It STILL works perfectly in games that have lasted and continued to release content long before WoW was even a dream in some solo players head.

Quote Originally Posted by Inflorescence View Post

In order for a support role to be viable, it has to enhance the abilities of your party members at pretty close to exactly the same magnitude of your lost DPS (because you just can't do it without a healer or a tank, without some massive defense buffs, which would totally imbalance the game). Any higher, and parties quickly become, "[tank][tank][healer][healer][dps][dps][dps][<specific support class>]," and that kind of job obligation is exactly what FFXIV has always (rightly) striven against.


Bard says hi.


[tank][tank][healer][healer][dps][dps][dps][bard]