Perfect Tank/Healer Shortage solution

[LionKing]

Before I say anything, I want you to take the moment to think about the time when you had a tank in Duns who could not hold aggro or a healer who could not heal..*.Gasp*...Do I need to say anymore???

[Neo_bahamut]

I think its a great idea for dps ^_^ Lets not pretend here people that there is any major skills required to dps... The ones that cause issue in dungeon most of the time are healer or tanks not knowing there rolls and they get there by FATE grind which we could do to get dps to high level and still not know the roll... they are other methods to get to 50 quickly but this would help queue time instead of doing nothing at all for anyone like the FATE. When dps are noob tank tend to put up tags if they cant even follow that then taking months instead of weeks to get to 50 is not going to cure them of foolishness.

The only reason I can really come up with is that the people who have tons of time to play between FATE grind and dungeons would get everything to 50 in like a week and be bored but the big push back here are from people already there and God forbid the ones that got there waiting forever to queue that they be an easier way now cause that would be the end of the world.

[Moqi]

I think its a great idea for dps ^_^ Lets not pretend here people that there is any major skills required to dps...

Well... not meeting dps checks is probably high up in the list of things that causes a party to wipe (in my experience, I'd put it at #1) so maybe more practice in dungeons IS needed.

[dragonfire8974]

Lets not pretend here people that there is any major skills required to dps

Moggle mog ex and titan would like a word with you. A lot of content a good healer and a good tank can carry bad dps but certainly not all.

Also Levi and ramuh are things I don't have personal experience with, but I think they also require skilled dps

[AmphJaxx]

What's the point of getting a level 50 class you never got to play? The thing is that every single job/role has their own challenges and stuff you need to learn. Saying that DPS-ing is easy-button-mash-nonsense is a gross oversimplification of of the challenge it is to learn your role, let alone your specific job! D:

Anywho, other people have said, there are bad tanks, dps, and healers.. just imagine if they actually let them train their worse class with their worst one!? Think of the Leeroy Jenkins! ;~; *shudders in fear and agony*

Also, it would proooobably reverse the problem, don't you think? Too many tanks and healers avoiding icky queue times? >.>

Work on your stuff! Don't be lazy, and if its due to lack of time, just take it easy, it's a game, there's not supposed to be a rush to get to endgame! Leave your instant-gratification monkeys behind, my brethren! \o/

[MartaDemireux]

I don't like this idea. To be able to level a class without ever playing it just feels wrong. Only way I would be okay with it is if it had strict limitations akin to Supply & Provisioning missions. One dungeon per day for just a bit of EXP.

I'd much rather RIFT's queue system to be put in place. There you can queue as whatever role you have specs for. All we'd need to do here is put a check box of which class/job you want to queue as. Limit it to 3 selections (1DPS choice, 1 Healer choice, 1 Tank choice). This would help those of us with all 50s get a group and speed up queues for those without. Some days I'd personally love to go DPS instead of heals but I don't want the wait but then end up waiting 20+ minutes for a group because we need a tank, or one time even a DPS! This option would allow the DF to fill up anyway since it could just tell me I have to go as my selected tank or DPS class instead.

[Niwashi]

While the idea of leveling one class by playing a different one is ridiculous, I do wish we could enter DF indicating a set of classes/roles we could run and let it slot us into whichever is needed.

[roninoftagrm]

would be alright if your required to do the level 10-20 guildhests on that class before entering 50+ hard/extreme and coil/tower.

or all guildhests if 35+ have more to teach than the first 6

[Zedd702]

Simple solution is more tank and healers roles need to be added, not free rides with exp to classes that are not being played...

Tanks: WAR & PLD

Healers: SCH & WHM

DPS: SMN, MNK, DRG, BLM, BRD & soon to be NIN/NJA

They should add at least two more Tanks & Healers before anymore DPS roles...

[Hysterior]

Its not a hard concept to hit different buttons to deal damage.

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