What sort of character do you typically play?
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I never, and I mean _never_ play a tank, warrior, melee person or anyone with a strength above "near zero", or any kind of endurance or stamina. I've never really understood why you'd make a warrior that can bash things and tank, because "everyone can do that" - IMO, if there is a magic option or a different approach, like talking your way out of situations, healing people that fight for you, or just not fighting at all, I'll take it. Needless to say, this leads to my stereotypical character: a Neutral Good Elven healer who is friendly, cares about others and is generally a nice guy to everyone he meets. I'll pick offensive spells only if absolutely needed, and focus on healing, keeping others alive and being nice. Priest, druid, cleric, healer, mage, leader, diplomat, "the nice guy", your friendly healer who comes to save the day, you name it.
Of course, this most of the time means I can't take more than two hits before falling to pieces, but IMO it's totally worth it. I mean, seriously, there is _magic_ in *insert random fantasy themed game here*! Who would _not_ want to play that? Also, I avoid all kinds of armor and weapons as far as possible. For instance, my Oblivion character is a Breton Healer, who walks around dressed only in robes and a hood in blue or green colours, sandals, wrist irons (unarmored gloves...) and a Wizard's Staff of Paralysis. I have never, and will never, free of will play a warrior, rogue or evil character, I just cannot bring myself to do it. It gives me such moral pangs to even be unfriendly to a random NPC on the street that I usually reload to an earlier save because I cannot make myself to keep playing knowing that I hurt their feelings.
Needless to say, I take my responsibilities as a healer or backup _very_ seriously, and my mottow whilst playing WoW was "Nobody dies while I'm the healer!", which I usually also lived up to.
Downsides to this include being slightly bored of the same type of character in every single customizable game ever, but I can usually not bring myself to play anything else than a sniper (and then I'll be sad for the people I am forced to kill), but alas. It seems less than common for players to be of this type, and I often wonder if I'm more or less alone in wanting to play genuinely caring, friendly healer types, or if I'm just the type of player that isn't really a gamer as usually perceived, since I abhor FPS, survival horror and anything that makes you kill people for no reason (RPG's are different, as you usually have a choice in the matter, and that it's often non-humanoids or demons or somesuch, which is slightly more acceptable to me but still sad) but then I wonder what kind of game that would be to fulfil my criteria of ideal - a pacifist give-flowers-to-little-kids game? Oh well. I've rambled for quite some time, but the topic struck a chord with me and I felt compelled to answer somewhat elaborately. Oh well, thanks for taking the time.
Alarion
Of course, this most of the time means I can't take more than two hits before falling to pieces, but IMO it's totally worth it. I mean, seriously, there is _magic_ in *insert random fantasy themed game here*! Who would _not_ want to play that? Also, I avoid all kinds of armor and weapons as far as possible. For instance, my Oblivion character is a Breton Healer, who walks around dressed only in robes and a hood in blue or green colours, sandals, wrist irons (unarmored gloves...) and a Wizard's Staff of Paralysis. I have never, and will never, free of will play a warrior, rogue or evil character, I just cannot bring myself to do it. It gives me such moral pangs to even be unfriendly to a random NPC on the street that I usually reload to an earlier save because I cannot make myself to keep playing knowing that I hurt their feelings.
Needless to say, I take my responsibilities as a healer or backup _very_ seriously, and my mottow whilst playing WoW was "Nobody dies while I'm the healer!", which I usually also lived up to.
Downsides to this include being slightly bored of the same type of character in every single customizable game ever, but I can usually not bring myself to play anything else than a sniper (and then I'll be sad for the people I am forced to kill), but alas. It seems less than common for players to be of this type, and I often wonder if I'm more or less alone in wanting to play genuinely caring, friendly healer types, or if I'm just the type of player that isn't really a gamer as usually perceived, since I abhor FPS, survival horror and anything that makes you kill people for no reason (RPG's are different, as you usually have a choice in the matter, and that it's often non-humanoids or demons or somesuch, which is slightly more acceptable to me but still sad) but then I wonder what kind of game that would be to fulfil my criteria of ideal - a pacifist give-flowers-to-little-kids game? Oh well. I've rambled for quite some time, but the topic struck a chord with me and I felt compelled to answer somewhat elaborately. Oh well, thanks for taking the time.
Alarion
Any played Tales of symphonia...like kratos aurion from there
an uber bad ass cool guy/girl
always have red hair
and i usually am a fighter (like in dnd)
end up with 2 weapon fighting most of the time
use a sword, and i also love fast characters or ones with combos/multiple attacks
an uber bad ass cool guy/girl
always have red hair
and i usually am a fighter (like in dnd)
end up with 2 weapon fighting most of the time
use a sword, and i also love fast characters or ones with combos/multiple attacks
this. execpt i go for ginger because i am and we're an unapreciated race...Fallen_Hitokiri said:
your not unappreciatedlolmynamewastaken said:
your just misunderstood!
I believe in you!
wait...isnt it gingers where if you say they arent real one dies?
hahaha aw thanks!Fallen_Hitokiri said:
yeah, we're like fairies, we die if some one says thank you for some one saying bless you as well...
i swear im stalking your post, just about every time i post i notice that you've had like the one above me or something!
really?lolmynamewastaken said:
do you only appear on nights of the full moon to?
wow gingers should be a dnd race XD
wow congrats
you have become a stalker without even realising it!
it takes a real pro to do that
yeah, offically. we're endangered at the moment...
we sure as hell can't come out in the sun seen as how it turns us in to horrible sundried tomato type things...
im not sure if i should take pro stalker as a compliment or an insult really..
we sure as hell can't come out in the sun seen as how it turns us in to horrible sundried tomato type things...
im not sure if i should take pro stalker as a compliment or an insult really..
i enjoy playing the guy that could push ofer a castle with his tounge. i dont particulary like stealth in table top games or other stuff like that because people know your their anyways /shrug
however im a sneaky bastard in real life, even though im 6"4'
however im a sneaky bastard in real life
, even though im 6"4' 
I prefer to play pet classes, like the Mastermind in CoV, but normally I'll play a mage..
I blame Diablo 2..
I blame Diablo 2..