Supporter

[Clawsome]

I do remember that Support Jobs are acutaly a goal for Yoshida I can't remember wxactly where I saw that but I did.

[Tyvek]

Everyone keeps thinkinng Support roles but Yoshi P did clearly say Hybrid Role as the new 4th role.

[LadyVaJedi]

IMO that is what a bard is a support/dps role. They should have skills that enhance player stats and health regeneration and magic regeneration

[Spyrit]

I think bard will see more buffs as it levels, keep in mind we are only level 50.

[Spyrit]

In order to balance support class one it has to buff the group and two wear down the mob, if you look at red mage, it buffed the group with haste, barspells, refresh and wore down the mob with dia, paralyze,slow, now haste effects everyone in the group from more damage to more healing to everyone taking less damage, and more resists to debuffs, dia reduced the defense of the mob, so damage was increased via haste and dia. (it effects tank and dps damage, and potentially heals damage) Paralyze and slow reduced the amount of damage a tank took, less healing means more damage from heals.

[LadyVaJedi]

I the Everquest Online Adv. that was the ps2 had the best support damage dealer was the bard. I also liked how each class had two ways that each class/job could be developed. And when you reached a certain level you can develop it even more.

[Duuude007]

SE already hinted at dps no longer taking 50% of the party in the future- that a hybrid role is being considered to shakeup the holy trinity, and fill the 4th (or 7th and 8th) spots.

(Please be excited.)

[Jandor]

Hybrid/Support/Whatever could queue as DPS in 4 man content if it's handled like Bard. Getting a tank/healer/2 bards doesn't render any current content unclearable.

Edit: Also, if it's handled like Bard there won't be any Hybrid/Support/Whatever for pre-30 dungeons so the queues can't be changed really.

[Erudain]

I can't see full support class on 4-man content, his buffs would have to make up for the lack of one DD....if they do that (huge buffs to make up for the lack of one DD) then in 8-man content said buffs would be OP.
Full support class or 75% support/25% dps classes usually work better in games with 5 or 6 men groups (1 tank - 2/3 dd - 1 support - 1 healer)