Results 1 to 10 of 200

Hybrid View

  1. #1
    Player
    Deusteele's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2013
    Posts
    195
    Character
    Qarin Lor'rissan
    World
    Ultros
    Main Class
    Conjurer Lv 100
    If players aren't forced to bring a support, they won't. Why would they bring 50%-75% of a dps/healer when they could just bring a pure dps/healer? We've seen, first hand. on the goddamn front page right now, players dropping extra roles in a fight to clear it faster with a "burn it" mentality.

    http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-single-healer

    How many times do we have to bring events like this to peoples attention that players will drop non-dps roles to kill boss faster.
    (1)

  2. #2
    Player
    Shadex's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2013
    Location
    Limsa Lominsa
    Posts
    215
    Character
    Shadex De'marr
    World
    Seraph
    Main Class
    Gladiator Lv 62
    Quote Originally Posted by Deusteele View Post
    If players aren't forced to bring a support, they won't. Why would they bring 50%-75% of a dps/healer when they could just bring a pure dps/healer? We've seen, first hand. on the goddamn front page right now, players dropping extra roles in a fight to clear it faster with a "burn it" mentality.

    http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-single-healer

    How many times do we have to bring events like this to peoples attention that players will drop non-dps roles to kill boss faster.
    People will also not take members that have not cleared an instance previously. People will also kick members that are not geared to their satisfaction or worse... watch the cut scenes... *gasps* People.... are DBs. Why should the players that want to play support classes be punished because other players are too impatient or self-focused to consider taking on content in another way other than the boring done to friggin death 'throw tons of DPS at it and hope it dies before we do' mentality.

    Anyone consider that one of the reasons tanks and healers are in such short supply is because DPS players cannot be bothered to take their feelings into consideration for two seconds and realize keeping all that aggro and keeping all those glass cannon DPS players alive is too much stress and makes playing those classes miserable? I never minded tanking or healing in games with decent CC because everything was under control. This put all the responsibility and blame on the tanks and healers to keep us DPS up mentality has a lot to do with the fact that we have no support or cc to ease the burden and stress. Adding those classes will chafe a few nownownowpullnowmoarfastur players but I would put gil on that it would also see the rise of more players willing to take on the difficult slots.
    (5)

  3. #3
    Player
    Granyala's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2014
    Posts
    1,638
    Character
    Ifalna Sha'yoko
    World
    Cerberus
    Main Class
    White Mage Lv 100
    Quote Originally Posted by Shadex View Post
    Anyone consider that one of the reasons tanks and healers are in such short supply is because DPS players cannot be bothered to take their feelings into consideration for two seconds and realize keeping all that aggro and keeping all those glass cannon DPS players alive is too much stress and makes playing those classes miserable? I never minded tanking or healing in games with decent CC because everything was under control. This put all the responsibility and blame on the tanks and healers to keep us DPS up mentality has a lot to do with the fact that we have no support or cc to ease the burden and stress.
    We already HAVE support: It's called "crowd control", "aggro dump / reduce", "offheals & debuffs" and "general common fu***sense" (i.E: new mob popped up, MAYBE I should NOT DPS it right of the bat so the tank has a chance to grab aggro)

    Problem is: People either lack player skill to use it or are too overgeared to have to use it (why waste time with CC and stuff if your gear allows you to chain AoE?!).
    Everything you need to support tanks and heals already is in the game.

    have you done any coil, raided in WOW or Rift in a progressive manner?
    The way he talks: He has not been in contact with the mindset of progression raiders and minmaxers.
    (1)
    Last edited by Granyala; 10-31-2014 at 10:21 AM.