I finally understand why everyone picks DPS over tank and healer.

[Rocket]

I've got a good amount of hours on every class now.

TANK

You need to make sure you're blocking damage, trying to create space, protecting your backline against dive, or taking potshots at any part of the enemy team you can to disrupt them, preferably support if possible, depending on which hero you use. It's a lot of work and management and you get the most damage dumped on you.

HEALER

You have to heal everyone, stay alive yourself, hope your team is paying enough attention to you so you don't die, and take a few swipes at the enemy team when you can, pinging low health teammates and enemy divers. A healer is almost always under major stress because they're dived on relentlessly and have little in the way of survivability outside of either a stun or movement, or an ultimate, if they have one.

DPS

Your focus is mainly just attacking the enemy team and getting kills. There's more to it than that, but you're mainly worrying about getting kills.

IN COMPARISON to the other roles, the stress level is way down but they TYPICALLY get to look the coolest, get the biggest plays, and get the most positive reinforcement from their team. You don't need to sweat nearly as much as the other roles do.

I'd personally like to see this change for whatever is the next big team class game.

[itzDerrio]

the pandering for ez mode healer in these kinds of games is insane. if healer was so hard then it wouldnt attract the biggest casuals and ppl that are bad at PvP games. healer doesnt get played because its simply BORING AF, and usually has lame characters.

[Rocket]

Originally posted by itzDerrio:

the pandering for ez mode healer in these kinds of games is insane. if healer was so hard then it wouldnt attract the biggest casuals and ppl that are bad at PvP games. healer doesnt get played because its simply BORING AF, and usually has lame characters.

This is nonsense.

[Tsuko]

Originally posted by itzDerrio:

the pandering for ez mode healer in these kinds of games is insane. if healer was so hard then it wouldnt attract the biggest casuals and ppl that are bad at PvP games. healer doesnt get played because its simply BORING AF, and usually has lame characters.

Healer being boring AF is subjective, maybe the majority doesn't enjoy it but at least a minority does, but ye people play what they want most of the time, this is natural, but if you want to win more often, you will have to become more flexible with allowing yourself to play other roles or heroes.

[fuber]

Originally posted by Rocket:

Originally posted by itzDerrio:

the pandering for ez mode healer in these kinds of games is insane. if healer was so hard then it wouldnt attract the biggest casuals and ppl that are bad at PvP games. healer doesnt get played because its simply BORING AF, and usually has lame characters.

This is nonsense.

Definitely is nonsense, he's a genz dps main and thinks it's only him that does good on his team and carries everyone else, typical player nowadays, doesnt realize if there weren't healers healing and doing their part, then everyone would die and then he'd cry about not getting healed and them not doing their part, typical kid mindset

[fuber]

Originally posted by itzDerrio:

the pandering for ez mode healer in these kinds of games is insane. if healer was so hard then it wouldnt attract the biggest casuals and ppl that are bad at PvP games. healer doesnt get played because its simply BORING AF, and usually has lame characters.

found the hip-hop cultured kid

[Taipei Ghost]

As the game ages people will get better at it.

Tho below median elo it will always be a clown fiesta

[FON]

there's a reason the majority of "casual" gamers play support characters in every game. They're easy to play and almost ♥♥♥♥♥♥ proof. There's also a reason the majority of those people play nothing like high level support players and instead are simple heal bots

[SoloQ]

I think it's fairly agreed on that "stress" based on role goes Tank>Healer>DPS. Tank has to set the flow of the group, hold agro, and know the fights. Healer has to know the fights, and keep up with the tank. DPS get to go pew pew pew and blame everyone else when things go wrong.
It's no different in these games.

[Zachary Gamble]

Originally posted by itzDerrio:

the pandering for ez mode healer in these kinds of games is insane. if healer was so hard then it wouldnt attract the biggest casuals and ppl that are bad at PvP games. healer doesnt get played because its simply BORING AF, and usually has lame characters.

i want what yall are smoking if you truly don't agree with this.. healers are broken strong in this and can be played by f'in monkey

[SIGMA [BS]]

Originally posted by SoloQ:

I think it's fairly agreed on that "stress" based on role goes Tank>Healer>DPS. Tank has to set the flow of the group, hold agro, and know the fights. Healer has to know the fights, and keep up with the tank. DPS get to go pew pew pew and blame everyone else when things go wrong.
It's no different in these games.

And generally the gap between healer and dps is much greater than the gap between the tank and healer because healers have to babysit the average dps player.

[Taipei Ghost]

Originally posted by SoloQ:

I think it's fairly agreed on that "stress" based on role goes Tank>Healer>DPS. Tank has to set the flow of the group, hold agro, and know the fights. Healer has to know the fights, and keep up with the tank. DPS get to go pew pew pew and blame everyone else when things go wrong.
It's no different in these games.

If tank creates space, support is not a healbot and nothing is going on then DPS are bad. It is winnable.
If tank creates space, support is a healbot and DPS are ok it is winnable.
If tank is dogpoo support is a healbot dps are ok it's hardly winnable
If tank is dog poo with support that is dead 24|7 you need dps that are
1. Tailored to kill specifically enemy team comp
2. main those counters
3. 2 tiers above the opponents

[kw0lf.tw]

Yes, this is the way in MMOs as well. I play support because I like playing support. I think the support toons in this game are cool. I like Mantis, Loki, and Adam in particular (I'm not a Jack guy, sorry :)

I don't think being good at support is any more difficult than being good at DPS, but it does take more discipline, because you have responsibilities to the team more than yourself. Support is support. You support the team.

[Akasha]

Originally posted by Zachary:

Originally posted by itzDerrio:

the pandering for ez mode healer in these kinds of games is insane. if healer was so hard then it wouldnt attract the biggest casuals and ppl that are bad at PvP games. healer doesnt get played because its simply BORING AF, and usually has lame characters.

i want what yall are smoking if you truly don't agree with this.. healers are broken strong in this and can be played by f'in monkey

No lets continue to glaze healers so people actually play the role, instead of duelist, as they continue to lie to themselves about it being so hard. You make the bar go one way and the cap to that whole mechanic is we can only heal so much and depending on the character that varies with your biggest nuance being rocket doing better bounces to squeeze out more healing from his orbs.

[Jesi]

Thats because Wolverine isnt a TANK and if DEADPOOL will not be a healer then I will join this circus. Extreme lack of cool factor and unfair distribution of heroes.

[Cpt Obvious]

I'd play support more if the majority weren't the Marvel reject cast.