LOLSE, We're not wearing 270 STR to hold hate, c'mon now...

[Poison_Rose]

Why not? I have no idea why you put fun in quotes. Fun is subjective. And I'll say it right now. Tanking is boring as crap in this game compared to TERA. I can watch Netflix while holding aggro and mitigating damage. You don't think it's a valid concern that certain roles are boring and bland without optimizing DPS? I would never try doing that in TERA, because I would get wrecked as a tank.

I was going to make a point about the comment you're replying to yesterday but I ended up forgetting, but yeah my reply would have essentially been this. The game being less fun because of less DPS is a perfectly valid concern, imo.

[Evaddaragon]

The game being less fun because of less DPS is a perfectly valid concern, imo.

... really? I personally never had more fun on the single basis that I did a few more hundred points of DPS. I have fun on the basis of seeing new mechanics, location settings and clearing new content, and progressing the main story. But simply a bit more DPS? Nope. Never.

[PK_THUNER]

A few hundred more dps... it more like 600-800 more dps. My clear time on sss went from 7 secs left to 38 secs left.

[YitharV2]

... really? I personally never had more fun on the single basis that I did a few more hundred points of DPS. I have fun on the basis of seeing new mechanics, location settings and clearing new content, and progressing the main story. But simply a bit more DPS? Nope. Never.

It's not the numbers. It's using your full kit and having fun. I mean, maybe you have fun just doing 1-2-3 and Flash/Overpower/whatever, but a lot of us don't. MSQ was interesting but after you finish the story and clear content, then what? There are periods of content lulls, which is why gameplay should also be engaging.

You know, despite being a dps main, I don't understand this mindset. I mean, I'm as happy as can be when I score a 40k Midare crit, don't get me wrong, but not enjoying a job on the basis I don't see five digit numbers all the time...? As a tank, I have the most fun when I'm holding hate in dps stance and shrugging off tank busters, not because "OMG LOOKIT MUH FELL CLEAVE GUYS"! I don't even care about the numbers specifically, I just like shrugging off those hits like so much chump change.

About the only complaints I could see being valid would be inability to hold hate or broken gameplay mechanics, but lower numbers? Only way I could see that being bad is if you prefer prioritizing epeen over clearing content.

I'll bite even though. I never once complained about numbers (which is why I'm fine with the recent buff) just about using my full kit and having fun. It's equivalent to only having 1 combo and 1 AoE and nothing else on a DPS. Can do that while watching Netflix.

[Thunda_Cat_SMASH]

I'll bite even though. I never once complained about numbers (which is why I'm fine with the recent buff) just about using my full kit and having fun. It's equivalent to only having 1 combo and 1 AoE and nothing else on a DPS. Can do that while watching Netflix.

You say your not complaining about the numbers, and yet you're very clearly upset about not doing dps comparable to a full dps, going off of your own past posts and the posts here in this thread, so which is it? You can't say you aren't complaining about the numbers, while simultaneously asking SE to make your numbers bigger.

[YitharV2]

You say your not complaining about the numbers, and yet you're very clearly upset about not doing dps comparable to a full dps, going off of your own past posts and the posts here in this thread, so which is it? You can't say you aren't complaining about the numbers, while simultaneously asking SE to make your numbers bigger.

See, this is why I said even though.

If that's what you think you misreading my past posts, or perhaps I didn't make myself clear. DPS is nice, as it is king in this game. However, I don't really care because let me tell you I bet I've never even reached 2k DPS on a tank. Why would I suddenly care about DPS? If I really cared about DPS I should be near 3k on a tank like the pro tanks. What I care about is having fun.

I'm perfectly 100% happy with the recent buffs because it allows me to utilize my full kit, which is what I care about. Not the numbers.

[Galgarion]

You say your not complaining about the numbers, and yet you're very clearly upset about not doing dps comparable to a full dps, going off of your own past posts and the posts here in this thread, so which is it? You can't say you aren't complaining about the numbers, while simultaneously asking SE to make your numbers bigger.

NO. NOOOO. NOOOO!



It's about wanting to contribute to the clear, and also about being tired of getting continually punished for playing according to the meta. Not about wanting to be more Samurai than a Samurai.

[Kabooa]

NO. NOOOO. NOOOO!



It's about wanting to contribute to the clear, and also about being tired of getting continually punished for playing according to the meta. Not about wanting to be more Samurai than a Samurai.

The only way you don't contribute to a clear is if you don't do anything.

[Gooner_iBluAirJGR]

The only way you don't contribute to a clear is if you don't do anything.

I'm not sure what world you live in but. . . if you're not doing 50k damage per swing, you're not contributing to the raid. /s

[Zojha]

The only way you don't contribute to a clear is if you don't do anything.

Some people contribute more by not doing anything than by doing something wrong.

It's why people often tell carries in T9 to just kill themselves in the death walls before the meteors pop. That is, of course, if you're "technical" about contributing. Even your passive job buff technically contributes.