With the recent 'My Life as a Tank' post that was made, and the opening of the Warhammer Online Beta, I was thinking to myself; "You know? Mr. Palumbo just might have had a point."
I personally tend to play the Hybrid classes in RPGs, and that reflects my life as well - I'm a jack-of-all-trades. I never like to be tied down to one particular thing; Especially in games.
I tend to lean towards the Melee Capable healers...simply because I like hitting things, but I always feel this pang of guilt when I see injured friends nearby, not being able to really do anything about it. It fits into my 'generous' nature, so to speak. Having an extra "Res" is always handy when the healer goes down, and that extra man standing beside you swinging away at the monster is actually able to help heal the rest of the group while the main healer is focused on the tank.
Not to mention - While the healer is working on the group, they can't always heal themselves, that generates even more threat...so it's always nice to have a hybrid healer that can toss the MH a few hit-points when he's down. It can, and has been, a raid/life/group-saver more times than I'd care to count.
In real life, I'm the first person to go out and buy a friend a new videogame if he can't afford it, just so we can play together. I'm the guy that all of my friends come to talk to when they have problems, or need to relieve stress. I'm 'that guy' in every group of friends that plays the mediator role, and is there when he's needed.
So it's only natural that I tend to stick with my healing classes, though..I can stand up for myself..which is why 99% of the time, you'll find me sitting in the Hybrid off-healer role in any group setting. It's fitting, fun, and that's where I do my best work. Always have, probably always will. Being able to fill multiple roles in a group situation is thrilling for me, and I love when the compliments fly in about how great my healing was, or - "Without ____'s damage, we wouldn't have made it through that one; great job!" Those moments are what keep my going through the grind. And I wouldn't want to do it as anything other than a Hybrid.
But basically, I'm wondering - for those of you that play RPGs, does your typical Archetype/Class selection reflect from your real-life personality? Or is it more of a 'I wish I was _____" a reflection of what you desire to be? Or something completely different than the two of those?
I personally tend to play the Hybrid classes in RPGs, and that reflects my life as well - I'm a jack-of-all-trades. I never like to be tied down to one particular thing; Especially in games.
I tend to lean towards the Melee Capable healers...simply because I like hitting things, but I always feel this pang of guilt when I see injured friends nearby, not being able to really do anything about it. It fits into my 'generous' nature, so to speak. Having an extra "Res" is always handy when the healer goes down, and that extra man standing beside you swinging away at the monster is actually able to help heal the rest of the group while the main healer is focused on the tank.
Not to mention - While the healer is working on the group, they can't always heal themselves, that generates even more threat...so it's always nice to have a hybrid healer that can toss the MH a few hit-points when he's down. It can, and has been, a raid/life/group-saver more times than I'd care to count.
In real life, I'm the first person to go out and buy a friend a new videogame if he can't afford it, just so we can play together. I'm the guy that all of my friends come to talk to when they have problems, or need to relieve stress. I'm 'that guy' in every group of friends that plays the mediator role, and is there when he's needed.
So it's only natural that I tend to stick with my healing classes, though..I can stand up for myself..which is why 99% of the time, you'll find me sitting in the Hybrid off-healer role in any group setting. It's fitting, fun, and that's where I do my best work. Always have, probably always will. Being able to fill multiple roles in a group situation is thrilling for me, and I love when the compliments fly in about how great my healing was, or - "Without ____'s damage, we wouldn't have made it through that one; great job!" Those moments are what keep my going through the grind. And I wouldn't want to do it as anything other than a Hybrid.
But basically, I'm wondering - for those of you that play RPGs, does your typical Archetype/Class selection reflect from your real-life personality? Or is it more of a 'I wish I was _____" a reflection of what you desire to be? Or something completely different than the two of those?
