Poll: Does anyone actually like being the "warrior"?

[Eccentric_Jon]

I almost always play the stealth class.

I'll have a dabble with others, to see how well structured they are etc, but I always end up back with the Rogue.

 

[Tyrannical]

My character in Oblivion: Battlemage (slightly adjusted for axes instead of blades, no block, etc. but yeah).

My character in DA. I forget the name because I uninstalled it, but it's a mage specialization that allows you to equip heavy armor and stuff using magic in place of strength. This allows you to, again, be a battlemage.

I like using magic to augment combat, but just playing a pure warrior, not so much.

 

[m72_ar]

Tank? Hell no. DPS warrior, hell yes.

 

[Senaro]

I'm in the Hybrid boat myself I will generally when available I will employ archery to open combat then switch out to an appropriate close quarters weapon , said weapon being single handed with a shield unless a spear is available can't beat a good spear

Though when skyrim comes out I'm definitely seeing if I can use duel shields for a total defence set up

That reminds me of when I tried dual-wielding shields in Demon's Souls, but my "Main hand" shield was just used to bash people's faces in instead. Not very effective, but I was damn happy to see that I could do it if I wanted to.

 

[Evil Raccoon]

I absolutely loved my DA: origins shield and sword dwarf warrior with the noble origin. And getting the shield in Denerim completely made my character complete. A juggernaught armor wearing dwarf tank carrying the symbol of his family on his shield, holding the front lines while my squadmates (Usually Lelianna, Wynne and Sten)laid down the pain. Man, those were some good times.

 

[Dalek Caan]

The warrior type had always been my favorite. I do try out Archery/Magic/Stealth sometimes but at the end of the day nothing beats cold steel. Where's your magic now?

 

[ReservoirAngel]

Good god no. Spending the entire game just running up to things and hitting them repeatedly is so fucking tedious, compared to standing in the background hurling spells around like a hyperactive Gandalf.

Where's your magic now?

Boiling you alive with fire in your clunky metal armour as you lumber towards me, that's where.

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

I usually prefer (in RPGs) some kind of melee/magic crossover, typified by the battlemage, but it is fun to sometimes just play the 'kick the door down with an axe in either hand' meathead. So yeah, I occasionally enjoy playing the warrior.

 

[LordFisheh]

I think the warrior can be really good, but too often it just ends up a slow, cumbersome but damage absorbent rock. Which is boring; I prefer a warrior that kills quickly and efficiently while being able to take a bit more damage, not a tank, which I find a dull and arbitrary game mechanic.

 

[Lonely Swordsman]

If you're playing any class in an RPG and you're only playing as "the warrior" or "the wizard" or "the healer", you're doing it wrong.
Any character is gonna be boring if you just think of them in these defined terms.
Even when you play as a melee fighter, you don't have to be "the warrior". Depending on how you play, you could be a wild berserker, a stallwart defender, a highly dsciplined legionaire, a wandering xia, a noble knight errant, or anyone else who ever held a weapon. Sure, not all of those options are gonna be the optimal gameplay choice in any given RPG, but if you have some imagination and understand the mechanics within the game you can create a lot of unique characters out of any class.

There's Demon's Souls/Dark Souls forum dedicated entirely to how to represent a variety of historical or fictional characters with the character you create in the game. And those games don't even involve any "real" roleplaying.

 

[everythingbeeps]

I'm definitely the warrior class in any game that gives a choice. My main focus is always damage output, and ranged/magic just isn't as satisfying, even if it has the potential to cause more damage.

 

[Haxxle]

Like other people here, I prefer to opt in for a Hybrid class. A common oblivion example, as far as I know: A person with skills smilar to a warrior and decked out in daedric, but sneaks around the dark and execute one stroke kills like a rogue.

 

[DanielDeFig]

I've entertained thoughts like this too, as the "warriors" sometimes seems boring/simple. But simplicity is a good thing.

If you're not familiar with the genre (Everyone has to start somewhere tight? New ppl are getting into games all the time), this "class" is a great way to get used to the game, without getting overwhelmed by complexities of the other classes. Also, if you just want to play causally without having to think too much (The gaming equivalent of picking a moive/book that's not too intellectually challenging because you're bored, but also a bit tired).

This was the conclusion I came to anyway when I played Torchlight for the first time. I'd had a long day, and I initially started going to wikis to find out which class was best suited for me. But got tired soon, and when finally faced with the decision, I realized I just wanted to play the game. The warrior allowed me to just beef up defence and damage, and mindlessly click enemies and collect loot. I'd play a different class when I was in the mood.

Options are always good. Even the easy ones.

 

[LogicNProportion]

More times than not, I leave technical or 'magical' aspects of other members of the party or supporting cast. If it's my character, you can bet their main strategy 9/10 times is 'Hit it with enough bullets/my sword.'

Though, I always tend to put priority over armor than arms.

 

[dvd_72]

Oh yea. I prefer to have a agile warrior though. Usually in medium armour, but with a large two-handed sword. Not a fan of axes or maces. I love charging into a group of enemies and cleaving several in half with a single swing, parrying, countering and dodging, leaving carnage in my wake.

 

[Drizzitdude]

Depends ont eh game. If its a agme where the warrior just stand there like a moron and his only job is a distraction then HELL NO. But when the warrior is done right i will play them. Think about Fable: TLC for instance. while I could have made my character more focused on magic or archery as equally viable options the fun of running and WREACKING enemies with a giant sword always had huge appeal. Warriors are also generally the more active class in alot of games (not talking mmos) usually having to block, dodge rolle and string combos to be successful amking it feel truly filling.

Funny I used to be really into mages to back when 'Ferentus' was my MMO of choice. But now it just seems weird sittting there watching my little casting bar fill up just to be able to attack.

 

[Berserker119]

I can't play as anything but. It's hard wired into my brain to go charging in places, even in games where you're not really supposed to.

 

[JediMB]

In MMO's I tend to prefer Mage roles, and I greatly enjoy stealth and acrobatics-oriented games, but... no, I don't any dislike for the DD or tank Warrior roles either.

Warrior actually ended up becoming my first class in Dragon Age II (Rogue was my favored class in DAO, while Mage bored me in battle), and Soldier was my "canon" Shepard's class in the Mass Effect series.

 

[NastoK]

Depends, if it's an RPG I almost always play as a warrior, but if it's a FPS and a stealth approach is possible, I might go for it instead. I rarely choose mages.