Thread: 2.0 coming up on first birthday -- DPS queue issue still not addressed.

I hate the DPS queue as much as everyone else.. But how should SE fix that 99% of the players prefer to play DPS over tanks and healers? Ok, an actually fun tank job would maybe make me go tank, but it is against my very nature to stand and get hit by stuff. ~I am a coward...~<3

There's only so much SE can do to encourage more people to level up Paladins, Warriors, White Mages and Scholars. The rest is up to the community. Adding more tanking/healing jobs would do very little (at best) to alleviate long queue times for DD classes.

So, yes, the root of the problem is the players. Hell, I would tank or heal (I personally love the play style of the Marauder & when out in the field I'll toss a Physick out on others when I'm a Black Mage) but I'm reluctant due to the animosity that the community has towards each other. Nobody wants to deal with a tank or healer that's new. And a tank & healer can read all the guides and watch all the videos available but it doesn't compare to first-hand experience, which is how one truly learns.

Originally Posted by Garlyle

Well, it might in that a lot of players will take them up because OMG SHINY NEW CLASS.

Yes, until they leveled up this class to 50.
Then they would be back to a DPS class, because they learned that the community don't want newbie tanks in their speedrun parties.

I think if they allowed people to change classes, while in a dungeon, would help decrease the wait in queues. And maybe premades not be stuck with the trinity setup, and allow chocobos to fill the gaps.

Originally Posted by Kazamoto

Aht Urgan erased any pain DRG, RNG, (Colibri Party) and MNK (Salvage all the things) felt.

Then added a class, and piled all the hate and pain onto it, no matter how awesome the class really was, if played properly.
-A proud lolPUP

Thankfully, after I suffered with my MNK, I realized that I really was more of a healer/support person anyway Took up WHM, BRD and COR. Never had issues after that. For people in XIV, i would recommend trying out a healer or tank if you can stomach it as it will make your time tome farming so much more bearable. We all have the jobs we love, but sometimes it just makes sense to have a job you can pull out for quick queues and what not.

You know the sad thing is this could probably just be solved by making all the classes stronger and then making the enemies stronger to compensate. Back in 1.23 Warrior was ridiculously OP. Had more hp and took less damage than Paladin, did more damage than some dps classes, and could fully self heal itself by hitting multiple enemies at once with steel cyclone and that buff that makes your next weapon skill heal you a certain amount (forgot the name).

Thing is while it was OP it was actually le gasp fun to play as. Much more fun than the weak shell of itself it is now that feels like it does far too little damage with that giant axe it uses. If instead of nerfing everything to death for the sake of "balance" they would balance everything by making something powerful and then buffing everything else to be in line with it and then buffing all the enemies to compensate, the classes would be more fun to play and we may actually get some fun and challenging fights in the game for once.