I used to stick to DPS, but I find tanking far more fulfilling in more games than just ESO.

I like being up close and personal in a boss fight. I like knowing the mechanics of a fight and taking control of the situation. Getting your timing right, understanding what is needed of you, and watching out for both yourself and your group, provide an adrenaline rush I really enjoy. It's comparable to PVP in the sense that it keeps me on my toes.

I also enjoy figuring out how classes who do not traditionally tank could tank, as a sort of side hobby.

Basically what this guy said:

Tank
I like to be that guy who stands in a pool of gasoline in the fiery pits of hell and call out "come on in guys, water's fine!"

^This. This right here.

When playing solo, you need to be DPS, but the group situations do need all the roles functioning properly. And when they do, they are all fun to play.

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Also, I just find it easier to build a DPS to solo things.

Same here so I picked DPS as well. Although as some have pointed out when we solo we have to be our own tank and healer too. For example, I recently tried soloing the Asylum Sanctorium because I read it was the only trial that could be soloed, and by the time I killed the second boss I got an achievement for being a Trial Healer! 😂

(I tried soloing the third boss, but the fight just stretched out so long, and was so tedious I finally gave up.)

Out of curiosity: How long did your fight against Olms take? Never tried to solo him myself, but sounds interesting (although I would more probably do the fight in a duo with my girlfriend).

Oh, my gosh, both of them seemed to go on forever, but just guessing it was like 15 or 20 minutes or so per boss. That’s just a guess. I tried the final boss too for about that long, or maybe even a little longer, since I was almost done with the trial, but by that time, I was pretty tired, and sometimes missed dodging one particular attack that would wipe me out. I think duoing the bosses with someone with make it go by much better but still take a little patience, and, of course, the more people the merrier!

Edited to add: Isobel was my tank and she did quite well, some of the healing I did was to keep her alive while she soaked up a lot of damage.

Thanks for the answer. Now I know what to do on the weekend.

I’d love to hear how it turns out!

Well, at least this poll shows why it's best to build a tank so you can get fast queues when you want to burn through your enlightenment.

The best class I have ever played was back in Everquest 1 - the first five years, Druid was the best and I've not found anything close in any game I've played since. I like that each class had unique characteristics and the game had a real sense of community back then. It really encouraged people to group and some of the best times I've had were in that game. For sure it was challenging but you really had a sense of accomplishment when you mastered your class. I also enjoyed that the overland zones were difficult, running through a level 60 zone as a lower level to get to a new zone to keep leveling was nerve racking but when made it through, you really got a rush at having made it. I know it's not for everyone, but I really enjoyed it.

In ESO, I don't fight much and have only one char, who is DPS. But in my main game, I have lot of chars, all roles, and my preference is definitely for DPS, for all types of fighting contents.

None, that's why I prefer GW2 combat system over ESO (ZERO trinity). I mainly play this game for the crafting, housing, stealing, etc. The combat is the worst part of this game imo.

Yes, yes, you may ALL line up to take hits at me now - COMMENCE, lol.

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None, that's why I prefer GW2 combat system over ESO (ZERO trinity). I mainly play this game for the crafting, housing, stealing, etc. The combat is the worst part of this game imo.

Yes, yes, you may ALL line up to take hits at me now - COMMENCE, lol.

GW2 very much still has the trinity.

You obviously don't raid. Player with highest toughness has aggro, and there's plenty of + healing gear sets and many classes are incredibly good healers.

They tried to get rid of it, but it's a formula that works and is thus imposed by the community.

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Used to prefer healing in games, but I can't really do it well here. I also really, REALLY like my oakensoul sorc.

@Sakiri;c-802259 why can't you do it here in ESO? Is it the number of sets you need, something with the builds, or something else? There are a lot of excellent healing resources from the community if you need me to DM some to you.

I love havig the option to do different things. I dont heal but im a grade A dps and a potato tank... thats his name tho. Taunts-with-potatoes lol. Hes half decent and i love playin him.

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Paulytnz wrote: »

None, that's why I prefer GW2 combat system over ESO (ZERO trinity). I mainly play this game for the crafting, housing, stealing, etc. The combat is the worst part of this game imo.

Yes, yes, you may ALL line up to take hits at me now - COMMENCE, lol.

GW2 very much still has the trinity.

You obviously don't raid. Player with highest toughness has aggro, and there's plenty of + healing gear sets and many classes are incredibly good healers.

They tried to get rid of it, but it's a formula that works and is thus imposed by the community.

I quit not long after raiding was introduced and yes I know they "tried" to force it with raids, because really it was the only way they could give a challenge that hardcore. In the end tho, much like here it's nothing but Forcing you to play in a certain way. They should have learnt by now - people are getting sick of that. I did not raid because simply put, I live in NZ, with a 300+ Ping, you can't raid. Because with the mechanics if you don't do the right thing at the very right split second that you need to - your party wipes, I seen it, I did it, I tried.

Someone earlier said that a no trinity MMO would not work, no one would kill world bosses. You can't tell me that's correct after playing GW2? Look at the differences. You see hundreds of people at world bosses in GW2 (well I did when I played). Not only that but with that many people there it was still a challenge, as the bosses scaled up etc. Unlike here where they die in 2 seconds flat, if that. Slightly off topic, but the servers could handle it too, no skill lag etc like here, it's like day and night lol....

Fact is, here the trinity and world bosses make little sense, especially when tanks are concerned. Tanks steal aggro off each other etc. Why don't they do something about that like they did in GW2? Do you remember where they brought in that shield bosses got and we had to use control skills to remove it before we could damage the boss? They could do similar here on world bosses where tanks taunting the boss could open the way for others to damage it. But nope, it's the silly mess it is just because. Oh, and don't even get me started on the silly mess that was a bug that became a feature, that became a requirement that weaving is, I don't even want to open that can up.....

PS, it wasn't ONLY the player with the highest Toughness that became the target/tank. I pretty much played as tanky as I could and saw it a lot because I was the target 99% of the time. It was also distance that mattered and other variables. When I took the heat and was almost killed, I would pull back, stop doing damage and focus healing/kiting. It's what you had to do to survive. Then you read the field, if the current tank who took my place was in trouble I would jump back in and take over again. If other DDs were in trouble I could heal them, etc, etc, so many options and all on 1 build, no forced build to limit my options.

I got to say, I really do miss that gameplay as it was exciting, but as I said I don't play there now. I play here, and yes even if the combat system is inferior. simply because I play for the other stuff - which GW2 does not have. Shame we can't merge the 2 games for the perfect experience (for me at least anyways lol)

I find it delightful to survive being chewed by a dragon, punched by a big robot or set on fire by a big dragon robot. No need to impress people with my amazing DPS, unless they want to see someone require 2 hits to kill a centipede. Sure, killing things is fun, but surviving them is a whole different experience.

It's complicated. I start out as a DPS then healing comes to get me and I become a healer... but then I found out I don't even like healing so then back to DPS, then to tank if applicable. Haven't done this full circle with anything but ESO due to lack of playing other games to the point of the cycle completing but I've seen it start to happen elsewhere too. That said, I enjoy being able to do all roles even if I do not like them all equally.

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Sakiri wrote: »

Used to prefer healing in games, but I can't really do it well here. I also really, REALLY like my oakensoul sorc.

@Sakiri;c-802259 why can't you do it here in ESO? Is it the number of sets you need, something with the builds, or something else? There are a lot of excellent healing resources from the community if you need me to DM some to you.

The sheer amount of gear you need is a big one. I prefer one set and not have situational gear.

I'm paranoid about buff timers.

I have people out in Narnia I have to chase down.

Needing to heckin pvp to get warhorn.

@Sakiri It's not that difficult to get warhorn and barrier. Just heal some ball groups a few times - especially during times with increased XP like Whitestrake's Mayhem and you'll get those in no time. If you get the skill lines to level 10 you can just buy them on additional classes you want to use. I say this as a die hard PVEer who has learned to enjoy PVP once in a blue moon in Cyro or IC.

If you are on PC you can use buff timer addons to assist with that. If you're on console it's fairly easy to get muscle memory down so you keep certain buffs up. The required sets aren't as bad as you think. To start off focus on SPC, Pillagers, Roaring Opportunist, and Jorvulds guidance for main sets and for the monster sets get Symphony of Blades and Ozezan and you'll have most of your requirements covered. There are some niche sets but you'll typically on need those if you're running with a regular hard mode group.You can also start off with easy to get monster sets until you can get the meta sets. Most groups realize that there is a progression to support gearing and will assist you if you're in a guild or raid team.

Regarding those out in Narnia, tell them in voice chat to get back on task or they die. You can't heal people out of range nor people standing behind you. People standing behind me was a huge issue during PUG run when the HA Sorc was the meta for so many players. If they don't listen...