Making Jobs Rotationally Easier in 4.0

[Drakkaelus]

I think that may speak more to how tanking can just be.... boring.

It's a problem most MMOs have had since the beginning. Simply standing there, getting punched in the face and not feeling like you're contributing beyond taking a bullet for someone playing a class with all the, "cool" spells isn't going to sound all that appealing to a lot of players. I think MMOs have painted themselves into a corner by reserving all the fun, flashy stuff exclusively for DPS classes for so long while tanks get...shield bash. Now they're at the point where they have to practically bribe people to play tanks.

I actually like what SE does with tanks here. It's not that I want to play a DPS class, but I'm glad that we're breaking away from the mentality that tanks have to be as dry and vanilla as possible

[Ekimmak]

I think MMOs have painted themselves into a corner by reserving all the fun, flashy stuff exclusively for DPS classes for so long while tanks get...shield bash. Now they're at the point where they have to practically bribe people to play tanks.

Maybe they should make it so that tank LBs are a requisite for most savage content?

I dunno. I'm quite happy to play tank, even if I my skill level is competent instead of brilliant. I think I prefer tanks because it's a lot easier to tell if I'm doing something wrong (i.e. the boss is hitting someone else or I'm dead). With DPS, you can't really tell if you're playing competently or not unless you go into SSS. I suppose healers have the same benefit, but I struggle a lot more with juggling "job role" and "bonus damage" because they have different targets between them.