Tanks

[Rizzo_]

Just going to put my opinion here... Am I the only one who seems to think there would be more people playing a tank job if they looked more appealing? I'd love to be a tank but I just feel the two current tank jobs we have now just don't appeal to me as much as a DPS would or a Healer. I believe if the tank jobs had let's say wielded a greatsword or something else more exciting id definitely be a tank but hey thats just my view.

[Doo]

Nah every mmo there's a shortage of tanks.

Getting hit while not doing much damage back isn't as appealing as doing big dmg with less responsibilities.

[Rizzo_]

Nah every mmo there's a shortage of tanks.

Getting hit while not doing much damage back isn't as appealing as doing big dmg with less responsibilities.

I know theres a shortage of tanks on ever mmo and it depends how you look at it damage isnt everything since tanks are without a doubt the most important player on a team

[OPneedNerfs]

Most mechanics look like this in MMOs with the holy trinity:

Tank dies, hard to recover or complete wipe.

Healer dies, hard to recover or complete wipe.

DPS dies, rez or no rez instantly won't matter much, group recovers as if nothing happened.

It just takes a special kind of person to take up the responsibility of tanking or healing. Sadly, there are less of said kinds of people than there are of people who just want to burn the target, dodge stuff, receive win.

[Rizzo_]

Most mechanics look like this in MMOs with the holy trinity:

Tank dies, hard to recover or complete wipe.

Healer dies, hard to recover or complete wipe.

DPS dies, rez or no rez instantly won't matter much, group recovers as if nothing happened.

It just takes a special kind of person to take up the responsibility of tanking or healing. Sadly, there are less of said kinds of people than there are of people who just want to burn the target, dodge stuff, receive win.

This is it exactly. The DPS role seems too easy at times compared to Tank or Healer since there's barely any responsibility. I would definitely pick up the tank role in the future if I find a tank job I like

[lololink]

This is it exactly. The DPS role seems too easy at times compared to Tank or Healer since there's barely any responsibility. I would definitely pick up the tank role in the future if I find a tank job I like

Except that's not that in reality, look at titan, one death, whoever it is, means wipe.
Same for all DPS Check.

[ZeroRains]

Just going to put my opinion here... Am I the only one who seems to think there would be more people playing a tank job if they looked more appealing? I'd love to be a tank but I just feel the two current tank jobs we have now just don't appeal to me as much as a DPS would or a Healer. I believe if the tank jobs had let's say wielded a greatsword or something else more exciting id definitely be a tank but hey thats just my view.

I play both warrior and paladin, and enjoy both a ton better than healer or dps. You get to deal with more mechanics, positioning, its basically a dance you do to keep the mob at bay while your team kills it, and your the director.

[Lucke]

Tanks seem to get more drama for anything that went wrong. Most people are like "screw this" and play DPS instead. It is hard to take all the hate when something goes wrong.

[Aicasia]

Most mechanics look like this in MMOs with the holy trinity:

Tank dies, hard to recover or complete wipe.

Healer dies, hard to recover or complete wipe.

DPS dies, rez or no rez instantly won't matter much, group recovers as if nothing happened.

Any fight where this is true is a poorly designed and tuned fight. If too many people in any role die its hard to recover unless there is an excessive enrage timer and very little damage coming at the players.

Generally bosses hit hard. That is what makes the tank important. The role is to literally soak damage so no one else does, you can't honestly think people don't play it because of responsibility or any of that garbage, right? The only role with any ACTUAL responsibility is the healer, and even then the responsibility only exists because you have one job. Everyone has one job. It's not some magic thing where suddenly tanks and healers do more work than any other member of the team.

Everyone has one job, if they screw it up they put everyone else in a difficult position. Where people got the idea that tanks and healers are harder to play/take more responsibility is beyond me.

[Rizzo_]

Except that's not that in reality, look at titan, one death, whoever it is, means wipe.
Same for all DPS Check.

But that's only in one aspect and also titan is more about skill rather than jobs