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NukeMage  Posts: 346
Registered: 2002-4-7 16:58:45
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Urk_VN posted:
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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Cawlin  Posts: 1,759
Registered: 2005-2-22 07:58:42
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In a 5-man I like to tank.
In a raid, I like to play DPS - hunter specifically.
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Cryme  Title: iMUD
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Registered: 2002-1-24 13:21:35
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I enjoy tanking, but I don't like leading, and I don't like having to depend on others to heal me, so I generally end up playing DPS classes.
I'm currently leveling a shaman however, and although I'm solo questing as enhancement, at 30 I'll dual spec to heal for instances. I'm generally good at healing in other games, I've never tried it in WoW though.
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Trigeminal Title: Drill, Fill, Bill
Posts: 365
Registered: 2002-3-17 20:10:56
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I did like tanking in WoTLK. I'm not enjoying it much anymore. Some healers have no problems while others really struggle to keep me up. I start feeling guilty or stressed at how poorly those runs go and fall back into my stress-free dps role next run. Queue as tank is nice but I don't enjoy it. It feels like work.
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All, really. I prefer DPS as I level and LFD prior to heroics, with a bit of healing. Once I'm dedicated to instance running I tend to go tank. If I raid at all it's whatever character with the appropriate spec and gear I get up first. In Wrath I healed a whole lot.
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About ret, I have two friends in raiding guilds and they get by just fine. I still top meters in random 80+ instances on mine. The changes seem really beneficial. Maybe it's just pre heroics and my friends are mad crazy hardcore good, but ret pal lies still seem better off than most classes. IMO.
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Auenwing  Title: straightface
Posts: 589
Registered: 2002-12-27 23:23:12
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Quazimortal posted:
Auenwing posted:
Quazimortal posted:
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>
Our druid healer has a lot of trouble in heroics. Always running out of mana, heals not healing for enough, etc. It got to the point where she quit playing the druid and switched over to her disc priest.
Hmmm, I switched from my disc priest to the druid to heal as we were leveling. Sounds like the same concerns from priests. Thanks for the heads up. Looks like I need to collect more data for myself and for the guild, (not doubting your statement). My guess is we will end up using a shaman through heroics again, which frees me up to play my DK for the most part, which is the class everyone wants me playing... however, I am skeptical about that as well. We've rerun instances with me on my frost DK and my hubby healing on his priest (and he's finding mana an issue as he gets higher in levels). My DK works just fine through regulars, but once again, those aren't heroics.
I think we're gonna end up leveling a couple of extra alts each until we get a group combo that works again.
That should keep us "busy" for a bit. 
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Elkabong08 Posts: 77
Registered: 2010-11-5 12:23:54
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Sprawl-zero1eye- posted:
Haha, I jokingly play that role at times when we killing trash, although the guild will attest that I main tanked a full Karazhan run back as a Combat Rogue in a full 101% dodge suit, before dodge was nerfed...
I tanked the last dragon boss in Ramparts on my Rogue after the real tank died, lol. I just kept running behind him and hitting him in the ass while avoiding fire breath and let the casters kill him. How the mage didn't pull aggro from me remains a mystery .
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AFKer healer, shammy heals is OP.
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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:
Hmmm, I switched from my disc priest to the druid to heal as we were leveling. Sounds like the same concerns from priests. Thanks for the heads up. Looks like I need to collect more data for myself and for the guild, (not doubting your statement). My guess is we will end up using a shaman through heroics again, which frees me up to play my DK for the most part, which is the class everyone wants me playing... however, I am skeptical about that as well. We've rerun instances with me on my frost DK and my hubby healing on his priest (and he's finding mana an issue as he gets higher in levels). My DK works just fine through regulars, but once again, those aren't heroics.
I think we're gonna end up leveling a couple of extra alts each until we get a group combo that works again.
That should keep us "busy" for a bit.
It could always just be the aches and pains of learning a new way of healing of course, but she's a good healer and has played a resto druid for a long time now which makes it hard for me to believe they aren't broke as hell. She can heal heroics with very little troubles on her disc priest and that is with less mana regen.
On a brighter note, I'm really liking how holy paladins turned out at 85 my self. The change nerfed me really hard at 80 but when you get to 85 and decently geared they really shine.
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