Which character archetype will you focus on?

Although SotA is going to be a classless character development system. Recent developer discussions have suggested that there will be four main archetypes in the SotA magic and skill systems. Relax, you can still train in just about everything but there will be natural progressions that might lean a player one way versus another.

Archetypes:

Fighter
Cleric
Thief
Mage
(I wonder where Bard fits in here?)

Which one will you likely focus on?

 

Mage but summoner type if possible

 

Mage of demonic persuassion, if that will exsist.

 

Dancing Mage , as the city guards cut out my tongue i can´t read out of the mage book.
I have to prepare my spells with complicated moves!

This is how you cast a summon demon spell:



And now serious respond: Archery with Arrows, and some Daggers for close fights

 

Why don't you just shoot arrows?!?

I can dig the dancing Mage! It would be an awe inspiring sight to see a whole troop of dancing mages performing. You could do dance in taverns for extra income.

 

Probably archer (ranger), or possiblty rogue, not sure yet. I never play a mage.

 

I imagine Fighter and Mage will be the most popular paths chosen, so I might just have to go Cleric.

 

I'm hoping mage will provide enough interesting options - but we shall really see...

 

I couldn't vote. They didn't have bards, druids, or archers.

Unless that would be classified under a combination of the above options.



I'm either going to be swinging an axe around, or shooting stuff. I haven't decided yet.

 

I'm assuming the achetypes just represent primary combat molds. Non-combat bardic skills, crafting skills, etc. exist outside of these archetypes.

Druid magic would be a flavor of the Mage archetype.

Archers would be a flavor of the Fighter archetype.

 

Where are the multiclass poll options!

 

There are no classes, so you can play "multiclass".

These are archetypes.

 

Where are the multi-rooted archetype options!

I picked fighter for now.

 

I won't be picking until I see the combat UI at launch, and what types of resources are obtained in what manner.

I prefer Thieves, in theory, but they're typically weak defensively, require specialized situations and offer "utility", which unfortunately takes a back seat to what mages and fighters offer for resource collection. It's a sad reflection on the genre that fun is the last consideration, given the potential of these games.

 

I thought they said that those characters didn't actually represent classes but a type of magic. Maybe I misunderstood.

 

They did say that. But just yesterday morning RG said something about "we have four archetypes, fighter and mage are two of them." I'm paraphrasing, but I'm fairly certain that although there are no classes and you can technically play "anything", these are the four "primary" focuses that the game is built around.

 

they showed these archetypes with the magic wheel, but i will play chaos, the 5th archetype which will only exist in this game because we have no classes

 

Hurr, the poll lacks assassins!

Ahh, I also dream about being an archer in studded leather, with a tamed panther by my side!
Sadly couldnt do it in the t2a setting because tamed animals were slow as heck, and could not do it later because you just could not train a panther to be strong enough.........


I also can imagine a group of sturdy police-guys in chain mail, with beards and grim faces, running with dogs trough the woods, chasing a murderer. In my imagination it looks beautiful.

 

thinking of founding a rogue assassin guild that is focused on earning by ambushing players.

 

I like that alot @Artariel. I'm a member of a virtous guild so we would be your some of your prey but that's okay.