Melee classes are sad in CC

[ShinyChariot]

2) crest....why tf was a dps increase tied to a defensive skill...

You pop it before you go in and when it breaks, and your health is falling off and your MP is low (I see so many dummies dying with full MP bars, it's infuriating), or you're gonna die, you teleport away, pop heals, eat a kit, potion, until shield and tele is back up so you can take another dive. In and out, in and out. You're supposed to use it for BOTH DPS and barrier. You can walk and chew gum at the same time. It even has a neat little sound when it breaks to let you know to start worrying about getting away, how nice. RPR is awesome. Instead of being attached to what you want, you need to understand the intentions and then use it as intended. It's very useful, just not the way you want.

3) Had to play paladin bard warrior etc until finally dark knight was announced. Then guess what? They made it a mf tank and was forced to play a non dps for several more years until reaper was finally released as the dps i was praying for dark knight to be. I say all that to say this....people dont care about what the devs intend a job to play like. We choose our jobs based on how much me love it and what role in battle it plays. I waited years to play a dark based dps and after drk was a major disappoint imagine being told to play reaper and a half baked tank or suffer being written off as "unskilled". Ironic huh?

I understand how you feel, and I too find it puzzling the decisions devs make sometimes, but it's not too out there to where it's not too difficult to see where they're coming from.


You're not "Unskilled", this is a bit more complicated than that? I can't tell you to change how you feel about things or else I'd ask if you've tried abandoning your perceptions and expectations that you've fostered over many years.

But for your enjoyment, you'll do enough in PvP if you make the most with what you're given, if you survive, if you're alive to deal damage, if you're smart and know when to min max engagement/DPS/Health/disengagement. Manage your burst windows and compile all your abilities into an explosive moment that all synergize with each other.

You're gonna be a beast on both RPR and DRK.

And you know what the gigachads say, every job is a DPS if you play it right. Tank is just Blue DPS, Healer is green DPS.

You learn how to use what they give you, you're always going to do more damage on a tank/healer than a DPS that chews crayons.

And guess what, even though the numbers aren't the same as a real DPS, it definitely will feel like you're destroying things.