I got to give you people credit.

[Jim_Berry]

To those who main a DPS since day one, I salute you. Coming from other MMOs such as "DC Universe" and "Final Fantasy XI" where I was either a main healer or main support, I decided to be a DPS this time.

Although I started this game as a CNJ, I became a BRD by the end of October 2013. When ROG released, I ended up making it my main to this day. When I sit and think about how much work I have to put into my NIN, about how much I have to stress keeping damage up, it's a LOT of work. One false move can sometimes knock you down on the dps charts.

While I definitely enjoy my NIN, I sometimes can't help but wonder if I made the right choice. For solo play, I'm fine. But when I get into groups, it's a whole new ball game out there. I considered going back BRD, but from what I read, BRD is expected to deal tons of damage as well since the inclusion of Wanderer's Minuet. I did like how I ran a dungeon on BRD, and the tank pulled about 6 mobs. I somehow stayed Number 2 on the list by hitting each mob with both "bites" then refreshing those with "Jaws" by scrolling through each mob in the list.

But, yeah... You career DPS players deserve more credit than you've been getting.

[Warlyx]

yeah ppl say DPS is the easy "role" but thats not always true , sometimes tank or healer have the easy role ....

one thing is easy / hard other is responsibility....and tanks is the one that is usally the one that takes the most responsibility. Healers are in the middle i think

[RiisWolf]

Yeah as a tank and healer I can say it's true. Tanks get to deal with mechanics the least, and healers can have their eyes on field. DPS on the other hand. Gotta watch timers, unlike tanks you have to damage to boost your damage, and evade most random target mechanics, not to mention get adds that are frequently untankable (can not switch targets via threat). In addition to how in some extremes, DPS have to be paper tanks (not a real tank who has to tank) because there'd be too many adds to keep apart. And if you're not keen on supportive skills, then oh boy things will get rougher.
Also dexterity classes lack defense/survivability so bad.

[Ragology]

I also come from DC universe online and so I know how its a popular belief that DPS always have it easy. Whichever role has it the easiest seems most dependent on the fight at hand, but people tend to forget that.

[AskaRay]

Yeah, DPS is hardly "easy"... not sure why people think so.
Like for instance I wanted to try endgame tanking, so my friend and I went into Alex Floor One (normal mode...I don't like tanking). I was like "so, what do I do?" He told me to just keep hate.
I swear I was falling asleep by the end of the battle, while if I had gone DPS like usual I would've been way stressed out.

[Almalexia]

Yeah, DPS is hardly "easy"... not sure why people think so.

There's no immediate penalty for doing poorly.

Tank dies - panic.
Healer dies - panic.
DPS dies - who cares?

Drink a liter of antifreeze and you will die from poisoning in a few hours, or you could drink a liter of soda every day and die from health complications in a few decades. Most people won't even consider a liter of soda every day a problem - until it's too late.

Dungeons and trials don't have intense enough DPS checks; instead, they have what I call DPS slogs. No matter how lame the DPS is, you can eventually get through the content in 40, 50, 60 minutes. When 90% of the content is this way, it's no surprise people get the impression DPSing is easy. They show up, 123, and let the other DPS carry. The game doesn't give them any feedback on how good or bad they're doing - until it's too late.

[FunkyBunch]

The game doesn't give them any feedback on how good or bad they're doing - until it's too late.

^^ This.

I only notice when DPS is lazy/bad now when things take longer to clear. I play on PS4 so I literally have no idea how I'm doing DPS wise unless I play with my PC friends and they can tell me. And what's silly is that I can do the same rotation and my DPS will still be all over the map even on Faust. (750-1100 DPS)

Though to be fair, if you have a bad tank who is only doing the minimum pulls, that's just as bad or worse than bad DPS as dungeons take two or three times as long that way. But tanks are rare so we give them their space and don't really criticize them.

[Ironos]

^^ This.

I only notice when DPS is lazy/bad now when things take longer to clear. I play on PS4 so I literally have no idea how I'm doing DPS wise unless I play with my PC friends and they can tell me. And what's silly is that I can do the same rotation and my DPS will still be all over the map even on Faust. (750-1100 DPS)

Though to be fair, if you have a bad tank who is only doing the minimum pulls, that's just as bad or worse than bad DPS as dungeons take two or three times as long that way. But tanks are rare so we give them their space and don't really criticize them.

Two or three times as long? I hope that's hyperbole, because my average dungeon run is about 20 mins, give or take 2 or 3 minutes. So a tank doing minimum pulls somehow extends that to 40 or 60 minutes? Also, if the tank is undergeared, they may not want to mass pull. Wiping on trash makes for a longer dungeon than small to moderate pulls.

[FunkyBunch]

Two or three times as long? I hope that's hyperbole, because my average dungeon run is about 20 mins, give or take 2 or 3 minutes. So a tank doing minimum pulls somehow extends that to 40 or 60 minutes? Also, if the tank is undergeared, they may not want to mass pull. Wiping on trash makes for a longer dungeon than small to moderate pulls.

I wish, a good tank/healer combo can do EX arboretum in about 12 minutes. This took us almost 30.
Tank never went below 90% health and healer was always full mana =/

[Shyluv]

I've recently started leveling other jobs so I can be more aware as a healer. Holy cow, DPSing is not easy. Bard isn't so bad, so far. But DRG? I practiced the level 50 rotation on a dummy for a few days off and on.

Then went with a friend for level 50 roulette, as DRG. I tripped over the rotation soooooo much. I haven't been back on DRG since. Not giving up or abandoning it, but geez.