Playing the Same Character Anywere Else?

A funny thing happened to me while I was busy taking a little break from Guild Wars...I was still playing the same character!!! I realized that I have been playing the same character since before I even heard of Guild Wars...Even back in the day of PnP role-playing, I always played a ranger of some sort.

From Morrowind, Oblivion, Perfect World, Shaiya...always the same: an archer/ranger, typically female. Sometimes I find I even try to manifest this character in other games, favoring bows when I can. Even in Bioshock, I HAD to use the crossbow as my favored weapon. I loved Theif I - III. I even did it in (don't tell anyone) Maple Story. When I first started Guild Wars, my first character...Ranger/Monk.

So, I'm sure there are a few of us out there who have dabbled with something else from time to time, but always return to the same style of play. How many of you seem to ALWAYS gravitate back to the same character type? Warrior, caster and whatnot...And...Is it because you like the way those characters look, their role or do you really want to be Legolas, Sir Gallahad, Merlin, Robin Hood, The Gray Mouser, LeeeeeeeeeRoy Jeeeeeeenkiiiins!!! Thor, Roscoe P. Coaltrain, and the like? How many have even gone so far as to use the same name?

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I get tired of playing the same stuff over and over. If I ever find myself in a rut, I'll make something at random, even using dice to help me pick something at random if I have to!

I like my R/N toucher Jedi in SWG.

My favorite characters in RPGs have always been a warrior or fighter of some sort, with WoW being the only exception (Warlock and Mage ftw.)

Ranger is my only PvE character, been through all the campaigns and bonus missions and stuff, he is totally pimp. Also play core ranger in GvG, so I dunno, ranger is just meh thing.

I guess I'm one who's either versatile or gets boring of stuff easily. One thing remains; I'm an offensive-type of player. I want to deal damage. Support and backliners are somewhat boring to me as I NEED ACTION!

So I play whatever as long as I'm in the frontline or an offensive midliner. Necro in GW and D2, rest have been anything that does either good damage or is close-combat.

I tend to stay with my favourite type in general, the elementalist/mage type guy/girl, though my main in GW is a Warrior, just because they seemed fun to try out, and I never really got bored.

My warrior, Konrad Althalon, is borne from an old General of mine from a game called NationStates, which I Moderate. My Male Monk (who I never use anymore), Khaled Sudani, is a subordinate of Althalon's in the same universe. Same with Sen Dabernasi (Dervish), Ezr Sergoyan (Paragon), and Narotama Suharto (Ritualist). Last time I wrote anything for NS, I brought my GW main (the one for which this account is named--Nadia Roark) over into that universe to return the favor, in a wierd sort of way.

As I envision them, few if any of these characters bear any similarities to their NationStates bretheren with the possible exception of Roark, although she doesn't take her likeness from my GW character. Instead I borrowed the image of Riza Hawkeye from Full Metal Alchemist to depict her in NationStates. For some reason the idea of using a GW screenshot as her avatar there didn't sit right with me.

I always seem to gravitate to rangers, assassins, and other roguish characters. I usually end up making casters and melee people but I love starting out with finesse characters. I like the variety within their professions (typically).

I also name any assassin Kartok the Deadly, a homage to my assassin of the same name back when I played SB.

I had A Necro, Druid, and Assassin in d2.
I have a Warrior and Ranger in GW.

Nope.

It's always been the ranged/stealthy/thief type thing for me. I so wanted assassins in GW to be good, but they landed up being high DPS warriors with low AL. No imagination at all....

So Ranger it is

To be fair, GW isn't a game that lends itself to "stealthy theif types." Until there's an way to turn yourself invisible and loot mobs without killing them, I fear there will be a distinct lack of traditional sneak-around type characters in this game.

hehe Every other PvE game I play always start out with Warrior idk why, Maybe like to be on Front Lines kicking of A**. In Oblivion I made my Character to be full tanker.

all MMORPG my first char has always been a range type class followed by magic user...

no surprised that Ranger was my first class...

I usually play support characters, never primary healers or damage dealers.

Guild Wars - Monk, Ritualist, Mesmer, Paragon
Diablo 2 - Druid, Necro, Paladin
Ragnarok Online - Priest (advanced Monk), Alchemist (a half-warrior, half-mage using potions and a ,,pet'' to fight and support team), Sage (Mesmer/Elementalist), Bard (Paragon/Ranger).

i love my assassin type characters....but i will play anything.......

i have a lot of fun playing offensive but support/healing gives me more satisfaction

To a large extent, yes. She doesn't have a set name that goes from game to game (some people do that) but in my mind it is the same character. Always some type of wizarding class (elementalist in GW's case) and I always have one character that represents me, no set class on it I just try and get one that looks like me (in this case on of the tyrian warrior models looks kinda like me, just need to make him a little fatter).

I also usually pick some type of theme for character names. In GW all the females are "Isis" and usually contain a color: "Isis the Red", "Isis the Blue", "Isis the Green", etc. The only exceptions are the above mentioned elementalist (that character always gets a name from one of the books I like to read) and the character that represents me either gets named Brian (my name) or strcpy (what I normally try for on forums).

All my characters in the past have usually been mages of some sort, sometimes battlemages(or anything that requires technique, never hack/slashers). My first DnD Character was a Gnome Illusionist.


I think I favour the more intelligent classes. Even though your average ele has the iq of a bar stool...

Well my main character is a ranger in GW. And i've had a similar theme through the other rpgs/mmo's i've played. From Baldurs Gate, icewind dale, morrowind to UO always favoured the bow over a sword.

Actually thinking about Baldurs gate makes me want to play it again. Man i loved those games!