A Tankless Job

[Enyeto]

The things you listed there don't apply to all DPS. A DPS with zero awareness of his positioning...

Thank you for standing up for the <1%. They do need that justification, which I thought I made clear earlier. Not every dps is like my statement, but the vast majority wait for the top 1% to trickle down information. Of the rest, you can count on 60%-70% not truly understanding the role and how to adjust/adapt. And that will always remain the majority. But dps, vs. healing or tanking is fundamentally easier, with less responsibility.

You may have chosen tank for the wrong reasons and end up bitter in the end...

Thank you for your concern, but I do enjoy tanking. As my personal preference I don't want to tank my entire gaming career. I'd like to play the stabber instead of the stabee for a while, without having grueling queue times and always LF Tank / LF Heals

[Ashkendor]

But dps, vs. healing or tanking is fundamentally easier, with less responsibility.

No argument there. I DPS when I don't feel like having the responsibility of tanking or healing.

Or when there's a bonus for queueing DPS in a roulette. :3

Thank you for your concern, but I do enjoy tanking. As my personal preference I don't want to tank my entire gaming career. I'd like to play the stabber instead of the stabee for a while, without having grueling queue times and always LF Tank / LF Heals

Find a tank buddy. That's the best way especially now that expert/high level roulettes are doable in party.

I agree DPS queues are ridiculous - I did FATE grind from 1-50 on my DRG.

[Enyeto]

No argument there. I DPS when I don't feel like having the responsibility of tanking or healing... I agree DPS queues are ridiculous - I did FATE grind from 1-50 on my DRG.

I think we're definitely in agreement here. I wanted to play DRG also, since Lancer is still my highest class until tonight. In Rift, when you queued for dungeons you would be able to select the roles you are capable of filling. (i.e. If I had a tank build, a healer build and a dps build, I could select all 3 options to queue for.) In this game, you have to 'lock' the role you are queuing with. It would be a nice addition at lv.50 to push all experience gained into a secondary class of your selection, or evenly distribute to all lower than lv50 classes you have initiated.

[VWintons]

I've been playing MRD/WAR since I started back in April and I love it. I don't understand where these ideas of stress and boredom are coming from. Burning through trash mobs does get old, but finding ways to maximize DPS (AoE spam large pulls, optimizing rotations) while holding hate or recovering from/dealing with bad players mistakes/ignorance can keep it interesting.

The real fun is in tanking the endgame boss fights. I don't watch the strategy videos and just learn the fights by trial and error with my FC/pugs. It is VERY satisfying when a group successfully executes your strategy and makes progress in a fight. When you finally have it all figured out and actually clear it, you really feel like you've accomplished something and helped other people accomplish something too.

[Ashkendor]

I've been playing MRD/WAR since I started back in April and I love it. I don't understand where these ideas of stress and boredom are coming from. Burning through trash mobs does get old, but finding ways to maximize DPS (AoE spam large pulls, optimizing rotations) while holding hate or recovering from/dealing with bad players mistakes/ignorance can keep it interesting.

The real fun is in tanking the endgame boss fights. I don't watch the strategy videos and just learn the fights by trial and error with my FC/pugs. It is VERY satisfying when a group successfully executes your strategy and makes progress in a fight. When you finally have it all figured out and actually clear it, you really feel like you've accomplished something and helped other people accomplish something too.

YES. So much this. All of it.

I love brand-new content cause then I get to explore it with my FC with no expectations at all. ^^