What do you play as?

[Leftnt Sharpe]

Kensai baulders gate 2. Will be really surprised if anyone knows what I am meaning.

I've never actually played a Kensai, the idea of a Fighter not wearing armour worries me. I prefer a Vanilla Fighter or Barbarian to be honest. Although Ranger's and Bards (I like Skalds)are other favourites. Not really big on Magic or Rogue type classes, but I do quite like Sorcerers even though they are Mages for Noobs.

 

[Triangulon]

Usually a rogue. I always found the roleplaying element much more interesting (consider characters such as Robin Hood, Malcom Reynolds and Waylander - +1 internet if you know them all). I also like being able to rely on dexterity for my defence/armour class rather than cumbersome armour. Typically an archer, sniper, duelist etc.

 

[SwagLordYoloson]

Usually i will begin the game as a lowly merchant, exploit any holes i find in the economy, then purchase whatever gear and men i can. By this stage im usually a lower level than other people but with better gear, and more backup. Then i like to sit back with my crossbow whitest my soldiers do the work.

If the game does not support a merchant class (curse you world), then i play as a leader of peasants, i declare myself awesome, and befriend and bum or looser i see, getting them all on my side and ready to back me up no matter how sober they are.... This is an alright strategy as i have many men (unarmed ramble) at my disposal and i have no need to charge into battle, but rather observe the slaughter.

If the game does not support a leading class i tend just to be a suicide bomber (strap some grenades/blast radius fire-spells to my body.) up my ST and AG and charge in bombs blazing.... never works tho....

 

[silver wolf009]

Damage sponge. Walking tank with a great big minigun/claymore. Intelligence of 5 and an endurance/ strength of 10.

 

[Unia]

I'm a sucker for gimmicky classes rather than all-out fighters/tanks. Summoning minions is good fun (provided the thick critters can follow without handholding). I've played Oblivion a lot as a pure mage but a high dmg staff makes it pointless fast. Then I discovered being a stealthy archer lets me be even more of a nuisance ^^.

In MMORPGs I'm the most harmless one in the bunch untill my debuffs sink in.

 

[dogenzakaminion]

Depends. In Fallout with guns and all I prefer being sneaky, in fantasy games...usually some sort of warrior with a little bit of magic.

 

[DSEZ]

im usually a tank or a mage

tank i love rushing and knowing i wont die

mage i like the way the spells look

 

[Jewrean]

Mage. Always. Anything with magic. I've played far too many games to be interested in the same ol' swords and shields bullshit that warriors provide. Stealth is usually broken in most games so I avoid that altogether whenever possible. Magic just has too many paths and interesting abilities. Sure it sucks in some games, but in others it completely dominates. Magic all the way.

 

[MasterOfWorlds]

I prefer to pack light and be sneaky when I can. I also like to pack weapons that minimize fight time, sniper rifle, super powerful spell, etc etc. I tend to play a mixture of smart/charismatic guy with bonuses in strength or dexterity depending on the game. In Oblivion, I went almost exclusively mage for the first time and really enjoyed it. In Fallout 3 and New Vegas, which I will be grabbing today, I played a smart/talky/sniper guy.

I prefer to fight smarter, not harder. If I can hit them before they see me, or finish the fight quickly, that means less risk and less, you know, dying. Dying is bad for business folks...well unless you're an undertaker or funeral home. XD

 

[Desert Tiger]

I'm the scheming stylish one. Always max out my speech/barter/charisma and make a morally ambiguous, annoyingly lovable scum character.

Fallout 3? Sunglasses, scoped magnum with either a headband or cowboy hat and one of the cooler looking merc outfits (or leather armour).

And a soul patch or a GODDAM GOATEE.

 

[NuclearPenguin]

A cleric.
In fantasy single player games, I will play as a healing character using a mace & shield, even if its more than difficult to heal my oh so idiotic companions.
In sci-fi single player games I just tend to go with whatever can burn and/or explode the living hell out of the enemies
In modern single player games you dont really get a choice. More often than not you are a random soldier shooting people.

In fantasy multiplayer games I tend to lean towards some kind of "Melee Healer" or Shapeshifter, atleast when theyre available. Otherwise I just tend to go with the guy soaking up damage.
In sci-fi multiplayer games I just go for the medic or the afore mentioned burning/exploding guy.
In modern multiplayer games I try to go for some kind of field medic but in quite a few they arent available. In that case I just go for whatever the hell I feel like. It tends to involve C4.

 

[TundraStalax]

in fallout 3, I'm going unarmed, it actually is working out quite well...

...named him ricki

 

[JoshGod]

i usually go for a magical character sometimes a half mage half warrior.

 

[Kenko]

In Fallout type games I usually go for a combo of ranged and stealth with a few support skills. In fantasy games I usually go all out berserker if its possible.

 

[kolrockan]

Fallout 3? I went for a mid-long range small guns specialist, I used mainly my chinese assault rifle, backed up with grenades. Then I got to the end of the game, and also did a few add-on campaigns, and instantly switched to owning squishy ghoul faces with giant burning green balls of plasma and magnetized microfusion cells from the gauss rifle, which might as well be called the 'Grenade sniper rifle'.

As for my character, I planned to play him neutral, but ended up good anyway, given that I felt a bit guilty about the idea of murdering people for pocket change. My tag skills were small guns, repair, and medicine, a nice and healthy balance for a character that might be handy for longer expeditions, and it came off rather well.

Also, he was the most stylish character ever, combat armor and a shady hat. The peak of post-apocalyptic fashion.

Also a bit of a loose canon. I find paradise falls, learn it's a slaver base, and instantly slaughter anyone who takes up arms against me, cutting them in two with a spray from my machine gun.

 

[DreadfulSorry]

I usually pick a Warrior/Heavy type, since normally the most skill I can manage in a game is button mashing.

 

[Rogue 9]

I'll always pick either a stealthy or long ranged fighter option the first time I play through a game with different classes. Infiltrator in Mass Effect, Rogue in WoW, Siren in Borderlands (for the omgsneakyrunaway! Phase step), Vanquisher in Torchlight, etc. I guess I prefer not giving whatever I'm killing the chance to kill me first.

 

[Adventurer2626]

I definitely make sure the fight is over before it has begun. If I can lay a trap, I do that. If I can toy with them, I do that. If I can save money on repairs by not letting them get a hit in, I do that. Being sneaky is more efficient/economical and often more fun than standing toe to toe or barrel to barrel.

 

[Saulkar]

I prefer a lurking character with devastating stealth kills and one hit one kill area effect magic.

 

[Admiral Stukov]

Here is my Fallout 3 character:

Spoiler: Good sized picture

As you can probably tell from that... I prefer sneaky types who surprise their foes through ambush, sniping, and infiltration. Rarely do I ever actually involve myself in direct conflict. My personality is very much the same way.

I can also tell that you play Fallout on the PC and mod the crap out of it.

Yup yup!

Except the hair colour (I usually go for red), this is exactly the way I play.
And when it comes to mods, Fook2 and FOSE are also something that I consider a must have.
Before I uninstalled fallout 3 I had 4,3 GB mods to it, that is truly to "mod the crap out of it".