Well take what I say with a grain of salt, but I think that healer is probably easier then DD... period.

Doing non DLC random dungeon is so easy that all 3 job are pretty easy. I would even say that your bether off with 2 awsome damage dealer then a good tank running those.

But veteran and DLC are differents. Tank is obviously the job that requiert the best mechanic knoweldge I'd say. Now if your DPS put low numbers it can really become impossible to complete anything in vet. No mather how good your tank and healer is, if your damage is too low you'll get overwhelmed and simply die in many fight.

As a healer your often at range so you have the time to see most stuff comeing and dodge and most PBAoE will just miss you. And in case that you mess up your the healer so you can heal yourself in a pintch.

So both DD and Healer requier about the same amonth of skill and awarness I'd say. But if you have a great tank and damage dealer your job as a healer is going to be easier while if your a damage dealer, a good tank/healer won't save you.

Tank

- DPS have to focus on rotation, boss mechanic, tank/healer horn timing and stay close enough to other dps to make the heal and buff easier and rez fast when someone die (which by far, no *** dps do)

- Healer need fast react, boss mechanic knowledge, maintain a buff/debuff roation, rez people when you sur you can (cuz DPS never do it), timing your horn ult to boost drasticly the dps, keep ressource up for tank and dps as much as you can, be sur to never go less than 25% magicka. Swap skill when needed

- Tank, no rotation needed, pretty easy to manage (from my own exp) but in the other hand, pretty hard to manage dodge/block and boss mechanic since you'r very close and not mobile. Any error can cause a fast team wipe. So I don't think it's the hardest (not mean it's easy) but you've a lot of pressure and some ppl can't do that (I can't)
Swap skill and set when needed

DPS are popular cuz it's easy to solo all open world.
Healer with some tweak can do it too
For Tank you need a total different gear & build so it can be pretty boring.

Also, when I've try tank, it was fun, not my style,n but very fuin with friend, not that much alone.
Also, as tank, Q time does not existe.

Healer are good all rounder I think with a decent Q time and like tak, very fun if you've some DPS friend.

DPS are always fun I guess since you can do all. But Q time for dungeon is atrocious.


Note : That all my personal opinion on these class, so that can change from ppl pov.
For me, healer all the way, I play that since I've start MMORPG 20 year ago ^^

I'll add, at the start, you don't care about role. Try all a bit, with magicka, stamina up them like lv 30 just to discover a bit.
Then choose class, add a race you like (to me passive racial doesn't matter, I'd rather have a race who fit what I except in my head for lore)

Have fun in game

I’d say healer. You generally don’t need to read up on mechanics and let the tank and dps worry about it. The only time you need to really worry about it is in vet DLC content.

Dps is the hardest tbh. Lots of people do it, but the percentage of those who do it well is really small.

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Again, appreciate the replies. Lovely community like that, thank you.

I'll take you guys up on it and make myself some characters to try all roles.

Really need to get past this autistic tendency (No, I'm literally autistic ), and get out of my comfort zone.

TBH don't choose "easy" or "op" or so.
Just try, and play what you enjoy the most. You got all the time to learn and master the one you choose
It's just a game after all.

Playing any of the three roles is easy. Playing any one of them well is an art.

A lot of good replies here already, and I do agree that the recommendation to try each role is the best place to start, because your own strengths will make things easier for you that may be difficult for others.

In my opinion, when one is just starting out, DPS has the least "responsibility" in dungeons or even normal trials. Why? Because you are not the only one in your role. In a dungeon, if you're a tank, you're THE tank. If you're the healer, you're THE healer. That can feel like a lot of pressure when you are new and learning. As a DPS, there are at least two of you. You can enter a dungeon feeling like you have backup, almost.

Tanks are often the de facto group leaders. This naturally comes from needing to taunt first to gain the focus of the boss so your more squishy team members don't get stomped on. Therefore while aspects of tanking are "easy" I think this is why being a tank can feel like a lot of responsibility.

However all roles are tough to do well and come with their own quirks. All are fun! And, by the way, just saying "DPS" isn't really doing the role justice. It is very different to be melee vs. ranged, or stam vs. magicka. If you don't enjoy being a DPS you might want to try a different style before giving up on it altogether.

It's Healer. Even if you just spam Healing Springs and or Breath of Life as a Templar that makes you a decent Healer. If you're a DD you're expected to pull enough weight to actually defeat mobs and bosses in a timely manner.

For normal dungeons I'd say healer, so long as you're not carrying a bow or something. No special knowledge needed (though a noob won't provide damage buffs), just pay attention and pace your magicka use.