Planning to remove most of my DPS alts for supports with future upcoming powerpasses and hyperexpresses as we go on simply because the amount of gatekeeping and sheer amount of time it takes to create legion raid groups as a dps class (where theres always a more juiced version of you applying for the very same raid) is just too annoying. I already have 1 support and am currently running valtan + vykas + clown fast than making a Brel G1-4 group on my dps chars. Its actually cursed, just came out of 2 G1-2 reclear parties who waited 30 minutes for a support back to back, Im done with it.
I can recommend it to everyone trying to make a roster of 6 gold earners with like 1 or 2 DPS mains, you will get through your raiding week way more relaxed, get better groups because gatekeeping doesnt exist for supports and can funnel all your gems / gold more effectively into 1 or 2 DPS classes, because the maintenance cost of your entire Roster will sink drastically.
honestly I didnt eve feel more appeal playing a dps Alt over a support, cause even if my alt is juiced its never gonna be dealing the damage my main does, so Id personally rather play 5 supports and just funnel everything in my juiced main or maybe another second main, but IMO everything past 3 dps classes will never be as maintained and be dealing as much damage to feel fun. Like my Glaivier is 1500, full lvl 7 gems, lvl 20 weapon, 5x3 and she just deals such shit numbers compared to my sorceress its not even fun lmao. Id much rather have a 1500 support instead and be done with the weekly shit 10 times faster.
Unless artist is crazy amounts of fun I can’t justify it. As it is I’m replacing my pally on my 6 roster with an artist because it is easily the least fun class I’ve played in this game. Bard also isn’t that much better even if it’s slightly more interactive.
Even If I could find easier groups with a support roster I would have so little fun it would defeat the purpose. Rather spend a little more time finding parties and having fun when I raid than getting into parties quickly and having no fun in the raids.
Artist is coming out so duh? My Paladin is gonna get the boot immediately after the release and if the class is as fun to play as I’m expecting and I can make the class look cool and it doesn’t have dogwater cosmetics then my Arcanist is gonna get the boot too. DB, Glaivier, Artillerist and GS are gonna stay though, they’re so much fun to play as DPS
sure if you enjoy your roster otherwise thats completely fine, I happened to make a lot of bad choiced for the Roster im playing, I dont enjoy Glaivier at all, I dont enjoy Reaper at all, so I am now replacing them with artist and a Gunslinger which are way more up my alley. I might add an Artillerist in the mix because I love the class aswell but as of now I might just finish up my roster with a few more supports to make the weekly grind more chill
Whats boring for you might be enjoyable to others. Others called the class boring, harped about it online like they are expert on it and it turns out they haven’t even tried it!
Indeed, but first give support a try, if its not for you, then find another game. Also befriending a support wont hurt, I got some messages in game about a trade run or helping a mokoko from ppl I played with.
Thus 5 dps and 1 support (however 3:1 dps to support ratio in my main 4). Once Artist releases, my deathblade will be replaced with an artist to make it a 4:2 ratio. Thus I will have a more support-leaning roster (better than 3:1 ratio).
I have 2 bards 1520 but doing chaos with them kills any fun, gonna be demoting them to merely lopang once I finish the 11 lvl 10 gems of my Gls, need 3 CD gems more, got 3 gls 1515 main 1530 and once done with gems gonna hone a couple of gls I have at 1455, those gls have 1 million bound shards and 6k bound leaps so I just need the gold to tap as I also have close to infinite guardian/destruction gems.
I am planning on doing this eventually with my Paladin, he’s just that much fun to play
I don’t have to worry about being top DPS, I just press my buttons, make sure everyone has yearning and buffs with trying to time them with burst phases, along with shields
It’s very simple gameplay that’s relaxing, however that doesn’t mean I still don’t try
I use Magick Stream so doing all this while trying to dodge and keep my stacks is not only fun, but has helped me get better at learning normal patterns, which is my one biggest weakness in the game
A lot, and I mean a lot of supports in this game are supports for instant invites and loot, and just like DPS, there are a lot that are straight garbage, maybe more so than a lot of DPS
The community doesn’t say anything because who’s gonna kick a shitty (and possibly toxic too) support when they can go straight to another party in less than a minute
I digress at this point however
One support is enough for me to be honest, and not gonna lie being 5x3 with almost all level 7 gems is pretty sweet for Clown (sub 1600 Swift however I’m still only level 59 and I wanna upgrade some accessories later to get over 1600 eventually)
