MMORPG Games - What are you?
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DPS, I played WoW for 3 years and during that time I only had a single max leveled character, both times (played for 6 month on a private server, the rest on the regular one's) Rogues so I pick DPS. Pow pow Mutilate, gods I loved that spec. First it was meeh, then it was the best PvE one in WotLK, then I heard a while ago (when I already stopped playing) that they nerfed it again and that bullshit sword spec (gods I hate swords for rogues, daggers are our weapons damnit!) was boss again. But I also enjoyed playing my Priest every now and then, healing away, it was quite refreshing.
In WoW I played a paladin tank for 3 years. I tanked for MC and ZG raids before paladins could tauntRhob Anybody said:
, tanked my way to exalted AD in scholo and strat, exalted Zandalar as well, and exalted with all the BC rep grinds...Yeah tanks are rare but honestly I think healers are more rare. However most random tanks are terrible and useless, but random healers are usually decent enough. So it's more likely you could find a tank, but then the tank is so bad it would ruin the group.
My primary alt in WoW was a hunter so I could relax, and also so if the group fucked up they could die while I feigned and laughed at them.jobobob said:
The Other. The one who solos even when the odds are stacked, who explores every nook and crany for the view and stops to smell the roses.
The Other uses the rules of the world against it, and carves an unexpected path.
The Other is not antisocial, but rejects unequivocably the constraint that the world must always be ultimately more powerful than the player.
Call them what you like, but thousands of hours for fool's gold be damned and burned for a laugh!
The Other uses the rules of the world against it, and carves an unexpected path.
The Other is not antisocial, but rejects unequivocably the constraint that the world must always be ultimately more powerful than the player.
Call them what you like, but thousands of hours for fool's gold be damned and burned for a laugh!
I don't particularly like any of those, though I imagine CC is what I enjoy the most.
Part of the problem I've been facing with MMO's lately is just that.
Am I a ranged fighter? I do one of three roles: I do damage, I crowd control, I heal.
Am I a melee fighter? I do one of three roles: I do damage, I heal, I tank.
And that's really it. Sometimes you'll be able to do two of those things 'decently' or three of those things terribly.
The problem, it seems, is that these are the only real things you can have. A ranged fighter who tanks? That defeats the purpose. A melee fighter who does crowd control? I suppose tanking is a form of crowd control, but anything else would be kind of absurd.
It's not so bad when the game mechanics are unique, different, or fun. Examples would be AoC, CoH, and DDO. Of course, I've played those to death and everything else in sight is just something else along the lines of the traditional formula.
It worked, it works for new players to the genre. Once you've played every MMO from UO to AoC the formula starts to suck.
Part of the problem I've been facing with MMO's lately is just that.
Am I a ranged fighter? I do one of three roles: I do damage, I crowd control, I heal.
Am I a melee fighter? I do one of three roles: I do damage, I heal, I tank.
And that's really it. Sometimes you'll be able to do two of those things 'decently' or three of those things terribly.
The problem, it seems, is that these are the only real things you can have. A ranged fighter who tanks? That defeats the purpose. A melee fighter who does crowd control? I suppose tanking is a form of crowd control, but anything else would be kind of absurd.
It's not so bad when the game mechanics are unique, different, or fun. Examples would be AoC, CoH, and DDO. Of course, I've played those to death and everything else in sight is just something else along the lines of the traditional formula.
It worked, it works for new players to the genre. Once you've played every MMO from UO to AoC the formula starts to suck.
Currently playing a tank on WoW but I've played DPS and CC before. Used to play a protection monk on Guild Wars but that doesn't really count as healing, more just a free group in my opinion =p
At first i was DPS, i liked it, though it was a tad bit boring. Later on i tried a healer and i fell in love with him. Now in every MMORPG i play im always the healer.
I chose a hybrid character (druid) for WoW since it was my first MMO and i didn't fully know how those classes work in an MMO aspect.
So i started raiding as a healer, switched to tank and now i play melee dps, all with the same character.
So i started raiding as a healer, switched to tank and now i play melee dps, all with the same character.