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<blockquote data-quote="Zimri" data-source="post: 1662849" data-attributes="member: 15991">I've seen a few threads on here that touched this issue so I though I would toss in my 2 coppers[/rant on]Maybe I am just an old-timer at 32 years old, or maybe I just didn't see it until EQ came out, a third option is that (and this is sure to get laughs) I just don't power game in that way.Ever since the big group based MMO has come out though I have been seeing lots of things in pen and paper RPG as well as MMO (and I find the idea ludicrous in both) saying that unless your party consists of a primary healer(cleric), primary armored based fighter (meat shield) a primary offensive caster (sorceror, wizard) then you are all silly for being in a less than efficient group and can't do anything important.These are GAMES folks played for fun by people that want to take a divergence from reality.Ya know what you do if you discover that your party needs more healing when you are playing D&amp;D you either 1) buy more potions in town to reduce down time (which in D&amp;D is again mostly ludicrous. &quot;During the week we are resting I want to do X Y and Z, okay an hour later a week passes and you go off again). Unless of course you are in the middle of a dungeon in which case you a) hoof it back to town or whatnot or B) stay where you are since usually there are no &quot;pathing&quot; monsters espescially if you hole yourself and your party up in a room and barricade the door. 2) you hire a henchperson next town you are in 3) You multiclass as whatever you are lacking in (this works better if done at lower character levels)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zimri, post: 1662849, member: 15991"] I've seen a few threads on here that touched this issue so I though I would toss in my 2 coppers [/rant on] Maybe I am just an old-timer at 32 years old, or maybe I just didn't see it until EQ came out, a third option is that (and this is sure to get laughs) I just don't power game in that way. Ever since the big group based MMO has come out though I have been seeing lots of things in pen and paper RPG as well as MMO (and I find the idea ludicrous in both) saying that unless your party consists of a primary healer(cleric), primary armored based fighter (meat shield) a primary offensive caster (sorceror, wizard) then you are all silly for being in a less than efficient group and can't do anything important. These are GAMES folks played for fun by people that want to take a divergence from reality.Ya know what you do if you discover that your party needs more healing when you are playing D&D you either 1) buy more potions in town to reduce down time (which in D&D is again mostly ludicrous. "During the week we are resting I want to do X Y and Z, okay an hour later a week passes and you go off again). Unless of course you are in the middle of a dungeon in which case you a) hoof it back to town or whatnot or B) stay where you are since usually there are no "pathing" monsters espescially if you hole yourself and your party up in a room and barricade the door. 2) you hire a henchperson next town you are in 3) You multiclass as whatever you are lacking in (this works better if done at lower character levels) [/QUOTE]

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