Board 8 > You're playing an RPG for the first time....

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This occurred to me, that I've only ever chosen Rogue as my initial class once in an RPG.

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I voted equally but it's really more of a game-by-game basis. I probably have a tendency towards mages but it really depends.

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If I have to lock into one class it's usually mage, otherwise I just mix them

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Really depends on the game. How useful is magic? Does it replenish easily? Or do you have to manage your MP?

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Depends on the type of RPG

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I've always liked mage because it was one of those things I 100% couldn't do in real life.

I can swing a sword, I can fire a bow and arrow (I couldn't do any of these things well mind you, but they are possible).

I will never be able to throw a fireball with my hands, so that's the type of thing I gravitate towards in RPGs.

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Usually a mix between Fighter and Rogue. I never pick Mage.

ShatteredElysium posted...

Usually a mix between Fighter and Rogue. I never pick Mage.

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Almost always fighter, I am an uncomplicated person and appreciate being able to hit things really hard.

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Sword-chucks, yo

Two swords equals twice the power

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I lean Rogue but it depends on the game.

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Heavily system dependent and I'd probably do some basic research on class expectations. But in a generic vacuum, it'd generally be mage. There's a ton of depth that systems can give to fighters and rogues, but magic begs to have it by default. It also plays nicely into weak-to-strong arcs as a low level wimpy mage if left unmolested will transform into a reality shaping force that even the gods tread lightly around. Or, if the system isn't that robust, will at least let you zap things with impunity.

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Mage almost always, but sometimes I'll pick a rogue if I'm feeling spicy or if the casting system in the game is extremely counter-intuitive. Fighter bores me.

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rogue tends to have more interesting mechanics imo

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Archer

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Usually fighter because they always give you an overpowered female mage.

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Just depends on the day

Usually fighter as I can just mash attack through random low-level battles instead of having to drain MP and select spells etc. Hitting things hard is just satisfying. Also they usually balance the party around the expectation that you'll be a fighter, so there will be mages around anyway.

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Thief, which I guess is rogue

Gimme that speed and stealing ability

If thieves suck in the game I go fighter

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LOLIAmAnAlt posted...

Archer

This or a healing class used to be my standbys. I always operated with this mentality of "If I don't die, I win." Therefore if I can do damage without taking any, or if I can recover the damage afterwards, those would always be my preference.

More recently I've turned to playing melee types for a lot of things. But ultimately, I picked magic user for the poll because that's what I would play in Quest For Glory and this poll seems tailor-made for that.

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For no reason, I made a list of each class I played first in class-based RPGs. Not sure where to place a few of them, paladin in particular seems hard to choose.

Warrior
- Dragon Age II (Warrior)
- Diablo (Warrior)
- Planescape: Torment (Fighter)
- Mass Effect (Soldier)
- Knights of the Old Republic II (Jedi Knight)

Rogue
- Dragon Age: Origins (Rogue)
- Torchlight (Vanquisher)

Mage
- Diablo 2 (Necromancer)
- Diablo 3 (Wizard)
- Pillars of Eternity (Cipher)
- Neverwinter Nights 2 (Wizard)
- Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines (Tremere)
- Star Wars: The Old Republic (Sith Inquisitor)
- Grim Dawn (Arcanist)

Other
- Knights of the Old Republic (Jedi Sentinel)
- Torment: Tides of Numenera (Cipher)
- Neverwinter Nights (Bard/Fighter)
- World of Warcraft (Paladin)

Don't Remember
Baldur's Gate
Baldur's Gate II

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Oh geez, could I even make a list like that? I feel like that would be really tough to remember.

Fighter:
Divinity: Original Sin 1 & 2
Fallout 4
Kingdoms of Amalur
Oblivion & Skyrim (though maybe this should be rogue due to always using stealth)
Pillars of Eternity
Torchlight 2 (engineer)

Rogue: (these are literally all archers)
Diablo
Diablo 2
Diablo 3
Path of Exile
Torchlight
World of Warcraft

Mage: (includes clerics)
Champions of Norrath
Dragon Age: Origins
Morrowind
Neverwinter Nights
Quest For Glory series (though I played all three paths)

There's probably a bazillion other games that should be on here that I can't think of.

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azuarc posted...

Diablo
Diablo 2
Diablo 3
Path of Exile
Torchlight

Someone likes archers in his roguelikes.

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I've gravitated towards classes that have quicker attacks. I think it is better to do chip damage and back away, evade, or defend, then wade in and smash. I just think attack animations for "heavy" classes are just too much fuss for me. If it is a standard sword fighter, then the issue is less apparent. But give me a Tifa/Nel/Yang/punchy stabby person (sometimes with magic to boot in Nel's case), over the slower brutes.

In games like .hack, just use three dual swords/twin blade users, and the enemies are stunlocked to hell. It's madness.

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How are you just now realizing this lol. I almost always go for mage unless it's too convoluted or boring. I just love the idea of wielding magic and it's been like that since I was young.

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Generally healer/mage first time through, then sword and board, then some sort of dex assassin/archer

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Always a mage unless there's a class that is specifically built around guns.

Somehow the only thing more appealing to me than wielding fantastic/godly powers is using the most grounded weapon imaginable and just shooting evil beings with fantastic/godly powers in the face.

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Fighter if tabletop
Rogue if video game

Voted fighter because probably have made more fighters in general, but honestly for first time characters I've probably made more rogues now that I think about it.

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Mage by default since I like it best aesthetically. But it depends on the game. If mage mechanics are annoying then I'll go for nonmagical range or melee.

I usually avoid stealth-based characters. I don't want to sneak around, I want to hit things for big damage.
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Rogue Mage

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ChaosTonyV4 posted...

Rogue Mage

Read this as rouge mage and thought it was a Red Mage reference.

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Anagram posted...

Someone likes archers in his roguelikes.

None of those are roguelikes, but I guess it would sound silly to reference Diablo as a Diablo clone.

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Umbreon posted...

I will never be able to throw a fireball with my hands, so that's the type of thing I gravitate towards in RPGs.

Not with that attitude.
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I couldn't make an extensive list like those earlier.

I think whichever class seems like it would do the best at getting in the most things. So usually a Rogue/Thief/Hacker. Sneak & steal, and hope for stealth kills.

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