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Dps will always be needed, even after tanks and priests are no longer needed, you need dps as most bosses will rage after fighting for too long.

Priest is probably second on the list of most needed. Even if a tank is no longer needed, heals probably still will be.

Tank is hardly needed. Its required to start farming, but as time goes on soon the dps can start tanking it with enough dps and good heals.

Quoted from "HouseMD;441642"

Tank is hardly needed. Its required to start farming, but as time goes on soon the dps can start tanking it with enough dps and good heals.

OT, but I see your level 67 Knight in your siggy, and I am sad that what you say is true. Hoping to see changes for Tanks and Healers to at least lengthen our shelf life.

OP, DPS > all. Sad, but true.

Quoted from "adf11;441885"

Yea it is sad that leather wear-ers can take a knights place as a tank... I think Plate defense should be increased by a lot.

It's been said before but knight dps needs to be raised. I think adding a stam percentage to holy strike and disarmament similar to rogues dex and mages int would suffice.

My guild Notorious on palenque runs every instance... we hardely ever have a tank... our tanks are mages..... and none of the instance would be possible withought mages or dps in general. if u have a scrutinizer mages and scouts are always in the top 5!

No Rogue is tanking Grafu Hard mode without wiping the party.
Tanks are always necessary in endgame instances. There is no surviving in Sardo without a priest or druid. At all. Sure, there are more spots for DPS in a party, but play what class you like and you will get runs.

The class you can play to its potential and you are having fun with the class is what is needed for instances.

Quoted from "rancor59;451033"

The class you can play to its potential and you are having fun with the class is what is needed for instances.

Exactly.

Quoted from "ssanzotera12;445897"

My guild Notorious on palenque runs every instance... we hardely ever have a tank... our tanks are mages..... and none of the instance would be possible withought mages or dps in general. if u have a scrutinizer mages and scouts are always in the top 5!

You must not have any rogues in your guild.

Pick anything but P/W and you'll be welcome in a group.

p/w's are still welcome in most parties... they just want our 10k heals and don't want us to dps.

Quoted from "ssanzotera12;445897"

scrutinizer mages

What is that???

Quoted from "Darkstar1996;469903"

What is that???

Scrutinizer is an addon that tracks the damage of all party members. You can download it from http://rom.curseforge.com/addons/scrutinizer/files/26-v3-5/. It also tracks damage received, healing done, and healing received, but I don't think many DPS people ever notice those tabs.

Quoted from "ycavan;469897"

p/w's are still welcome in most parties... they just want our 10k heals and don't want us to dps.

Heck, yeah! You are P/, so let's see some heals and not have any of those "but I am not really a priest, I am a battlemonk" talk. :p

As for the original subject I'd go with healers.

Many instances can be run tankless if you group is OP enough so that the role of meatshield is needed that much less. And if your DPS/healer cant take the AOEs, there is only so much you can do as a tank to protect them.

DPSes are needed, of course, but they are interchangeable. In most runs, you have one tank, one healer and a bunch of DPS. So, unless you are seriously OP, your demand will be not for you, but "one more DPS".

Healers, OTOH, are life of the fight. If the healer can't keep the tank or the DPS up, the risk of wipe goes up tremendously. Maybe in scout burn era you could go with so-so heals and try to DPS the boss in just a few seconds. Now with burns being harder, the ability of healer to keep everyone up is more crucial.

Palenque's hurting for some Tanks -.- sad truth

Quoted from "sickdust;470367"

Palenque's hurting for some Tanks -.- sad truth

we got some of the best healers...and have dps coming out of the woodwork, but tanks? no tanks on palengue

Quoted from "Cike;470838"

we got some of the best healers...and have dps coming out of the woodwork, but tanks? no tanks on palengue

I would like to take this time and ask for a brief moment of silence for the legendary tanks we have lost over the year
*silence for 1 min*

WELL when i get my main to 65-67 Primary, I'll start to work on my Tank "PallyD" Pray i get the strength of the Tank Gods