View Poll Results: Which battle role do you prefer in FFXIV?

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  • Tank

    9 37.50%
  • Damage Dealer

    10 41.67%
  • Healer

    5 20.83%
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    Tank for life, baby.
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    I have not played this game, but when I play Pen and Paper stuff, I usually go for the guy that hits things hard. So I imagine I would do the same here.

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    Big fan of being the damage dealer. Was a pretty great Dragoon before my sub expired.

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    DPS get inside me

    They see me rolling. They hating, patrolling.
    Trying to catch me riding dirty.


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    Healer is fine, but dps is too.
    everything is wrapped in gray
    i'm focusing on your image
    can you hear me in the void?

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    I haven't tried healer yet but between tank and DPS I prefer DPS. Less getting yelled at for not being completely flawless. I plan on leveling PLD to 50 eventually but I think I'm only gonna whip that one out when I'm with Fat Chocobos. I've seen enough tank bickering during CT runs with my BLM to know I don't want any part of that.

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    If I played FFXIV, I'd probably enjoying helping people out and assisting people. So maybe something like a Paladin. Taking hits for people, and maybe curing and/or buffing them as well.


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    surely you mean white mage, not paladin
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mirage View Post
    surely you mean white mage, not paladin
    A white mage probably couldn't take a hit. My understanding of a Paladin is a defender who can use some magic as well.


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    I do everything. There is no everything option on the poll, so I abstained.


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    I prefer PLD tanking, which is weird because I almost always prefer mdps.
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    I like all three! Usually tanking is my jam, but lately I've been really sick of how people treat tanks in MMO's.


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    I am a healer. If I can keep you alive to kill the bad guys, I'm happy

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    Typically in MMOs, I play as a tank. I was a DPS in WoW until my guild convinced me to play a tank because they needed one. I switched, and I never looked back. I really prefer the play style. It makes combat seem more personal, and more involved than DPS. I haven't really played FFXIV (I've mostly stopped playing MMOs due to time constraints) but if I did, I expect the trend would continue.
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    I like tanking. All because I used to play Eden Eternal where you could change classes at the drop of a hat. So anyone could do anything, but it was a pain in the ass to get a good tank. So I was like, smurf it I'll tank.

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