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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.

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[-] Babs@hexbear.net 15 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] Babs@hexbear.net 6 points 11 months ago

Telling my irl friends "I'm only playing a girl because the sex-locked items are needed to optimize my build!"

[-] D61@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago

I remember playing the alpha a billion years ago... I-was-saying

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago

RO is a great classic mmorpg.

[-] novibe@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months 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.

[-] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 6 points 11 months ago

Always Be Casting qin-shi-huangdi-fireball

Never Be Not Casting qin-shi-huangdi-fireball

[-] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 5 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] hypercracker@hexbear.net 5 points 11 months ago
[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago

The fighter, the unsung modest hero of the party.

[-] daniyeg@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago

*confused OSRS player noises

[-] let_me_tank_her@hexbear.net 4 points 11 months ago

When I played WoW my main was a holy paladin or fire/ice mage depending on expansion. In FF14, I played black mage.

[-] Cowbee@hexbear.net 4 points 11 months ago

Not MMORPGs, but either DPS or Support, depends on which has more engaging mechanics.

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago

Everquest's Shaman was a cool class but it was mostly supportive spells in a group but could also solo at the higher levels.

[-] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 4 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 2 points 11 months ago

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

[-] Gorb@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago

Whatever the warrior class is, sometimes tank sometimes dps. A big sword is mandatory.

[-] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago

Support, but few things clicked harder for me than Dervish and Paragon in GW.

[-] NoLeftLeftWhereILive@hexbear.net 2 points 11 months ago

Ranged dps always.

[-] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

Assassin/Ranger or DPS in general when I was a kid. Growing older I shifted to Healers/Supports.

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 1 points 11 months ago

Damn, I guess I haven't aged into my healer arc yet.

[-] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] tamagotchicowboy@hexbear.net 2 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 1 points 11 months ago

I was thinking about rolling a mage on eq project 99 to try out the pet class.

[-] tamagotchicowboy@hexbear.net 2 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] Beetle_O_Rourke@hexbear.net 2 points 11 months ago

confused EVE Online noises

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