, Whm is in the works but it has Holy + it's own burst DPS so i'm looking forward to that.

My advice is just play what you feel comfortable/enjoy playing only you know what you wanna play, if you're like me who enjoy being a good DPS and pushing numbers/supporting the group then I understand completely we tanks can only do so much.

[Connor]

I think one of the strong points of the game is that you're free to focus on whichever role you prefer If you aim to do harder content such as raids then statics may prefer if you're more flexible, but with such a large community I don't think it'd be a problem to find one that can fit your preferences.

just constant stress from being expected to be perfect at all times as well as pushing dps, even in PUGs! It's a shame because I like playing astro and their card system, but the community can be such a pain.

As someone who prefers to play healer or support classes I can empathise with this. It's unfortunate that not everyone is willing to be accepting of other's playstyles, but I think the game design only exasperates people's expectations of healer dps. As a healer I tend to focus on maximizing dps because it's expected of me as opposed to actually enjoying it, but I think this is a problem distinct to healers as well.

[UnaLihzeh]

It's not bad at all. I only like healing - I have no interest in tanking and DPS is hard for me to focus on so I get bored. IU also have chronic health problems that make focusing on the party much easier than running around going after adds, etc. My husband exclusively plays BLM (and is very good at it, gets coms every duty finder run, because it's ALL he does so he practices a lot). There will be those who have issues with it, but those are mainly a small amount of the hardcore community. At the end of the day it's a video game and you should play it the way you enjoy it.

[Ametrine]

I think most of us feel the same. We'd rather our fellow players stick to the jobs they enjoy.

If that's the most popular job, so be it. They're popular for a reason!

[The_Shang]

Oh yeah, I prefer DPS *way* more over tanking and healing. I main Bard, and it's what I use to clear the lvl60 content with.

That said, I'm not unwilling to try new things. Lately I've been playing White Mage often (recently got it to 60 as well) and find it really easy compared to the Scholar I was using. I also have a Dark Knight leveled, but I started to dislike it when I got back to the game because it feels clunky to me (I dunno how I even managed to clear Heavensward with that job).

I'll be leveling a Warrior next, to see if that's something I like. Personally, I like to keep all my options open so I can fill any spot (though I fill a DPS slot anyway with my regular party, with a set White Mage and 2 who switch tank roles now). Even if I'm not good in a particular role, there are always some that give me advice on how to develop in that role. It's what motivates me to try something outside my own comfort zone and it helps me grow as a player.

tl;dr
I vastly prefer DPS over other roles, but I'm open to playing healer or tank.




Just don't trust me with raids/trials, I hate doing those as healer/tank.

[Alisane]

Are you my sister from another mother!? I can't stand being a DPS myself either.

Sisters! I am TRYING to branch out by leveling Bard. I like playing songs to support the party! Pretty sure I still suck, though.