(From PCG) Question time: What role—tank, healer, or DPS—do you actually play in MMORPGS, and why?

[Zed Clampet]

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/question-time-what-role-tank-healer-or-dps-do-you-actually-play-in-mmorpgs-and-why/

Since this is an engagement article, I thought it should have it's own thread.

For me, I usually play tanks. I love playing super aggressively, charging ahead, etc.

 

[Colif]

Only played two so I think I start as tanks mostly on first character just to learn game. And go from there. They are generally the hardest to kill.

Wow I mostly played a Rogue so I was DPS, but I actually played almost every class in that game before I stopped playing. Rogue was my main eventually. Never played a warlock for some reason.

Age of Conan I mostly played a Tempest of Set - Which was both healing and DPS - but I also tried all the other classes out in game.
I think why was it is nice to be able to heal and have highest DPS in raids. That and magic/healing classes were much easier to play in that game. Melee combat moves required key combos to just do one attack, whereas healing/magic were just one button attacks.