It's a shame that I've gotta bump this.

I have nothing to add

>>337202885
Thanks for trying.

>>337202934
I'll try a little harder.

I think it's the fact that the classic archetype of those 4 classes got stale for people. Games might have been overrun with samey rpgs, and they were losing market to things like
>WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU
so, they had to change the way they did things.
I am going off of nothing but my opinion here

Final Fantasy XIV is sticks to this system to a fault
You'd probably enjoy playing Paladin

>>337202207
>classic roles
>listing heal and support on the same
>while control on separated list
>classic at all

>>337203528
>Final Fantasy XIV

Monthly subscription is what kills it for my group. My friends are broke-ass and I was kind of looking for a game we could buy once (or F2P). When I start earning more money, I can cover some of their subscriptions so we can get into it.

We saw Guild Wars 2 and it didn't feel like that was what we were looking for. They actually went in the opposite direction from Guild Wars 1 than we liked. If that game's still going strong, I might shell out for copies of Prophecies for them and get the next expansions as we beat the content.

>>337203956
My brother.

>>337202207
DCUO is divided exactly into those 4 roles, last I knew Control is just the mandatory mana battery though.

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>PVE

>>337205169
>mandatory mana battery
Sounds like Trinity in Warframe. Not a fan of Battery Meta. Every character should have something to do even if they're specialized.

Like stacking buffs, swapping resistances, healing, condition maintenance, etc.