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What class(es) do you tend to gravitate towards in video game rpgs? (hexbear.net)

submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net

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Through my years of mmo and rpg gaming I've tended to swing between the two extremes of the warrior/wizard dynamic.

Some days I just want to be a dumb tank in full armor soaking up hits and acting as a wall for squishier classes. But then there's days where I love being a glass cannon that can kill something in 1-2 nukes but a strong breeze can kill me.

The least fun I've head with a class was as a healer druid in Everquest. Something so stressful about the party relying on you for heals and if you wipe it's generally your fault. idk how people dedicate themselves to a class like that.

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[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

It's amazing how much a knight in shining armor can stand out among a bunch of dark cliches.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

It's not even that i do hate all dark fantasy, i like it else i would't read Glen Cook or the 40k slop (i hate the wh fantasy books for some reason though). It's i've been tired by total takeover of the genre in last 40 years with no signs of any change. Also lack of imagination and "rozmach" (no idea of the word in english, something between momentum and epicness and scale, for example Black Company series have it perfectly balanced) in most books.

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 6 points 4 weeks ago

I feel the same way; I do enjoy some dark stories sometimes but for fuck's sake the "this isn't cookie cutter sunshine and rainbows" pitch is decades stale now. No one told the edgelords that the new "cookie cutter" is grimdark shit.