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    Lambdafish's Avatar
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    Ul-Dah
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    Khuja'to Binbotaj
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    Hyperion
    Main Class
    Paladin Lv 100
    Quote Originally Posted by Jandor View Post
    Melee, Ranger and Caster describe different play-styles, not roles, they're all still DPS.

    A melee attacks from close range.
    A ranger attacks from far away.
    A caster attacks from far away while standing still.
    Ranged DPS are the closest this game gets to a support role. DPS mechanics are usually taken by them due to their mobility and lower personal DPS. Playstyle or not, they are still "required" as part of the composition due to what they bring that the other two types don't, and because of this it makes sense to give them more options than just 2.

    This isn't my opinion, its what the devs said was their reasoning.

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...uI/mobilebasic This is MrHappy's direct interview with Yoshi P that outright states what I said in the above post, and also gives deeper reasoning as to why the two roles were chosen and why healer specifically wasn't. (Question 3)
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    Last edited by Lambdafish; 03-26-2019 at 11:24 PM.