Tanking. You can say in what direction the group is going (well unless the group is clueless) and you dont have to stand back.

Healing and dps are OK too though. Healing means I can do something if people are in danger - more than a tank, anyway. Dps means I can relax and start slowly until I can be sure the tank got aggro.

 I have played tanks and healers, and both can be fun.

My favorite thing though, is to cast spells. I like to blow things up, from a distance.

I almost always play a wizard of some type. This goes back 30 years to my pen and paper days.

I just love being a wizard I guess.

missed a role - Utility

something that the Evequest classes Bard and Enchanter would be categorized as

I prefer versatile roles. In a sandbox I tend to make well rounded characters as do most. I like to DD with the option of tanking and support/utility. 

In Age of Conan it was Bear Shaman because of the versatility. 

In FFXI it was Monk and then Blue Mage because of the versatility. 

It would be nice to see more versatile classes in games. 

Originally posted by Nadia

missed a role - Utility

 

something that the Evequest classes Bard and Enchanter would be categorized as

 

Yeah, I agree, Utility classes which would do CC or Off heal with occasional DPS were always my favorite role, and  largely absent from modern MMOs these days.

I used to like to do main healing when the combat pacing was slower, but in today's titles the rush, rush, rush mentatlity is a bit too much for my blood pressure, so I can't really perform in that role any more.

So RDPS is probably where I'm going to focus my time going forward, especially if any involve CC/Support.

Originally posted by Robokapp

Originally posted by XAPGames

Originally posted by Robokapp

 

 ... there's a female player in the back who spends her entire time making sure I'm healthy, and my welbeing makes her happy.

 

Shhh...  just don't tell him that the "female" happy to keep him alive is actually a guy in New Jersey eating burritos while playing healer *grin*

it does not matter...healer's real life gender is irrelevant. in my fantasy its a female.

 

since we'll never have irl interactions, the irl gender plays no role...only the in-game role is relevant. it's a RPG afterall. Any interaction with that person will strictly involve interracting with its online persona anyway.

 

without going into a long essay...what character you play will affect how you interact with others. your level of confidence, positioning, calling things out, aggressiveness etc. eventually combined with your irl personality, a pseudo-persona develops that is a function of yourself as well a how you see the game world thru your character's eyes. aka how confident you are in your ability to play your character.

 

it's that pseudo-persona that I care about interacting with not your irl one. I interact with people irl for their irl personalities.

 

that made no sense did it ? basically you + your character A differs from you + your character B. substracting YOU, what remains if a personality entirely driven by your character. and that one...will be that of a female healer most often in the case of a female healer played by any gender. :D. BECAUE I IMAGINE IT AS SO.

It was still enlightening that you fantasized that the player behind the character was female no matter what.  Are you just roleplaying characters with your admittedly sub-par RP skills? (My first reaction to that statement was that it wasn't even RP at all, until you clarified in  your next sentence, because no RP ever brings "players" into the conversation.)  Or are you actually projecting your fantasies to the people behind the computers?  

RDPS.

Normally I would say DPS but I so enjoyed Tanking in Tera that I have fallen in love with my lancer's capabilities.

Still,I love dps.

Depends on the game for me. Some games I like to play melee DPS, others I like to tank, some I like playing ranged DPS. It all depends. My favorite all around playstyle is a hybrid character that can do a mix, so yea...

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Originally posted by dave6660 Give me a support class.  Crowd control or debuffer.  Sadly, it seems those roles are disappearing.

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Also that...man what I would give for a proper support class. 

Originally posted by dave6660
Give me a support class.  Crowd control or debuffer.  Sadly, it seems those roles are disappearing.

CC is not completely gone. Back in CATA, you needs to CC mobs in dungeons. Of course they have nerfed it now.

i play Ranged DPS. I dont like to be forced to tank or heal because thats what my class is made for. If the trinity is heavily enforced in the game, i stick to ranged dps. If the trinity is flexible then i can role a dps healer class. Focused on DPS but with off heals.

I dont like tanking unless i am solo questing (not dungeons)... i tried tanking rage fire chasm with a prot paladin years ago and the wipe was imminent. Never tried it again and not interested in it.

Originally posted by nariusseldon

Originally posted by dave6660
Give me a support class.  Crowd control or debuffer.  Sadly, it seems those roles are disappearing.

CC is not completely gone. Back in CATA, you needs to CC mobs in dungeons. Of course they have nerfed it now.

There is a difference between random CC from a DPS class and a true support class that can control situations completely the way they want. 

Or bards in Vangaurd/FFXI. This gameplay type is starting to diminish and go away.. its sad really because I loved that gameplay.