Kilsin said:Community Debate - Melee, Magic or Ranged - What is your preferred choice, up close and personal, dropping bombs from a distance or precise missiles from afar? #MMORPG #CommunityMatters
Its not so cut and dry for me. Theres not one playstyle that is ideal for me. I prefer a variety of different attack types/patterns/play styles. For various the spells/abilities across all the different classes I am sure I will make at some point:
Direct Damage Single Target - Attack/Ability/Cast >> On target causing it to take damage
Direct Damage AE - Attack/Ability/Cast >> On target causing it to take damage, and causes damage to surrounding enemies in a small radius around the target
Cone Attacks - Attack/Ability/Cast >> Causes damage to targets in a cone shape in front of the player
AE's - Attack/Ability/Cast >> Target Ground, damages targets in varying sized areas, using any school of damage you want. Circle size can vary depending on the spell/ability/mastery.
AE's w/ splash - Attack/Ability/Cast >> Target Ground, creates randomish placed smaller circles in a larger area, causing damage to targets that are within the various circles within the "cluster" of smaller circles.
To better explain what I mean by "AE's w/ splash", I picture stuff like a ranger firing a storm of arrows into the air "Arrow Storm", Or a Druid summoning a "Lighting Storm", Or a mage summoning a "Meteor Storm", etc..
Im greedy, I like both ranged dps and melee; I guess thats why I favour the Ranger class. I love being able to dip in and out of range/melee whenever the situation calls.
I tanked successfully with my ranger back in the day (with a consistant group) with my ranger and I also liked being ranged if we had a good tank along for the ride.
Magic is fine for a change; I preferred dps/healing to full CC though (there were others much better at this than me) but I didnt mind laying the odd root/trap whenever needed.
It depends on the type of game. In games like Dark Souls and COD, where your weapon choice changes basically everything about how you play, that's when I care what weapon I use.
I typically pick what is still meta, yet extreme.
So in a gun based game, that might be any melee weapon, pistols, or sniper rifles. In a swords and magic game that might be any stupidly huge weapon, any sort of explosion magic, or daggers.
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In games like Pantheon, where it's auto attack and skills that determine how you play, I honestly don't care if I'm using a dagger, a gun, or shooting fireballs.
My choice of weapon or range just doesn't feel real enough for me personally to care. I pick what's the most OP out of whatever my class is allowed to use, and push the buttons when I'm supposed to.
