Tank. Out of 5 characters (one of each class) I have 3 tanks, one healer, and one dps - and I've tanked on all 5 at one point or another

Healer for both side of the game. And only healer for the moment.

Despite queuing as a DPS, I usually end up being a Healer/Tank/DPS because fakes are too prominent in the group finder and god forbid I get a group where I'm not doing +50% of the group's damage.

Village idiot

I do the Deeps.

I like tanking... but i mainly fill dps roles because i can deal with bad pugs easier as a dps.

good tank + 2 terrible dps = pulling teeth

bad tank + at least 1 good dps = still doable dungeon

Dps

Every time I do healer or tank my PuG takes FOREVER to kill anything, so I do dps to make sure we can kill everything at a decent rate

For some time I've not had a "main role". I can cover all of them in multiple iterations at various content difficulty levels. Talking solely about veteran trials:

Stamina DK: Tank or melee DD
Magicka Sorcerer: ranged DD
Stamina NB: melee DD
Magicka Templar: Healer or ranged DD
Stamina Warden: Tank or melee DD

At dungeon level the Sorcerer has a Healer and a Tank build and the NB also a Tank one but none would perform optimally for trials.

PvP and PvE healing. Though there are times when I go full DPS (vMSA, duels and BGs) or use my Frost Mage support build (Open world)

I think part of the problem with tanks is that trying to level as a tank is pretty much impossible you clear trash so slowly that you can't just quest to level up a character. I had to resort to taunting as many mobs as possible pulling together and dropping my ultimate and waiting for them to slowly die to AoE. I know tank players can make a dps and then switch them into a tank or just hard grind dolemns or something. But who would main tank if you can't enjoy other parts of the game as a tank?

A healer can just be a dps then switch into a healer for dungeons without major changes to their set up its all gear and skill bars.

Also part of what daunts me from playing my tank even in dungeons is you kind of have to actually learn the mechanics not just settle into a rotation and roll dodge the red sometimes. You have to know what red you have to block and what red you can just take (shield or let your healer heal you though), you have to watch the skill wind ups to know which ones you can interrupt. Its only getting worse with the block cost reduction nerfs.

other - master writ crafter, but it's getting a bit repetitive now I used to be NB tank...

Waffennacht wrote: »

Dps

Every time I do healer or tank my PuG takes FOREVER to kill anything, so I do dps to make sure we can kill everything at a decent rate

This is exactly why I switched to DPS tank. It's more challenging in vet stuff but god damn some of those DDs are slow.