AIE Instance School
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AIE Instance School Mission Statement
The goal of the AIE Instance School is to provide guildies with the knowledge and experience that allows them and their party members to have fun, successfully complete and enjoy five man instances. We do so by instructing out guild members about the different roles of tanking, DPS, healing and how they integrate into the instance running experience.
How Instance School Works
Tanking
A tank is a character whose primary role is to absorb damage and prevent others from being attacked. Tanks are "meatshields", so to speak, putting themselves between the mobs and the more vulnerable party members. The tank assumes the aggro of the mobs and tries to keep them off other group mates.
DPS
A DPSer (Damage Per Second) is a class whose primary role is to deal damage. Damage can be inflicted either melee (physical) or magical. Usually DPS classes are considered to be more fragile and cannot survive taking damage from mobs.