DPS is at least 5x as hard to do at a top 1% level than tanking and healing I don't think you can possibly argue against that. Obviously any person can arrow spray.

Healing is to an extend easier than tanking, but this has something to do with the ceiling. I don't think anyone would argue main tanking Olms is hard, at the same time some stacks i vMoL can be very tricky.

Kinda depends on content. Some are harder on the tank and other encounters more stressful for the healer.

But in general I find it harder to heal well. The ceiling is sky high when it comes to healing, like I'm always feeling like I'm not doing enough and need to improve. Playing perfectly as a healer requires so much multitasking and you're supporting&buffing, dps'ing and healing at the same time, so it's 3 jobs in one role. Simultaneously you also have to be more careful about staying out of bad stuff. Because can't rely on getting heals from someone else, if you accidentally take a lot of dmg.

As tank, you're more restricted in what you can do, becuse of limited resource management. Only timers you have to watch religiously is the taunts and some debuffs. Everything is straightforward, reactive with a clear job description. For me that's easier than all the multi-tasking going on as healer.

If you are not chasing DDs that don't know how to stay in front of the healer and stay in the healing circles, then healing is far easier. Sorry but I'm not going to chase. I stay near the tank and keep him alive, and hope the DDs are smart enough to see where the healing circles are and run into them when they get low. It's ridiculous how people are putting pressure on themselves for other players' bad habits. Do I try to keep the group alive? Of course I do, and I will send heals to farther group members when I can and when the tank is ok. Am I going to chase bad players and lose focus on the tank and run around like a monkey in the process? Nope.

Tanking to me is the hardest because it is so much more than just taunting and buffing. You really have to know mechanics and positioning. DDs stand back and within healer range and quick spam rotations and potions. Healers do have more pressure but as long as they have the group in front of them and a tank that knows positioning, I find that role easier than the others by far, even DD. Tanking effectively has a big learning curve because you have to crowd control and learn where to position so the group can burn faster and take the least amount of damage. Chain pulls and range taunting and holding up wall of elements for crusher can be very resource draining. It's very tactic heavy. If you don't tank like this, you are not doing it right.

yRaven wrote: »

BrianLovesLisa wrote: »

Biased Poll you forgot DPS tank and heal is easy

DPS is basic, you just follow orders and kill, not talking about Queue, DPS is the easiest one and it's was purposely not included

Dps is definitely the hardest if there is such a thing as hard role in this game. You can use one skill to taunt and permablock with a decent health pool as a tank or do just enough and spam healing springs as a healer. You can't be a decent dps pressing one key. There is a reason why the dps role is vital in a 4 man dungeon, I hardly ever see three roles in there anymore.
Healers and tanks nowadays run buff sets like olorime, infallible aether, alkosh and ebon between others, and use skills like warhorn to also buff the dps, there is not even a reason to spec to support your role for doing it right.
Maybe there is a reason to say that tanks are second "hardest" because they are vital in raids and things actually hit hard there and positioning and staying alive are a thing they need to keep in mind.

I play all 3 roles and I’d have to say that DPS is the easiest role by far and that healing would be 2nd easiest (especially in terms of dungeons since most dungeons are just fine without a healer).

This is not to downplay anyone or to suggest that their roles require less skill. Every role requires skill.

It’s just that in my experience tanking requires the most situational awareness, knowledge of mechanics, and concentration during a fight. Here’s why:
1) If a DPS dies there isn’t as much of a risk of the group wiping. They can simply be rezzed and the fight will continue. Especially in trials where there are 7 other DPS in the group. But if the tank dies and loses aggro of the boss or a healer dies when a lot of damage is incoming then things go south very quickly.
2) For the most part, DPS simply need to think about their rotation and stay out of the red. They don’t need to worry as much about keeping the group alive, providing resources, debuffing the boss, positioning the boss/adds, etc. So they mostly just need to think about their own individual positioning and their rotation.
3) Most dungeons can be completed without a healer, and most are even easier without one. When a group doesn’t have a healer it does make the job a little harder on the DPS, but most of the responsibility still falls on the tank to self sustain, group the adds for quick burns, and prevent damage to the DPS.

When I want to relax while playing dungeons/trials I will always play my DPS. There’s so much less to stress about and I can basically just zone out while doing my rotation. The first time I did vMaw as a DPS (after clearing it countless times as a tank) I was utterly shocked how easy it was compared to tanking it. It was honestly a walk in the park. Same with vHOF, but HOF is already known for being more of a tank check.

One trial that I absolutely loathe healing in is vSO. There is so much AOE damage going on in there that if the DPS aren’t stacking enough for heals it can make the trial incredibly frustrating. So for that trial healing might actually be more difficult.

When comparing roles people need to refrain from bashing others and downplaying the skill required. All roles require skill, and there are situations where one role might be even more difficult than normal (such as DPS checks like vFH HM or heal checks like vCR execute). But across the board, in most situations, I would have to say that tanking is the most difficult.

It also depends on the individual player's skill. Some players can do a DPS rotation without barely thinking about it whereas others have a difficult time keeping track of dots and bar swapping and weaving; some players spend more time looking at the health of their group so it’s easy to heal the group whereas for others it’s difficult for them to keep track of everything going on in the fight while also keeping everyone alive; and for some it’s easy to control the flow of the battle and position the boss/adds while sustaining and preventing damage to the rest of the group, but for others it can be confusing as to where the boss and adds should be positioned while also sustaining their own resources and keeping debuffs on the boss.

tl;dr
Everyone is different so certain roles might be easier for them compared to others, every role requires skill (just different types of it), some roles might be harder in specific situations compared to normal, and overall I believe tanking is the most difficult. Thank you for listening to my TED Talk.

And its not even close...

I'm a tank and occasionally aoe heals are enough to qualify you as a healer in vet dungeons.

Tank for the simple fact that everyone else can make my job nearly impossible.

On a daily basis, at least one DPS from queue will:
-Scatter the mobs I collected neatly. Perfect group of mobs under Volley, Shards, Lightning? Time for Take Flight!
-Run ahead and pull the entire room, die, then act completely flabergasted like it was the first time that stunt has failed them.
-Stand right beside me facing the boss, spamming Rapid Strikes, then die to front conal AOE.
-Stand in fire, screaming at the healer
-Hang in the back of the room and use bow light attacks on a GROUP of enemies

On a daily basis, at least one healer from queue will:
-Use Liquid Lightning and ONLY Liquid Lightning as the skill they spam the entire dungeon
-Go Werewolf on the boss. (Bonus points for being a bow wielding mag petsorc)
-Get aggro from ONE enemy and flee in terror to the next room, full of enemies, getting aggro on those too.
-Use Mutagen and Vigor as their main healing tools (bonus points for being a Stamblade with Blood Altar)

All of these lead to one perfectly logical question: "tnak y u no agro?"

Ertosi wrote: »

BrianLovesLisa wrote: »

yRaven wrote: »

I was thinking about it, sure most healers are made of paper and need to stay behind, and also making sure everyone are ''healthier'' but God... Tanks do a lot of the work taunting all enemies and SURVIVING THAT
But in your opinion what do you think, and if you want post a funny story that happened with playing the Role

Biased Poll you forgot DPS tank and heal is easy

To be blunt, anyone who thinks DPS is the difficult role is the type of player who completely disregards what the other roles bring to the table.

Look at it in reverse and ask which roles are the most sought after (i.e. harder to find, difficult to fill). Tank is the most sought after, followed by Healer, while DPS are a dime a dozen (and that's being generous). This tells it true which are really the more difficult roles.

Thats because people want to be able to go through content quickly when playing solo. Playing solo on a tank build is painfully slow. It has nothing to do with how hard the roll is to play properly. I've played all the rolls. DPS is hardest by far. To be blunt, anyone who thinks otherwise was a crappy DPS getting carried by their group.

yRaven wrote: »

BrianLovesLisa wrote: »

Biased Poll you forgot DPS tank and heal is easy

DPS is basic, you just follow orders and kill, not talking about Queue, DPS is the easiest one and it's was purposely not included

Your just playing normals right ?

Tank is the hardest due to the ton of dungeons each one with 5+ bosses of which a substantial part have very different mechanics including untauntable bosses and 1-shot mechanics if you don't dodge a specific attack. With the 1-shot bosses, when a DD messes up and gets killed, generally no worries someone just res him. When the tank makes a single mistake and gets 1-shotted the boss runs loose and the group is in big trouble.
The hardest part then is in my opinion not the tanking itself, which is relatively easy, its that the tank is assumed to know every single mechanic of every boss in the game.

Dps