Isn't this class trinity a bit dated now?

[DPZ2]

So we have this nooby friendly Trinity of Tank, Healer and DPS. Which I get it, its there to kinda break people into the system of MMOs but aren't we past that now?

The Trinity isn't there to introduce people to group combat in an MMO, the Trinity is the group combat premise in an MMO. It is there because you will always have people of disparate abilities in the game and predictability of outcome in group combat requires it.

[Zephan]

The Trinity isn't there to introduce people to group combat in an MMO, the Trinity is the group combat premise in an MMO. It is there because you will always have people of disparate abilities in the game and predictability of outcome in group combat requires it.

No, it's not. It's the premise in most of the hugely-popular MMOs, sure, but then there are things like Elder Scrolls Online, Guild Wars 2, RaiderZ, Blade and Soul, etc. Particularly in action-MMOs such as RaiderZ - where survivability is ultimately based on skill due to attacks being manually avoidable, with gear only serving as a "cushion" - tanks and healers are essentially nothing but a crutch to be overcome.