Don't even get me started on how entitled DPS are in this freaking game.

Although almost all of my characters are DDs, I have a Healer and I like her a lot. It is the first time I make a support character since Ragnarök Online, over ten years ago, and I'm still learning, but I'm enjoying healing in this game so far.

My Templar is a Healing Tank, so yes I technically do both, mainly though I just Tank (and will likely never make a DPS just because of the long Queues, I don't know how people stand it).

I have a dedicated tank... & a dedicated healer....

Best way to improve in the game is to understand all the roles & all the classes.

therrieur wrote: »

Ra'Shtar wrote: »

Don't even get me started on how entitled DPS are in this freaking game.

Don't even get me started on how support roles are sensitive when critized. Ooh wait, I forgot that generalizing is a bad thing.

It's ok if you like to stand in red while you hand out the punishment. Just don't cry at me if you get one shotted. And just for reference, if you and the rest of the team are going to stand in stupid, please stack on the tank so my resources can keep up.

I play all roles.

Duiwel wrote: »

Where is the option for ppl with multiple VR16s of different classes, that can do anything, even make pancakes?

You do both, but unfortunately they forgot the obvious pancake-making options.

I have a healer and 2 tanks. As someone above, I cringe at the thought of a DPS queue. No thank you.

I made a tank, ran it to v16, but got tired of the lack of area taunt and the fact that most big bosses seem to mostly ignore taunting. I have a healer, which I ended up using for PVP instead, because well... It's a templar Having a nerfed breath of life in cyrodiil isn't quite as bad, as self heals hardly work anyway (only briefly). I enjoy the PVP but I think both tanking and healing roles need a kind hand. Stuff like replacing block cost reduction with a silly damage boost is just nonsense. Instead replace eg. the healing fountain in the undaunted skill line with a taunt toggle that makes any attack taunt while on. That would make tanking slightly more useful. Life is too short for single target taunts.

Reason why not: I suck at it.
I'm not an elitist, and this is quite a situation for both.
So, no, I do not.

I tank or heal on all four of my VR16 characters. With careful planning, you can achieve very substantial swings in stats with just a swap of gear and food. For example, my DK has 18K health and 41K magicka in her DPS gear. Swap her into her tank gear and change to purple food, and she has 28K health, 26K magicka, and 20K stamina.

• Magicka nightblade: DPS (Juli, Willpower, and Ner) or damage-tank suited for 4-man content (Kag, Willpower, and EG)
• Magicka dragonknight: DPS (Juli, Willpower, and Skoria) or traditional tank for trials (Tava, Ebon, and Blood Spawn)
• Magicka templar: Healer (SPC and Worm Cult); he can do a bit of DPS too in that gear, and he borrows my DK's DPS gear when he needs to be a more serious DPS or when he does vMA
• Magicka sorc: DPS (Juli, Willpower, and Ner or sometimes Kena) with a healer setup (SPC, Willpower, and Ner) using the pet heal for easier pledge grouping. (In my half-year battle against RNG for the an all-divines SPC set, I also ended up with three full 5p SPC sets--my sorc just uses the bad set with Well-Fitted instead of going through the trouble of borrowing my healer's.)

Being able to tank or heal makes it so much easier to do pledges. And experiencing the game from all three perspectives really helps. It's nice for a healer to understand what kind of support the tank needs, both in general and also in specific situations (e.g., knowing which phase of a particular boss fight is particularly taxing on a tank's resources). And as a DPS, I have a much better idea of what enemies are actual threats to a DPS's survival and which enemies aren't worth the bother of taunting, and I use that when I'm tanking.

I play all roles, diff characters tho.
I'll respec and re-gear from time to time or have a build that allows me to swap armor and weapons/skills too

Then its just a CP change but I think you're better off trying out each as with each major change, whats fun can be an obvious and drastic re-roll of a new character.

I have a Dedicated Tank and a Magic NB that can tank, heal or DPS

Honestly though, I feel heavily handicapped healing on a Non-templar just because I feel as though I'm not as supportive as I'd like to be (shards/repentance has no equal for non-templar healers) I can throw out all the heals/buffs/debuffs/etc I want but it never feels like it's enough.

I hate tanking. With a PASSION, I hate tanking however unlike the DPS that are so selfish and never make a tank, I suck it up and actually do it, else I'll never get anything done.