DPS is flat out stupid. Bring back DD

[LineageRazor]

Please let DnD 4e die and we can forget it ever existed.

Why did you bring up D&D? "Damager, Healer, and Defender" were not roles in 4e. Well, Defender was, I guess, but I very much doubt rikuzero had D&D in mind when he made his post...

[Snow_Princess]

All this talk about DPS or DD and I'm here with a different thing on my mind: "...tank?"

Off to the web dictionary!
Tank (n.):

1. a large receptacle, container, or structure for holding a liquid or gas.
2. a natural or artificial pool, pond, or lake.
3. Military: an armored, self-propelled combat vehicle, armed with cannon and machine guns and moving on a caterpillar tread.
4. Slang: a prison cell or enclosure for more than one occupant, as for prisoners awaiting a hearing
5. tank top.

.....sure?

I'll just keep "Damager, Healer, Defender" to myself in the Corner of Ignorance.

I tried looking it up, I thought there was one meaning where tank simply meant anything that takes hits well, like being a "an armored, self-propelled combat vehicle, armed with cannon and machine guns and moving on a caterpillar tread." you also forgot the use of when something does not do well, "ice crystals tanked today"

Also...:

https://youtu.be/YXBcLXiCemQ?t=38

[Waliel]

In my small mind DD has always meant direct damage and how you can split DPS into DD and DoT classes.