What class do you enjoy playing in mmorpgs?
What class do you enjoy playing in mmorpgs?
I've always been partial to tank and dps, two low maintenance roles in a traditional party. Back when I played Everquest live in 2000 I had a Paladin and a Monk I'd trade off on back and forth. Though I never got to do raids it was still fun to do small pick up groups in dungeons like Crushbone or Blackburrow where I tanked on the Paladin or did assist dps on the Monk.
I have no time for MMOs anymore but I'm the support class.
I remember being a kid playing Ragnarok Online as a Dancer (a girl-only class), because my guild needed one for certain spell combinations. During guild events people would always refer to me as "she" in voice chat and I didn't have a mic to correct them, but I also kind of liked it for some strange reason.
And of course since I already have a girl account, I might as well also make a sage character - the mechanics are good but also her dress is pretty...
MMOs were a very trans experience for me.
Telling my irl friends "I'm only playing a girl because the sex-locked items are needed to optimize my build!"
RO is a great classic mmorpg.
I remember playing the alpha a billion years ago...
Yo yo yo, RO is based. Loved it so much growing up. I played a Sage and a Monk. The game used to come free with a cereal box in my country. All the kids in my neighbourhood started playing together.
I’ll always love RO. The music is so nostalgic to me. I sometimes catch it randomly in some YouTuber or another’s background music.
Always Be Casting
Never Be Not Casting
Paladin. I like being able to heal and help while also holding my own in combat.
Or some kind of caster/dps/glass cannon style where I'm squishy and weak but I can deal huge damage.
I tend to lean DPS only because they have the most options. I'm all about vibes though, so I tanked WoW mythic raids as a paladin and a demon hunter. Healed as a priest briefly during Draenor because I found a specific outfit that looked super sick on my blood elf. I swap for the dumbest reasons like "this outfit is cute", "this spell effect is cool", "i really like this throwaway lore nobody else cares about".
Gameplay sometimes gets in the way though. I played Dancer in FFXIV because that game has too many situational buttons for me and I like simpler classes where you just press the light up buttons. Fight mechanics are interesting to me, but hyper optimizing rotations and spinning plates isn't. Demon Hunters had like 3 buttons you press for max DPS for a while.
Support is definitely my least played because its some of the highest cognitive load, critical to do well so you don't die, and holds a lot of responsibility. Meaning people will be mad at you if you fuck it up. Some people will say that about tanking too but I never felt it. Its just more knowing the boss mechanics and not having to react to other people in your group as much.
I also like meme or niche classes. Puppetmaster in FFXI, playing a battle priest or autospell builds in Ragnarok. Stuff like that.
So it really depends on the game.
Puppetmaster in FFXI
The GOAT of soloers in XI for sure.
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*confused OSRS player noises
Not MMORPGs, but either DPS or Support, depends on which has more engaging mechanics.
Everquest's Shaman was a cool class but it was mostly supportive spells in a group but could also solo at the higher levels.
The fighter, the unsung modest hero of the party.
When I played WoW my main was a holy paladin or fire/ice mage depending on expansion. In FF14, I played black mage.
I like to be a tank or healer. Back when I played WOW. Its nice to feel wanted.
Whatever the warrior class is, sometimes tank sometimes dps. A big sword is mandatory.
I always slid more to the DPS side of things when I was younger, absolutely adored that blade wizard build Rift had, but as I got older I slid more into the Healer role.
My time on FFXIV bouncing between running around as White Mage, Scholar, and Astrologian were some of the best times I've had in an MMO. It was hectic, at first, but once I got into the flow of things, it just clicked. Flowing from offensive casting to pulling someone from the brink of death, watching my tanks buffs count down to know when I need to refocus on them. Those tense fights where something went wrong, and now it's finding order in the chaos to bring it back together for one push.
Healing in mmos always felt daunting to me because of the responsibility of keeping the party alive in tight situations. But I can see how it would be fun when you get into a rhythm of playing.
I fucking loved Rift's healer-via-lifesteal mage subclass, and nothing else has quite scratched that same itch since. FF14's sage ain't shit
Support, but few things clicked harder for me than Dervish and Paragon in GW.
confused EVE Online noises
Assassin/Ranger or DPS in general when I was a kid. Growing older I shifted to Healers/Supports.
Damn, I guess I haven't aged into my healer arc yet.
Hahaha, is more that I became less and less social even in games.
Is easier to find quick groups playing healer and less frustating too.
DPS or support, generally I like pet classes. Pet can pwn the encounter and I'll be a bump on a log AFK, or doing other stuff in game. Enchanter was a lot of fun in EQ, but frustrating with people breaking mezz, killing your charm pet, or whining that you wouldn't buff them and you totally did it was some spell stack incompatibility and they spend the whole time being big gamer mad at you.
I was thinking about rolling a mage on eq project 99 to try out the pet class.
I raided with a mage on live for a bit, its a fun and can stand entirely on its own. If you get a regular gaming buddy look for shaman since they complement you, rangers not so bad neither.
Ranged dps always.