volkeswagon wrote: »CallumTheClot wrote: »This is the first thread and the first group of pp ...
Group of what now? 👀
Peepee
"Fake DPS" is thrown around as much as "fake tank" or "fake healer" and sometimes people just cannot or will not be talked to. Your rhetorical question assumes a couple things.CallumTheClot wrote: »This is the first thread and the first group of pp i've ever heard use the phrase "fake dps".
Not everyone is good at the game, they still want to complete vet content.
If you queue for a pug dng, you might get one or even two of those "filthy peasants, with there less than optimal dps".
How about helping them, and living up to this communities' reputation?
Yeah look at Ritual of Retribution getting gutted twice in a row: lost snare , lost healing. Now my templar tank is back to being a meme and still doesn't have any real native immobilize skill or hp% heal.
The balancing in the game sucks because they like to take more than they give, and most of it, does come from PvP balance issues that actually are the result of unchecked powercreep from adding sets on the game that they refuse to take any input on.
I think even when perfected false god's was introduced I said it was a bad idea to leave the magicka line there on PTS and should be spell damage because it gives more than ZOS thought it did, then later down the line they change it...I am just like Then Thrassian...
Another example of not listening to PTS input, only for it to be proven later down the line that something would be a problem, having to nerf it, then having players get angry. I am pretty sure I can call all the next nerfs on day 2 of the next patch because its getting obvious at this point what is OP and what is not OP + what is going to be broken in PvE and/or PvP...
CallumTheClot wrote: »This is the first thread and the first group of pp i've ever heard use the phrase "fake dps".
Not everyone is good at the game, they still want to complete vet content.
If you queue for a pug dng, you might get one or even two of those "filthy peasants, with there less than optimal dps".
CallumTheClot wrote: »This is the first thread and the first group of pp i've ever heard use the phrase "fake dps".
Not everyone is good at the game, they still want to complete vet content.
If you queue for a pug dng, you might get one or even two of those "filthy peasants, with there less than optimal dps".
How about helping them, and living up to this communities' reputation?
Wildberryjack wrote: »Shortage of good tanks and heals for PUGs is an issue in most games. But the reason there is a shortage is because they are blamed for everything that goes wrong and treated like crap. Who would want to put up with that? So they only run with friends and guildies and PUGs are left with people who really do not know how to play tank or heal and are just winging it.
Grandchamp1989 wrote: »Tank main here...
Here's a quick rundown of reason's I've found as to why the tanks you play with suck:
1. They're fake tanks - look at their HP, it's the first giveaway. If they're below 30k health it's not a "tank" just another squishy dps who may or may not have a taunt on them.
2. DPS player absolutely REFUSE to let new tanks learn their craft. They pull the adds, pull the bosses, run infront of the tank and he's lucky if his "healer" isn't just another dd pulling everything leaving him to his own fate.
3. You WILL get blamed. You wipe, your team wipe especially on harder content. Doesn't matter if you're holding 2 bosses and 3 boss adds already, if another elite add spawn in during the fight and cleave your team mate you can be sure some angry kid somewhere in the world is screaming at his PC screen, blaming you for it.
4. You're a pack mule. Tank sets Suuuuuck, there's like two decent tank sets in the game (Yolna and Ebon) the rest is just you being a pack mule for the DPS players, slapping on medium and light armor on you like there's no tomorrow. Want to tank? How dare you wear something that'll increase the odds of you doing your job as a tank, be a pal and slap on something for the dps. Most people don't wanna pull up with that, it's not fun.
5. You're completely at the mercy of your DPS, wanna know frustration? Que up in a vet dungeon and get two DPS players on your team who barely pull 10k, you sit there for 45 minutes while each trash fight takes FOREVER. Again, who wants that when you can just create a DD and roll the dungeon in 10 minutes yourself...
Is the quality of tanks low? Yes! Is there good reasons for it? Absolutely.
So the next time you find a decent tank in your group, or one who's atleast trying... Don't be bad mannered, you just add to the problem.
Playboy_Shrek wrote: »I pug a decent amount. am sure a few people here have seen me in their dungeons, I don't think am bad lol
but I don't pug as much anymore because I lost patience to low dps, look I get that dps hard to play, and all and most people shouldn't be expected to get these 35k+ rotations. its hard. but no hard feelings so generally I try to play with people that do a lot of damage cuz I don't wanna spend 1hr in a dungeon.
also. most mechs are designed. ehm, ALL mechs are designed so that your at the mercy of your dps, oh, your dps can't kill the storm atros in WGT final boss. too *** bad. even if you an solo the boss. you wont be able to. because its a DPS CHECK. its a HARD check and no way a tank can carry them
most checks are dps checks, few very few are tank and very few are heal checks. 95% of them are dps checks and the tanks can absolutely not do much more than tanking the right enemies etc. and do the little things.
literally had dungeons were dps pull like 15k damage and our total group damage is sub 40k. it takes forever to even kill normal trash mobs
depravity_influence wrote: »I shouldnt haveto join a guild just to do dailies or trials.
It's a bit of a misnomer, technically speaking, since what is really being meant is "bad DPS" - but most people have no problem understanding what is being implied by that statement.CallumTheClot wrote: »This is the first thread and the first group of pp i've ever heard use the phrase "fake dps".
Scion_of_Yggdrasil wrote: »The scarcely seen winged-unicorn of a decent PUG tank does exist, I've stumbled on a few--yes they are rare, rarer than naturally occurring astatine, but they are out there, and when you find one, friend them immediately!
... invite to guild immediately lolWildberryjack wrote: »Shortage of good tanks and heals for PUGs is an issue in most games. But the reason there is a shortage is because they are blamed for everything that goes wrong and treated like crap. Who would want to put up with that? So they only run with friends and guildies and PUGs are left with people who really do not know how to play tank or heal and are just winging it.
As a healer, I can attest. When someone blames me for their death (not rolling out of mob or aoe, not blocking boss hits, etc.) I won't heal them the rest of the dungeon. I will go out of my way to heal literally everyone else except them. After they die a few more times, I will start healing them again they either realize how much you actually were healing, or leave angrily, to which I say "good riddance."
This doesn't help the player that is tanking don't get me wrong blaming you for there death isn't right but purposely going out of your way to make the player feel unwanted cause he died isn't right either.
At the same time though, there are plenty of "bad" tanks, in the sense of being squishy. Otherwise, they pull agro, stun mobs, etc. Maybe solo players, not invested in HP or heavy armor, stressing out their healer? Which.... is the other problem. Not only do we have fake/bad tanks, but we also have fake/bad healers. Its a bad time for all lol.
depravity_influence wrote: »Frist off, this is not towards all tank half of the ones I've encountered are really decent and good but there is a new trend of tanks just being awful.
not sure its mostly dps queing as tanks for fast ques or if its just really crappy players that dont know their class amd skills.
Being a tank in this game used to mean something. They were look at as leading the group and holding mobs now i just expect them fail/suck and get us all killed. you cant blame heals or dps on this unless they are pulling aggro from the tank, but a decent tank will always keep aggro most oft he time.
I shouldnt haveto join a guild just to do dailies or trials.
And i know everyone will say, "Well you get what you get when you PUG." and this is very true but it wasnt always this bad and it has gotten much worse.
gatekeeper13 wrote: »r3turn2s3nd3r wrote: »gatekeeper13 wrote: »3. Good tanking can make bosses so much easier, a very good example for it is the king in vDoM, u can stack them in less than 10 seconds for ez destro ults making even horrible dds to be able to pass it.
I think ZOS did sth and now King's copies cannot stack as they used to. I tried to last time I was there 1-2 months ago and although all were taunted and I was in corner, they wouldnt approach me.
I remember very clearly that they DID stack, since that's how I completed the vet mode for the first time.
You can still stack them. Cleared that way 2 weeks ago. (bunny hop when you get in the corner)
Really? I used to taunt them all and then stay at the corner, they would instantly all gather in front of me. When I did it again some time ago, although taunted, they just stood at their places. Maybe your trick will work, will give it a try next time I get there.
They can be stacked, but inner fire isnt going to do it for you...at least not alone. As a ranged ad(like all ranged ads) they have an invisible tether to you when taunted...they stay X distance away(call it 20 meters since I dont really know)....so to stack ads like that, you taunt them then run to the opposite corner...so in the end you end up running into each corner and it loosely stacks them in the middle. You can't stack these guys in 10 seconds(unless you are all-out sprinting, which is tough on your stamina after taunting all 4 of them)...but you might be able to in 15 seconds
"Fake DPS" is thrown around as much as "fake tank" or "fake healer" and sometimes people just cannot or will not be talked to. Your rhetorical question assumes a couple things.CallumTheClot wrote: »This is the first thread and the first group of pp i've ever heard use the phrase "fake dps".
Not everyone is good at the game, they still want to complete vet content.
If you queue for a pug dng, you might get one or even two of those "filthy peasants, with there less than optimal dps".
How about helping them, and living up to this communities' reputation?No one called them filthy peasants, though.
- You cannot help people who do not want help.
- Some people think their 5k DPS is acceptable for all content.
- They speak some shared language and don't sit there silent when you explain a boss mechanic and ask if they understood.
The last time a DD in a PUG told me I need to do more DPS with my tank was the last time I tanked for a PUG.
BTW, the next boss fight, I did not Buff the Group or Debuff the Boss and they learned real quick what a Tank does for the Group. Still blamed me for the lack of DPS.
Constant nerfs to tank (and healer) dps and armor has taken a serious hit on tank QOL. It’s like ZOS does not understand there is more to this game then dungeons.
I am doing the summer set event on almost all of my characters, care to guess which ones I am not doing them on?
Why do a delve daily when I can do the same daily in less then half the time on a dps?
Why do a wb daily when I may not get loot due to low dps?
I have five at least moderately geared tanks that I can’t use outside of group settings. (DK, NB, Templar x2, and one necro.) Zos has made them painful to play on their own so I only log onto them when the people I know ask me.
BeamsForDemacia wrote: »i think every role can suck in Dungeons , like there are so many fake dds that think they could clear a dungeon but get carried hard
CallumTheClot wrote: »This is the first thread and the first group of pp i've ever heard use the phrase "fake dps".
Not everyone is good at the game, they still want to complete vet content.
If you queue for a pug dng, you might get one or even two of those "filthy peasants, with there less than optimal dps".
How about helping them, and living up to this communities' reputation?
Their is a difference between DPS with "less optimal dps" and DPS who do less DPS than a healer.
When someone just stand at 28m of the group doing nothing or spamming LA don't tell me it's a DPS, it's just an useless player who don't even try.
CallumTheClot wrote: »This is the first thread and the first group of pp i've ever heard use the phrase "fake dps".
Not everyone is good at the game, they still want to complete vet content.
If you queue for a pug dng, you might get one or even two of those "filthy peasants, with there less than optimal dps".
How about helping them, and living up to this communities' reputation?
Their is a difference between DPS with "less optimal dps" and DPS who do less DPS than a healer.
When someone just stand at 28m of the group doing nothing or spamming LA don't tell me it's a DPS, it's just an useless player who don't even try.
Still not fake, just inexperienced/unable, or possibly unwilling (rarely), to do anything more complicated.
Describing low DPS DDs as "fake DDs", is like accusing babies, who can't walk properly yet, of being fake humans.
This is me pug healing vBC2 with 2 dps and a fake tank
While I agree that the term 'fake dps' is technically a misnomer, no one in this group had any right queuing as dps.