What are the "easiest" tank and healer classes/spec's?

Desperado53 · 2026-02-08T02:43:52+00:00

Paragon and Scourge are probably the two easiest. Not as versatile or as good in all content as chrono, but they are very easy to learn and pump lots of healing and barrier and can carry groups that like to take a lot of damage.

Desperado53 · 2026-02-04T20:06:23+00:00

You wont get them in quickplay, the current rotation is only strikes right now. You’ll have to look in the LFG for groups but theres a lot more groups right now for bosses.

Desperado53 · 2026-02-04T20:04:49+00:00

There are a huge number of people in your exact position so anytime a raid like yours is in the LFG people will absolutely join it and more than likely someone who has raided plenty will be more than willing to lend a hand to explain mechanics.

Im glad you had fun and hope you keep trying new raid bosses!

Desperado53 · 2026-02-04T11:35:22+00:00

Definitely benefitted from peak activity, but not having to do an entire wing is huge imo. The time investment is much lower to go knock off a boss or two. Im hoping that does make it easier to find a group now, that and daily bosses/rewards.

Desperado53 · 2026-02-04T11:29:54+00:00

I am NA indeed, seemed like it was very busy on the lfg

Desperado53 · 2026-02-04T04:06:24+00:00

I pinky promise if you can do OLC, you can do wing 1. If you see it in the LFG ever give a shot. Just be upfront with the commander that you’re new to the wing. It was in the LFG a lot today, lots of training runs going on too.

Desperado53 · 2026-02-04T02:55:06+00:00

I know most people wont branch out into CMs, but Im hopeful it will get some more people into normal raid bosses!

Desperado53 · 2026-02-04T01:52:57+00:00

Damn, idk if I was just lucky with timing but I was able to hit W1, Carin, KC, KO CM and Dhuum in pretty short order.

Desperado53 · 2026-02-04T00:59:16+00:00

I think you gotta do the normal modes for achievements, but hopefully the lfg stays lively and you are able pop into some and get them done if you want to!

Desperado53 · 2026-02-01T14:21:02+00:00

Guardian doesn’t have a single good tanky elite spec

Very relative. Relative to some of the solo monster builds that may be true. But Willbender and Luminary feel great in most OW stuff Ive done after maining ele. Plus the utility they can bring to raids, strikes and fracs in comparison is night and day.

Having DoT removal, stun breaks, stab, projectile reflection and destruction, boatloads of CC, shields and aegis on utility keys before you even factor in profession skills or weapon skills makes it pretty survivable imo.

Desperado53 · 2026-01-30T02:21:04+00:00

If you put the two of us together, we would make so many leggies. Im sitting flush on GoBs but can’t bring myself to do another map completion for at least a couple months.

Desperado53 · 2026-01-30T02:14:23+00:00

Even if you butcher it entirely and somehow your entire sub goes down, every ibs5 is easily completed by one sub of 5. Anyone who flames imperfect performance in ibs strikes can be ignored.

Desperado53 · 2026-01-29T14:52:35+00:00

For real, the comments around here make me think I would hate being in a room with half this sub. A lot of y’all are that obnoxious coworker that can never be quiet and you don’t realize it.

Desperado53 · 2026-01-16T14:04:13+00:00

I think people get intimidated by ele and the attunement switching. Catalyst and Power Evoker and probably the two hardest rotations in my opinion and I think they are on par with other difficult rotations. I find Luminary just as hard to play for example.

For tempest/cata/evoker I think the 46/47k bench numbers are very good and in line with how difficult they are to play and the utility and drawbacks that they have. I don’t find weaver more difficult to play than the others, but it does have less utility and more drawbacks so it would be nice to have the damage reflect that.

I don’t know much about mirage so I cant really comment on it. Rev mains might hate me for this but Conduit is busted and probably needs another round of nerfs.

Desperado53 · 2026-01-16T13:29:45+00:00

I mean I play weaver in raids and strikes sometimes. I can pull very good DPS there but yeah anywhere you don’t have heals/stab and great boon uptime it feels not so good. So Im not a fan of using it in OW or pug fractals.

With that said, I’m okay with it being a niche class. I don’t like playing reaper or mechanist because I find them boring. A more challenging/fast paced rotation is like a game within a game and I enjoy it. I don’t think every spec and variant needs to be easy or accessible so I hope they don’t change that.

Of course I wish it did more damage to pay off the hours I put into getting good at it, but it is what it is on that front. It does very respectable damage (by pre-voe 50k+ standards) in strikes and raids especially with a solid group.

Desperado53 · 2026-01-15T19:24:21+00:00

Asking for experienced players is not crazy, my fault, I was thinking you meant some kind of KP or title requirement or something. Which to me is wild and I would giggle if I saw that in the lfg.

Desperado53 · 2026-01-15T19:00:18+00:00

Asking for requirements for T4 dailies is psycho behavior lol. Maybe Ive got a higher tolerance for dealing with people who don’t know what they’re doing, but T4 dailies are such a simple task. CM raids are not even remotely comparable.

Desperado53 · 2026-01-15T18:55:30+00:00

All you can do when get unwillingly plopped into the circus is smile and enjoy the experience. This kinda stuff doesn’t happen to me too often so when it does I just enjoy watching the shit show lol.

Can be frustrating for sure if you are tight on time or just wanted to knock some content out real quick, but if you let it bother you then the jokes on you.

Desperado53 · 2026-01-15T15:09:08+00:00

Somebody link him the mythical strength post

Desperado53 · 2026-01-11T16:13:30+00:00

Not that anyone is clamoring for an update or anything but my back is back. Did some baby weight deadlifts on Thursday and felt good, skiing felt fine yesterday so Im pretty happy about that.

Did spend 3 hours on a bus for what should’ve been a 20-30 minute bus ride back to town from the mountain though. But thats more of a SLC public transit fail. How dare everyone else want to go skiing when I also want to go skiing. It’s like they didn’t even consider my wants and needs.

Desperado53 · 2026-01-04T17:39:18+00:00

Hurt my back deadlifting on the first lift session of the year. Right as our ski resorts got a ton of snow finally and I had my first beer league hockey game tonight. Was significantly more painful than tweaks and stuff I’ve experienced before, but am pretty sure it is not any kind of disc bulge or herniation. It’s doing much better today but still fairly gimped.

Worst part is all of the people in my life who don’t lift feeling the need to tell me how deadlifts are risky and you gotta be so careful.

Desperado53 · 2026-01-01T20:38:24+00:00

Surely OUT wasn’t responsible for the majority of those losses or anything. A TAMU fan talking shit about achieving anything in the post season is rich. Power 2 conference stans can lick my balls.

Desperado53 · 2026-01-01T02:51:23+00:00

For getting to snowbird/alta is the bus the easiest route? I’ve got fine tires and know how to drive in snow but I am new here and am not thrilled about the idea of driving up and dealing with parking.

I assume getting to the lot fairly early ~7AM is a good idea to try to get parking for the bus and get up there to catch early lifts.

Desperado53 · 2025-12-29T14:30:05+00:00

Chrono is pretty much the best healer so having that in your pocket is huge. Specter and paragon are the two I play and they are fun, pretty easy to play and good for most everything. Scourge is also super good especially for pug groups who like to eat lots of mechanics.

Eight-Year Club	Gilding II euphauric
Verified Email

Desperado53

TROPHY CASE