This is not wow,guildwars <insert MMORPG>

[iChinglish]

If I hear people looking for a tank, healer or dps for a group...

I won't join that group.

[Arsenic_Touch]

I'm gonna be a infector healer elf with a laser sword with rainbows shooting out of my ears

When your momma said you could be anything when you grew up, that was not what she had in mind.

[velvet]

If I hear people looking for a tank, healer or dps for a group...

I won't join that group.

Every one is a dps though........the rest is hybrid skills.but in most context the classes are still there. (Btw interested in defiance rp)

[Kane]

gw2 has sort of the same ideea, there is not healer, tank and dps, but u can't tell me that a BMG weilding character is not a healer, that a person that specs for damage mitigation and damage resistance is not a tank and that a massive crit spec is not a dps. The difference is that it does not make really matter your build, u are still going to do damage, take "aggro" and heal if u have the appropriate item for that.
Now don't get me wrong i like the idea that it;s a skill based game, but being a purist and instead of explaining to someone that had the misfortune to not be born all knowing as others is just mean.

[FantasyMeister]

First thing I'm going to do when I log in on Tuesday is roll a druid elementalist and camp the white kitten in San Quentin.

[Derity]

[mcwjimbo]

LOL ^ full of WIN

[DustOfDeath]

well you can have roles actually - ifyou combine right perks with right shield(high capacity? with resists etc on it for tank etc) and diff weapons (infector, biogoo, healgun, grenades etc).
Its just not that dominant.

[Deadpool]

Just because perks give you a better ability to heal, better agility to take damage. I have failed to see any agro grabbing abilities(besides decoy).

This game is about pure hybrids most people are going to have a mix of skills and abilities around the 2k-3k ego range. Just because there are abilities does not designate one person as a healer or a tank.
In the end everyone is going to be dps with more then likely damage reduction and improved healing.
So in a game were everyone is some hybrid tell me where the destinction between classes begin.
There isn't not a i picked soldier so i either tank or dps. I picked this so i have to heal. That doesn't exsist in this game everyone is going to be a mix of everything.

The class distinctions dont exsist in this game. Plan and simple if someone favors not taking as much damage as the next guy that doesn't mean they are labeled a tank.
Tank someone who can hold agro, absorb damage and control the flow of battle.
Healer is someone who makes sure everyone has health and doesn't die. Resurrects when nesc.

Some perks may make someone better one or two of these. But in the end that class labeling doesn't work in this game.

Ding, Ding we have a winner. First the Glass Cannons will be out there, they will try full shields first and it will be OP, then glass cannon DPS. But in the end the Hybrid will be the most versatile, the fact you have two weapons means you can ALWAYS be a healer (that does damage BTW). Tanks wont really work on PvP, so possible cloak tanks with shotguns will be used or Tac sniper.

But always and I mean always you must be a KILLER first and back up last. Uber Charges will be king as we get better shields. But there we always be variants of DPS with each perk added, when we get to 8-9 lvl 3 Perks, we will know what the best or most useful ones will be. Auto ammo refill + Reload for Uber boost + Etc.. you get there will be some good combos out there.

[JerZey CJ]

Ok let's get one thing clear this isn't wow,guild wars or any other MMORPG.
There are not class roles in the typical sense.
No tank
No healer
The shields regenerates

Reading these forum posts that talk about class roles and comparing the play of this game to any of these games is ridiculous.
Its a different beast all together.
If you come in with the mindset of healer, tank and dps.
Your going to gave a bad time.
Stand and fire when you should roll and regroup.
Your gonna have a bad time.
Yell at people to "play their roles".
Your gonna have a bad time.

Actually, those three roles can be played.
Healer: Uses a BMG and takes all the revive specific skills/perks
DPS: Takes Overcharge and damage dealing and explosion perks/skills
Tanks: Takes Blur, and health/DR perks/skills
and a bonus one:
Rogue: Takes Cloak, critical hit, and position(above enemy, below, standing, crouching, etc) perks/skills.