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<blockquote data-quote="Dark Mistress" data-source="post: 5677262" data-attributes="member: 11816">First time I heard the terms was in EQ back when it was the only game in town. Of course back then the 4 roles was called.Tank - DefenderDPS (stands for damage per second) - strikerBuffer - someone that makes others bettercontroller - controls and locks down monstershealer - yeahso while the 4e terms I think was obviously inspired by MMO's they have changed to fit the game. just like i am sure other MMO's use slightly different terms. I don't think that using the terms is a bad thing. Some one new to gaming won't have a clue what each class does. If they come over from MMO's then they will know or have a idea. Plus there is a reason players started using those terms in MMO's the companies didn't come up with them. The people that played them did, quick easy terms to type out that let others know the rough main roll that class played.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dark Mistress, post: 5677262, member: 11816"] First time I heard the terms was in EQ back when it was the only game in town. Of course back then the 4 roles was called. Tank - Defender DPS (stands for damage per second) - striker Buffer - someone that makes others better controller - controls and locks down monsters healer - yeah so while the 4e terms I think was obviously inspired by MMO's they have changed to fit the game. just like i am sure other MMO's use slightly different terms. I don't think that using the terms is a bad thing. Some one new to gaming won't have a clue what each class does. If they come over from MMO's then they will know or have a idea. Plus there is a reason players started using those terms in MMO's the companies didn't come up with them. The people that played them did, quick easy terms to type out that let others know the rough main roll that class played. [/QUOTE]

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