Actually, different role has different advantage, it is hard to say which is good and which is not good, but depends on yourself, if you like this one, then it is the good one. There are usually 4 kinds of roles for almost all RPG, for example, warrior, mage, knight, priest, I believe that the warrior is the most popular cause it is stand for power, strength, and so on, so i like the warrior very much, i will play warrior when i choose a game to play, and i found others also like the warrior too, but the priest is very rare, maybe we can create some other races besides those 4, like soldier, commandor and so on, because it will be boring if there are only 4 kinds of roles.

warrior is always my taste

scout-ranger

I generally always get sucked into playing a ranger/bowman in the begining but due to my sinister needs i switch over the rouge class.

woa.. nice to heard that.. usually i play the character of a warrior high in vitality and high in defence and good for pvp.. hahaha... XD

Ranger has always been my cup of tea.

But i also prefer playing a support-class of any sort.

I've never really liked warriors in games, for some reason it seems that developers are trying to make them "tanks" even though there are other classes for that usually. (Paladins?) Personally when i hear "warrior" I see a guy with little to no clothes and a sword in his hand ready to charge and doesn't care about what will happen.

First post was painful to read...

While in real life, I love the thought of sword fighting, in games I generally prefer ranged combat. So I tend to pick a class where I can kill my opponent before they can reach me.

I also enjoy tanking.

I like priest, with kind soul! Noble healer xD

I tend to play utility classes or straight healers.  I like being a support character and a healer is always needed at some point.

Usually Evil if there is a class thats Evil, or Dark either one.

I also like Buffer and Healer. Can't deny I like to help people.

If I can't be one of those I just be a Mage Class or Holy Class.

I used to be rogue all the way, though i play support rogue with most points in stealth/disarming etc(Neverwinter nights, then dungeons and dragons pnp) but soon I discovered how fun mages where (shadowrun pnp, Anarchy online, phantasy star online, WoW etc etc) , to have control over the chaotic forces of the elements, shadows, the arcane.

I love support classes, healing , protecting, buffing etc, though i need a mage/rogue alt for when something needs to die.

It's all about control for me, I hate feeling helpless when I roleplay ^_^

Warrior or Knight

I like to deal damage

Priest, which i choose when playing wow LOL

Scout/Ranger

i still go for archers/rangers. kill them before they come near.

Yup archers kick @$$

Variety is fun!  I play all sorts of classes, but usually I'm playing as the dude with teh sword and shield, or some sort of mage class.

I enjoy heavy armored Tanks.

Even in sandbox games with no classes I make a heavy armor character then kinda mix things up later on.

Even in Eve I first started as a Heavy armor, close combat character LOL! 

I do love archers.. but I'm currently starting to have a change of heart. Melee axe also rocks.

<is clearly odd person out>

I prefer mages, and am clearly in the minority there ^^.

There is just something oh so very fun about lobbing down a little death and destruction from the unforgiving heavens that is certain to put a smile on my face.  Barring that, as most games so very rarely make a mage class truly worth playing outside of being a healer, than I go with the flow and pick up the bow so I can imagine shooting the bad guys in their crotches, <when they have them>.

Originally posted by Shiva_Shadow

<is clearly odd person out>

I prefer mages, and am clearly in the minority there ^^.

There is just something oh so very fun about lobbing down a little death and destruction from the unforgiving heavens that is certain to put a smile on my face.  Barring that, as most games so very rarely make a mage class truly worth playing outside of being a healer, than I go with the flow and pick up the bow so I can imagine shooting the bad guys in their crotches, <when they have them>.

I also like mages especially the high damage and the AoE. But in some games, mages are very brittle. at least archers have some evasion to rely on.

MMORPG = Mostly Men Online Role Playing Girls  -- ignaccount

I've always loved the role of mage...though I prefer the destructive types.

Originally posted by csthao

scout-ranger

Same here. I like playing characters that are relatively weak in direct combat but that have tools to allow me to use initiative and strategy to win a battle.

Wizzard/mage type classes are my favourite because they are one of the hardest classes to play which means you cannot lose concentration because easy death, also the high dmg factor is appealing.