Quote Originally Posted by waterboytkd View Post
I see comments like this and it makes me think: would this game be more interesting if dps wasn't a role? Just Tanks and Healers? Maybe you could have a "Support" role, which can have some buffs/debuffs? Or is that just silly?
To me, it begs less the question of "What if there were no DPS" than "What if DPS could actually do more than just stand in the right places while gradually depleting the boss's HP?" That in turn begs the question, "What if there was more to the game than just standing in the right places, hitting buttons when their cues come up, and depleting the boss's HP?"

Similarly, I've always been under the impression that a great many controversies could have been spared and opportunities taken if the Healer role had just been named Support to begin with (with still many degrees of supportiveness varying across all roles atop that).