Best Support Role for a MMO Noob?

[xyz]

I play Medic in TF2, Support roles in Dota 2, and mainly heals/support in Elder Scrolls Online. Is White Mage the best role for a new player?

[Gemini Bull]

dps or any healer is fine. u get to be all the classes early on anyways. find what fits u and youll be fine.

[xyz]

K man thanks. It seems like a really deep game.

[Shellbie]

White Mage
All depends how good you are micromanaging situations

Pros
-Great Defensive skills
-Ability to solo everthing
-Best heals in the game
-You are God in dungeons and never let other people forget it

Cons
-MP issues
-People live and die depending how good you do your job
-DPS problems until late in the game
-People always expect of you and the tank to be the Alpha and Omega in the dungeons
-You need to study other classes to know their weakness

The first video is a comedy about how is the life of the healer in mmorpgs and the second is the 3 support class of the gameEnjoy

Guide to Healing In MMOs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DxS7eT_ky4

White Mage vs. Scholar vs. Astrologian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGfzeBmCsPQ

[coldreactive]

And if you must know the sub-roles (Yes, those exist) of each class/job, I can tell you those as well:

-- Healers --
White Mage (WHM) = Burst Healing (Large healing in one heal.)
Astrologian (AST) = Full Support (Low DPS, Medium Heals, Lots of Buffs)
Scholar (SCH) = Mitigation Healing (Shield with Adloquium, heal with Physick.)

-- DPS --
Bard (BRD) = Sustained DPS / Support (Has songs that can restore MP and TP)
Ninja (NIN) = Sustained DPS
Dragoon (DRG) = Burst DPS (High Damage in one single hit for each skill.)
Summoner (SMN) = Damage over Time / Debuffs (Pet = 33% Your Damage)
Monk (MNK) = Sustained DPS
Black Mage (BLM) = Burst DPS (Highest Burst in the Game as of this post.)

-- Tank --
Paladin (PLD) = Mitigation / Defensive Tank (Built-In Mitigation with Block Rate.)
Warrior (WAR) = Offensive / Parry Tank (Highest HP with Defiance.)
Dark Knight (DRK) = Median Tank (Sort of a combination between PLD/WAR, also reduces magic damage of enemies. This is probably the easiest tank to pick up off the bat.)

[Kitsune]

Conjurer is a pretty safe start, a ranged DPS is also good. Between the jobs pre-Heavensward, I would recommend White Mage or Bard, Scholar if you're willing to be a bit more offensive. White Mage has the brute force heals and are often considered to be the poster healers in the game.

[coldreactive]

As for ease of use, it's pretty subjective, but for people who want to get into the game quickly, without many issues:

Paladin is the easiest tank, no real resource stacking needed, and you usually stay in shield oath unless you're the off-tank. Bard is the easiest DPS, because Machinist has turrets, and Bard is just supportive only needs to worry about itself rather than real placement with turrets, it also has less combos / etc. to worry about. For healer, the easiest to learn is White Mage, Astrologian is easily the most complex, since the developers tried to make a full support healer for the first time in the game, and Scholar requires some fairy placement / etc. to really get into it.

[PFC Demigo [29th ID]]

İlk olarak coldReactive (Iyeru) tarafından gönderildi:

And if you must know the sub-roles (Yes, those exist) of each class/job, I can tell you those as well:

-- Healers --
White Mage (WHM) = Burst Healing (Large healing in one heal.)
Astrologian (AST) = Full Support (Low DPS, Medium Heals, Lots of Buffs)
Scholar (SCH) = Mitigation Healing (Shield with Adloquium, heal with Physick.)

-- DPS --
Bard (BRD) = Sustained DPS / Support (Has songs that can restore MP and TP)
Ninja (NIN) = Sustained DPS
Dragoon (DRG) = Burst DPS (High Damage in one single hit for each skill.)
Summoner (SMN) = Damage over Time / Debuffs (Pet = 33% Your Damage)
Monk (MNK) = Sustained DPS
Black Mage (BLM) = Burst DPS (Highest Burst in the Game as of this post.)

-- Tank --
Paladin (PLD) = Mitigation / Defensive Tank (Built-In Mitigation with Block Rate.)
Warrior (WAR) = Offensive / Parry Tank (Highest HP with Defiance.)
Dark Knight (DRK) = Median Tank (Sort of a combination between PLD/WAR, also reduces magic damage of enemies. This is probably the easiest tank to pick up off the bat.)

I like how you ignored the Machinist Job XD

[PFC Demigo [29th ID]]

İlk olarak Shirayuki474 tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak ♋️LunarCainEX🐶 tarafından gönderildi:

I like how you ignored the Machinist Job XD

I like how you are talking about jobs that cannot be taken as first.

*points at the Dark Knight and Astrologian right there* :P

[Gullveig]

İlk olarak ♋️LunarCainEX🐶 tarafından gönderildi:

I like how you ignored the Machinist Job XD

it's literally the same as BRD except less of a focus on support

[PFC Demigo [29th ID]]

İlk olarak Clawbriar tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak ♋️LunarCainEX🐶 tarafından gönderildi:

I like how you ignored the Machinist Job XD

it's literally the same as BRD except less of a focus on support

Not really considering it has a lot of burst but a pain in the ass RNG.

[Unguided]

One important thing in this game is that healers can and should assist with DPS after making sure everyone is healed. This is thanks to the Cleric Stance skill; when switched on it swaps mind and intelligence, turning the healer into a surprisingly effective damage dealer.

[PFC Demigo [29th ID]]

Only thing is Cleric stance is kinda useless on the Scholar/Summoner XD

[LZXio]

İlk olarak Mace Baby tarafından gönderildi:

One important thing in this game is that healers can and should assist with DPS after making sure everyone is healed. This is thanks to the Cleric Stance skill; when switched on it swaps mind and intelligence, turning the healer into a surprisingly effective damage dealer.

I say they only "should" do that if they know where they are going or are confident on the tank and DPS skills. When I leveled my healers every once in a while I would get a party that tanks would use no defensive cooldowns or DPS wouldn't dodge aoes and ended up dying because I couldn't turn off Cleric Stance in time. Tank busters are also something to bear in mind.

@OP Consider going for Bard, they have a few nice support skills if used on the proper time, and so does MCH (but that one you only unlock after beating first expansion). I consider SCH healing lower than what WHM can achieve, but they have a lot of other defensive or support buffs, like skill/spell speed and shields, you also get a regen depending on what fairy you are using. White Mage is the "burst healer", you can get single target people hp up faster, and also has regens, but is somewhat lacking in shields.

[Unguided]

İlk olarak ♋️LunarCainEX🐶 tarafından gönderildi:

Only thing is Cleric stance is kinda useless on the Scholar/Summoner XD

Nope, SCH becomes a third DPS with a healing turret, just need to make sure to have CS switched off when summoning the fairy. Things get really crazy at level 54 when Broil unlocks.

[PFC Demigo [29th ID]]

İlk olarak Mace Baby tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak ♋️LunarCainEX🐶 tarafından gönderildi:

Only thing is Cleric stance is kinda useless on the Scholar/Summoner XD

Nope, SCH becomes a third DPS with a healing turret, just need to make sure to have CS switched off when summoning the fairy. Things get really crazy at level 54 when Broil unlocks.

Oh yeah 4got that part.