classes role

[yhani]

a) if its fun, play it

b) sometimes reaction > stat numbers. as a tank I love blocking but sometimes I run with 2-handed because in some situations its better that i draw some attention with my heavy armor + higher toughness/disrupt

[Mez]

Like Grulo said, you probably had a chance to heal other dps by getting a book out, yet you didn't recognize the OPTION to do that. Thus, trolling you was appropiate. People want to win/not die.

If a black orc was the only tank and people kept dying or getting wiped, and he doesn't pull a shield out, he is a terrible tank and also deserves to get trolled. Failure to adapt & adjust in PvP means you are playing bad. They are just mad you are not as good as them. If they had your character, they would have healed and won. It's frustrating when bad players don't do the easy stuff.

[Doodoopeepee]

The issue here is not if 2H/DPS WP is good or not, it's that OP is clearly not playing it to potential. A DPS WP trades healing power for dps, but you still need to use both to be as useful as possible.

Playing DPS-spec'd WP is fine and dandy with me, but you still need to play to your group. If I see a Witch Elf pop out on a Bright Wizzie or healer next to me and I'm on my Engi, I'm going to turn and snare her, root her, etc...not just run off and go ham on squishies. Keeping my teammates alive is part of playing well, and as a DPS WP you have the ability to heal your buddies and win the fight.

I main Enh Sham in WoW and its the same concept...if I can shoot off my insta-heals to teammates to keep them up, while dps'ing and purging a threat to help, that's what I do. If an ally is going to die to Warlock AIDS, then I'll drain my mana to keep them in the fight. Nobody expects me to sit back and main heal because I'm also contributing damage and utility.

TL;DR - Just because you're DPS WP doesn't mean you no longer get to help your mates. If you ONLY want to dps and kill, then play a class that only does that. Ignoring half of your abilities is just stupid.

Sidenote - DPS WP is not as effective as DPS Hybids in WoW. I agree their design needs some help to fill that incredibly fun niche.

[Toldavf]

DPS WP has always been meh its damage is meh, its debuffing is meh and their usefulness in group is meh. Buffing it is dangerous the balance between dps and heal is awkward to manage.

[Nitrous]

You don't understand WAR then. If you have 6 healers and on the other side, 2 tanks, 2 heals, 2 dps, do you really think the 6 healer would win? They wouldn't. You also need to understand as a WP that sometimes you're need to heal, sometimes you need to damage, that's okay, that's why we have buffs. That's why we're called melee healers.

[Toldavf]

thing is a dps wp is easy to burst down with focus if he slips his guard he gets on divine assault then dies.

[Renork]

Playing a melee healer is not the problem...being strictly "lolmeleedps" when you're the only healer is the problem. You won't be killing anything if your team is dead. Being melee specced doesn't erase your healing abilities, and this is a team game after all.

[Coryphaus]

And I'm sad because people won't let me play my White Lion heal spec.
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And I'm sad that choppas are no where near as good as slayers nor is as good as any other mdps right now

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[Penril]

And I'm sad because people won't let me play my White Lion heal spec.
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And I'm sad that choppas are no where near as good as slayers nor is as good as any other mdps right now

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Yes Slayers are better than Choppas atm.

But give them a guard and a pocket healer and i believe Choppas are second best mdps in the game.

[Twyxx]

And I'm sad that choppas are no where near as good as slayers nor is as good as any other mdps right now

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