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Urk_VN  Title: Orderly Randomizer
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Registered: 2002-10-30 17:31:32
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I know, some of you may not group ever because grouping is for losers, but for those of you that do, what role do you typically like to play?
I'm an altoholic, so I like to play several classes, partly to learn how the class works, but mostly to keep gameplay varied, since a mage plays differently from a warrior.
Usually I like to tank, because it's normally the easiest role overall. Some groups I've run with are obsessed with high DPS, which is understandable to a point (which helps explain why Blizzard keeps making instances so that only cookie-cutter high DPS specs are viable even though they try to say otherwise), but as a tank, your only job is to worry about making sure the mobs beat on you instead of your group. I seem to enjoy tanking on my paladin the most, since they have the most tools to play with as far as holding aggro on multiple mobs and can self-heal if needed.
I suppose healing is my least liked role. I can perform it, but I'm not terribly good at healing multiple peeps getting hurt at once. And if the tank is really good, then playing a healer is boring because you don't have much to do either lol, but that's not always a bad thing.
So what do you usually like to play, and why?
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Taloquin  Posts: 141
Registered: 2003-11-20 18:12:14
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Right now I prefer tanking. When pugging I rather remove the biggest wild card, which is the tank, because if the tank sucks, the group fails, more so than if the healer sucks. At least as a pally tank I can help heal myself when I'm stuck with a bad healer, and have plenty of cooldowns to keep myself alive.
When things finally start to settle down and people learn their jobs, I'll likely go back to DPS. Assuming of course Blizzard gets their heads out of their asses and realizes that there is something wrong with Ret.
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Auenwing  Title: straightface
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Registered: 2002-12-27 23:23:12
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Whatever my guild needs. Tank, Healer, DPS, chief cook or bottle washer...
Seriously, I'm an ""off-tank."" Hands down. Doesn't matter whether I'm melee, or ranged DPS, or as I infamously embarrassed myself once saying on the board "off-tanking" with a frost mage... This is my favorite style of play. I love bringing utility, cc or caster killing to a group as well as providing an easier job for the main tank and healer (whether group or raid.)
I think like a tank, and love straight-up all out, in-your-face damage and understand what it's like to be a healer.
With both a DK and Prot Pally, I've got 2 types of tanks and 2 types of DPS, depending on what is needed. I've group and raid tanked. Been both main and off-tank.
So yeah, when I'm not tanking or healing. Or 2-boxing. I'm doing this.
Probably got the bug when I played a Board and Sword Champ as a noob in DAoC, back in RvR days when I provided protection for the raid leader working the ram. That was before I figured out I could take down pallies standing in my face with a void eldie. And before Lurikeen heros arrived. 
In PuGs, I usually end up playing a DPS hybrid that picks up the slack in healing. Go figure.
I know "off-tank" isn't one of the major "roles". It's what I am.
PS: for the sake of the thread, I will say: if I end up back in PuGs again (which I probably will), you can bet, I will bring either my druid or pally as DPS with an ability to backup heal. I've learned, that's the best all around contribution I can make to a PuG (outside of tanking)... somebody sitting in the back (or up front) keeping an extra eye on on mobs and everyone's health bars, including the healer.
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Quazimortal  Title: The One and Only
Posts: 1,557
Registered: 2004-9-18 21:52:58
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Taloquin posted:
Assuming of course Blizzard gets their heads out of their asses and realizes that there is something wrong with Ret.
Eh? I haven't raided in Cata yet so you'll have to elaborate if that's where they suck. Whenever I'm playing as Ret though I'm usually 1st or 2nd on the dps list in normal and heroic dungeons.
Edit: Oh and to answer the OP, I prefer playing a healer.
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Quazimortal Title: The One and Only
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Registered: 2004-9-18 21:52:58
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Auenwing posted:
PS: for the sake of the thread, I will say: if I end up back in PuGs again (which I probably will), you can bet, I will bring either my druid or pally as DPS with an ability to backup heal. I've learned, that's the best all around contribution I can make to a PuG (outside of tanking)... somebody sitting in the back (or up front) keeping an extra eye on on mobs and everyone's health bars, including the healer.
Druid healing is very broken right now in case you didn't know.
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Sprawl-zero1eye- Title: IGN Vault Staff
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Registered: 2002-6-28 03:39:29
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I'm the dpser who wants to tank...
Luckily I make up for that annoying trait by taking the lead and telling everyone what to do...
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huldu Posts: 54
Registered: 2002-6-20 12:46:48
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I like the role of the ninja.
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PallyDog Title: WoW Vault Staff
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Registered: 2003-3-4 07:09:21
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TANK!! Sprawl, your kind of role makes me nuts. If a dps starts acting like a tank I stop tanking and let them die. Sometimes it takes a few times before they get it. Since I usually run with a pocket healer who knows what I'm doing they die fast.  Really fast!
Lately I've wanted to play a mindless dps. That way I jsut jsut go pew pew pew and have no one seriously depending on me for the success of the group. As long as I don't screw up, I can just follow along instead of leading. It's nice change of pace from my normal "I'm the tank that's why. Now shut up and follow kill order" mind set.
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-MrBean- Title: Now With Extra Baldness
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Registered: 2001-5-23 14:15:00
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Ultimately I love healing, But being in a guild that is mostly east coasters while I am one of a couple west coasters... I generally PUG. Needless to say with the recent way of healing....I am leveling my mage more than anything currently.
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Auenwing Title: straightface
Posts: 589
Registered: 2002-12-27 23:23:12
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Quazimortal posted:
Auenwing posted:
PS: for the sake of the thread, I will say: if I end up back in PuGs again (which I probably will), you can bet, I will bring either my druid or pally as DPS with an ability to backup heal. I've learned, that's the best all around contribution I can make to a PuG (outside of tanking)... somebody sitting in the back (or up front) keeping an extra eye on on mobs and everyone's health bars, including the healer.
Druid healing is very broken right now in case you didn't know.
No, I didn't know. I've been healing 4 of us as we go through instances from 80-84. When does it start breaking? <serious question>
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