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[Ignore Me] #324 | ||
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Controller, Buffer, Mana Battery, Second Tank, Second Healer, Threat Manager, Soloist (Pet and Non-Pet), Hybrid.
Modern MMO players tend to simpify things far, far too much. It's fairly common for people to simply ignore controllers in particular, and then wonder why their l33t group wipes. I remember a time when your Ranged DPS was split into pure DPS classes, and magic-based controllers with damaging abilities. The former always had the numbers, but without the latter a bad pull would mean a wipe or worse. Along the same vien, far too many players who play Hybrid classes often forget that their class can heal or tank at ALL. |
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[Ignore Me] #326 | ||
Major
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And they all suck. Classes should be about playstyle not group roles. See: Guild Wars 2.
Action is the new buzz word in the world of the MMO. Lets hope it sticks - we have had everquest for over 10 years now, time for some improvement guys. |
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[Ignore Me] #328 | ||||
Corporal
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Quite frankly, modern MMO kiddies are spoiled nowadays with easy classes and no-thought content. I've played games where if you didn't have a players there specifically for CC in an instance(and he better be damn good at it too), you would wipe. End of story. Hell, I've BEEN that Controller in the past. Example #1: The Buffer/CC The Final Fantasy XI Bard DPS? You will get laughed at. Healer? You don't have the mana to keep up with damage delt, and the healing songs SUCK compared to the other buffs you can have up. Tank? Ahahaha.... *gasp* hahahahaha.... Highly sought after in a party to the point where if you wanted to do anything yourself you needed to hide your job? Yup. Example #2: The Enfeebler The Guild Wars Mesmer DPS? Nope. Healer? No. Tank? *Squish* No. Quotes:
Example #3: The Hybrid The Wow Druid DPS: Can be either ranged or melee. Healer: Uh-huh Tank: Bear Tanks <3 So what archtype does the Druid fall under? All three/four? With Dual-Speccing a druid can swap between two of your archtypes within thirty seconds (Or less. It's a bit inventory expensive however.) and even a feral druid can drop form and heal/rez in an absolute emergency. Jack of All Trades exist in almost every RPG, doubly so in MMOs. Last edited by Jamini; 2011-04-02 at 09:17 PM. |
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