Pretty simple question. In an RPG, which are you more likely to play? The dashing, agile rogue? The stalwart, hulking warrior? Or the inquisitive, destructive mage?
Personally, I like a good rogue. Sneak attacks are always oh-so rewarding.
See this shit? This is a good poll. I want to see more of them. Rogue has always been my playstyle. Something about the idea of silently taking out a room full of guards with a couple knives, and a garrote and a distraction has always been badass to me.
Warrior. Always. I have tried out mage in some but generally am not a huge fan. I just love playing a warrior and hitting that point were you become almost invincible. By the end of Oblivion on my first playthough my warrior reflected so much damage and had so much health that I could just stand there and let things kill themselves by attacking me. It was awesome.
I like to mix it up. But I almost always find my first playthrough is usually a mage. Even In masseffect I was the Adept which is kind of like a mage...
I like to try them all out at some point; which leads to multiple save files and restarts and general grunting around. Mage normally does it for me, though. Unless I'm playing with a Mage; too much magic a-flying on the field for me.
Mage. Because if I learned anything from the original Diablo, it's that the mage was also the best thing to be in the end game because nothing would get the chance to fuck with you.
@Red: great poll! if the spell lineup is unique i'll do a mage first pretty much every time. unless the spells suck or are just the same old magic missle, fireball, etc etc then no thanks. if the rogue stealth and dmg mechanics are good i'll do a rogue. never a straight-up warrior. I'm not trying to put myself to sleep.
but actually these days if the RPG falls into the same old tank-dmg-heal D&D mechanics I'll usually just take a pass. I played my fill. I'll save my time and money up for a game that actually puts some effort into the combat system and setting design.
At first I was really worried this was a topic about Rogue Warrior. Then I re-read the title. Anyways, Rogue ever since Dragon Age Orgins (one of my favorite games of all time) I've learned to love rogues. Backstabbing and doing massive crits with your bow. Its simply delicious!
Although I'm going a pretty pure mage character in skyrim and enjoying that as well. Although also promptly getting fucked on skyrim in many cases against warriors who corner me. O_o
I always try to go mage or thief but I always end up being the smash dudes guy. You can never run out of sword swings, but you sure can run out of magic.
As a side note anything other than chaotic neutral in D&D rule video games does not make any sense to me. It's the only one that let's me do what I want to when I feel like it.
I don't get Rogues... they are weaker than warriors, and their abilities are nowhere near as awesome as mages... so... I just don't get why people like them. besides, sneaking in most RPG's ala dragon age really doesn't work well... Just saying my piece. I love warrior and mage. gonna have to think on this one.
@Jay444111: Sneaking sucks in games where you have a party of dudes who can't sneak, but otherwise it's great. Being able to flat-out avoid fights or start them off with a kill is fun.
I don't get Rogues... they are weaker than warriors, and their abilities are nowhere near as awesome as mages... so... I just don't get why people like them. besides, sneaking in most RPG's ala dragon age really doesn't work well... Just saying my piece. I love warrior and mage. gonna have to think on this one.
They are weaker than warriors because their damage potential is way higher than a warrior they are a DPS role in a traditional party style game. And even games without a party like skyrim they are very very powerful the dagger and bow damage bonuses for sneak attacks will deal more damage than any brute force warrior build could ever hope to.
I can never decide between playing rogue or a mage. Even beyond just the obvious sneaky sneaky stabby kill kill (or I guess not since I always play an archer) or the burn everything choice, I still haven't actually nailed what playstyle I find easier. For now it's both, one save as a rogue and one as a mage in Skyrim, Torchlight, Dragon Age, Mass Effect, etc, never warrior though.
Where's all the other classes? I often like to roll with the Paladin-esque class, because they're tanks who can also heal themselves. Win win. For the sake of the poll, though, i'll vote warrior.
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