Random Query: The Trinity System

[Tint]

While the trinity isn't perfect but it means you can have much more interesting encounters.

If you have no tank them you have to make sure bosses dont hit too hard and any damage can't be too frequent as you dont have a dedicated healer to mop up. There also can't be any type of dps check since you have to heal and tank yourself.

the key here is active dodging. i am playing right now a game where you can dodge every attack. and one attack hits for 50% to 100% of your HP and you can heal yourself 10 times for around 20% of your max HP. you don't need any dps checks because surviving alone is the skill check. no red circles, no visible cast bar... this works fine without trinity.
but to remove the trinity FF14 they have to rework the whole game. and they sure will not do that. but what we have right now is something in beteween. you need a tank and a healer. but as a tank or healer you have nothing to do, so you are just making damage...

[AlphaFox]

the key here is active dodging. i am playing right now a game where you can dodge every attack. and one attack hits for 50% to 100% of your HP and you can heal yourself 10 times for around 20% of your max HP. you don't need any dps checks because surviving alone is the skill check. no red circles, no visible cast bar... this works fine without trinity.

Sounds like your talking about SkyForge, which regardless if your not is a game that doesn't even have a healing class (least last I played) its just Tank, 2 dps and 2 support in the dungeons and honestly it can be brutal. However that game to me IS a massive DPS check cus if the mobs don't die quick then your tank is dead and so will the rest of the team, sure active dodging but...still felt you were getting hit regardless of how well you think your dodging. The one thing they did do right (I guess to some people) is you can pretty much join in on any game and actually level sync up if the other two are vastly higher level.

On the topic, I'd actually like them to try a 4 role team even if its only for testing and see how people react, we don't always have to stay on the old ideals.