Poll: Do you ever pick the shield?

[Kuchinawa212]

Mostly healing as people has said. I hate sheilds that wear down or break. So a "force heal" or a "cast heal" suits me better. No like if I could take one, I will. I don't need another sword or ax. I at times like a big sheild to soak up damage. But I never stress it. Mostly because I want to down enemies before they can rain in damage. Not make everything take forever as I bash them to death

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

Magical Offense, usually.

 

[Radeonx]

When I play solo, I'm 100% offense.
When I play with friends, in WoW, for example, I'll always offer to tank.

 

[Whobajube]

I like them balanced, to be honest. Or as close to it as I can. For instance, in KH, I chose the sword and gave up the wand.

 

[somoking]

depends the type of game
if the game in question is said to be difficult i go defensive to stop myself from dying. that is not usually the case though so i go offensive.

 

[Icehearted]

Defense when I can. Easier to learn from mistakes and adapt on the fly when I'm not dead.

 

[FollowUp]

I always go for the shield first time around. I like not dying.

 

[smashmaniac64]

Luck all the way!!
who needs defense when you can dodge every attack and then counter with a critical ^_^

 

[Lucane]

Agility is my main concern everytime unless I can get enough defense to be able to brush off a Cannonball to the face like it was a notebook dropped on my foot.

 

[Et3rnalLegend64]

Nope, never the shield. If it's available, I go straight for Magic Attack.

 

[infohippie]

I always take magical offense because nothing beats blowing stuff up.

 

[IrradiatedFish]

Yeah, while I tend to play on the offensive physical side, I tend to do that via agility/dexterity/endurance/speed. Because of this, it can also doubles as a good defense (depending on the game) through dodging.

My Demon's Souls character was an endurance/dexterity beast.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

I usually always go with offence. I like to hit hard and fast, esp. in games where battles start to feel arbitrary and tedious after a while (Final Fantasy series, I'm looking at you).

 

[Death God]

I prefer physical. If I'm going into a fight, if I can finish them off before they attack me, the better.

 

[ilikepie59]

I loled at how many picked Magical defense. So true

 

[maddawg IAJI]

To be fair, I never liked the Shield in KH. Defense wasn't a major concern for me as I played through the game, more or less, it was leveling up so that I could beat some of the later harder bosses. Though I will say, the Final Bosses in KH 2 were a lot easier then in KH 1.