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Posted by: raistlin Sep 16 2005, 02:24 AM

vote

Posted by: DoomedOne Sep 16 2005, 05:58 AM

I refuse. Too hard to make a final decision, I like them all.

Posted by: raistlin Sep 16 2005, 10:01 PM

someone vote

Posted by: Wurlon Sep 17 2005, 12:16 AM

I perfer melee, as I like the classical warrior. Mages are okay, but sometimes it's just annoying how they keep throwing crap at you that does one dmg. Stealth is okay too, but it can get boring and hard to fight big crap..

Posted by: Soulseeker3.0 Sep 17 2005, 12:36 AM

I love stealth, granted I can't do a good rp with one, I always go kill, kill, kill but oh well. they are still cool

Posted by: DoomedOne Sep 17 2005, 01:28 AM

If anyone votes for either stealth or melee I'll vote for the other to keep it even.

Posted by: Daikirai Sep 17 2005, 02:22 AM

Magic, since virtually anything is possible with magic. With a few increase skill spells suddenly you're twice as good as an average thief. I do expect to be at least decent in stealth and be able to handle myself with a blade.

EDIT: And, I have a feeling that this thread is in the wrong section.

Posted by: Wolfie Sep 17 2005, 09:50 AM

I can't choose, i integrate them all into my playstyle, although melee a little more than the others.

Posted by: Konradude Sep 18 2005, 06:34 PM

I choose stealth. The guilds were stupid, for mages guild you started off for a long time doing nothing to help your magic skills. Maybe it should be called the postal service instead of the mages guild? For fighters guild it was just killing peopple by clicking repeatredly and hoping for the best. Thieves gui;d had you thinking about when to use your skills....stealing that staff required a lot of thought.

Posted by: Soulseeker3.0 Sep 18 2005, 09:43 PM

heh... I "cheated", I stood behind his bookcase and snuck there tongue.gif

Posted by: raistlin Sep 18 2005, 11:47 PM

You put up a good point with the guilds.

Posted by: Khaan Sep 19 2005, 10:07 AM

I chose stealth, but combat can be really fun as well especially if you download the combat enhanced mod with slow motion. biggrin.gif

Posted by: Fuzzy Knight Sep 19 2005, 02:57 PM

Raw strength, one on one combat... tongue.gif Naah all my TES Character's have had that Battlemage image both Godlike with their melee skills and magic smile.gif

Posted by: Intestinal Chaos Sep 19 2005, 03:43 PM

Melee is by far the only one supported properly in Daggerfall and Morrowind. And especially not stealth. But in a perfectly balanced game, I would choose stealth.

Posted by: King Death Sep 19 2005, 05:20 PM

Melee, there's just somethin' about it that I love.

Posted by: sjvan0 Sep 19 2005, 06:11 PM

I like to make a balance of each type in my characters, although magic is probably my favourite. There's just nothing quite like freshly roasted zombie.

Posted by: Drittz Spartan Sep 20 2005, 04:25 PM

I prefer the good old fashion use of a sword. I like to rune into enemies and hack em up.

Posted by: Zelda_Zealot Sep 21 2005, 09:09 PM

Although I use a slight mix of the three I just prefer melee over the others.

Posted by: Nashi_Tai Oct 13 2005, 12:26 PM

STEALTH! I love stealth biggrin.gif I can't play a ALL theif character though. My charaters are always mostly theif with a twist. My favorite one is Nashi Tai (hence my posting name) She's a theiving temple member, hehe. Steal from those who have cool stuff and donate some to the temple...

PS- Nothing better in the world to be a theif in Vivec and have all the Ordinators love you. winkgrin.gif

Posted by: Pieinsky Mar 17 2006, 04:26 PM

Im going to use stealph and magic. I want to make an assissin who uses destruction, illusion, alteration, acrobatics, light armour , athletics and sneak. Just iimagine a dark brother hood member with fireballs! evillol.sml.gif

Posted by: 1234king Mar 17 2006, 09:18 PM

i probably like magic the best, it has the biggest perks, enchanting your weapon, making potions, and a whole lot of other stuff. I just made a guy who is a warlock and he is a Breton named Teinder

Posted by: Tellie Mar 18 2006, 01:55 PM

Magic by allmeans...the potential damage it can do if you use the right spells, is just awesome. Magic have a specila feeling about mystique that you cant get anywhere else.

And also I just love the idea of someone coming rushing towards you, thinking you're an easy take as you wear neither armour, nor weapons...on frostball fex. later, you continue your walk to the closest city or wherever you want to go...to, in safety

Posted by: Rohugh Mar 18 2006, 02:59 PM

Melee - my char is a warrior and likes to look into his opponents eyes whilst dealing with them. None of this sneaking around, and magic, well what can he say!! (the truth is he doesn't really understand it - a bit 'thick' )

Posted by: HyPN0 Mar 22 2006, 12:15 AM

I will play something similar to a Battlemage first time.....Still i think Stealth is the most intresting way to play..

Posted by: Sunboom Mar 29 2006, 04:38 PM

Magic definatly, but a little bit of stealth too. I voted for Magic. It's nice too see the poll is good divided between the three biggrin.gif.

Posted by: Magefire Apr 5 2006, 12:24 PM

Hmmm
I put melee because it is almost impossible in MW to play a magic only character, especially at the lower levels. My first character didn't use stealth, she got the amulet of shadows and a good chameleon spell and could bypass the need for stealth.

However, all three are really useful and my new character is using stealth a lot more.

Posted by: DarkHunter Apr 12 2006, 05:58 PM

Sneaky Sneaky is for me... whats better than sticking a Dwemer Shortsword intyo someones back, getting the critical sign and then they drop dead. What's better huh? Wait using a Deadric Short Sword
evillol.sml.gif evillol.sml.gif evillol.sml.gif

always take illusion as a sneaky person (it helps a lot, I have Chameleon 90% it cost me sooo much *wah*)

Posted by: Dreamer Apr 18 2006, 10:13 AM

I like magic, but I'll never create a 100% magic character. My favourite thing about TES games is going around, looking for unique armour and weapons, (I'm trying to find everything in Yagrum Bagarns book with using an FAQ), and as a wizard, you don't really have an incentive to look for that stuff, because you don't, (or can't) use it.

Posted by: Daedroth Feb 28 2008, 08:39 PM

Melee or stealth... I can't decide.


//Daedroth

Posted by: milanius Feb 29 2008, 09:59 PM

Dunno if I said it earlier, but Melee AND Magic all the way, baby. Nothing beats the screaming Breton, landing from the blue blue [red? Ashstormy?] skies into a sixpack of Daedroth/Dremora with his Bound arms & armor, as well as two dozen Restoration buffs. Because, I'm going, I'm going, Where the streams of Shein are going.*



*a vague, slightly modified "The Pogues" reference

Posted by: noniin_kaikki_tai_ei_mitään Apr 26 2008, 05:04 PM

I like Battlemages

Posted by: dragonguy93 Apr 28 2008, 03:55 PM

I prefer magic, though my characters and i always end up with a hybrid someone who is adept in any skill

Posted by: Pisces Apr 29 2008, 12:23 PM

I think I originally voted magic and I stick by it. Restoration, alteration, mysticism, illusion, destruction, they are all great. Stealth is pretty cool as well, it is fun sneaking behind a daedra lord to give critical hit them to death.

Posted by: Black Hand May 9 2008, 06:11 PM

The Shadows are my armor, for one does not hit one one does not see.

Posted by: Zalphon Mar 18 2010, 03:47 AM

Magic is my preferred skill.

Posted by: Liam Mar 18 2010, 09:25 AM

It's too hard to decide, with one, there is usually another. For example, if you are playing as a thief you might want to have a few illusion spells handy in case you find yourself in a tough situation.
And if you are playing as a mage it's sort of hard to JUST use magic, usually a mage (a smart one at least) will carry with him/her a shortsword or a dagger in case of a magic resistant beast or maybe, embarrassingly, they ran out of Magicka. biggrin.gif

So yeah, no vote for me. But I do like playing as a thief or/and an assassin. smile.gif

-Liam

Posted by: saqin Dec 24 2010, 12:30 PM

Stealth, I like magic to since it's always great summoning a skeleton to watch your back, but I'm not very fond of melee. The melee in tes is so boring, no diversity when it comes to animations and it's much easier to get killed because you're up close to the enemy. As a stealthy thief/magician I can shot a few arrows/spells at my enemies before they manage to strike me once. And well, there's something very fun about stealing someone's dearest posesion in front of their noses with them not knowing. (which is why I've only completed the knights of the nine once.) biggrin.gif

Posted by: mALX Dec 25 2010, 01:21 PM

Stealth. I couldn't hit the broadside of a barn with magic, and in melee usually hit my allies with my weapon and the enemy with the healing spells. Purely accidental, I just have horrible aim. Odd too, in Fallout 3 I had deadly aim with a gun shooting without using vats - in fact, I rarely used vats for anything but tapping to see if enemies were about.

Posted by: ureniashtram Dec 29 2010, 04:15 AM


Stealth.

But I'm not a 'Darkness is me' kind of guy. No, quite the opposite actually. In my current playthrough, I'm playing as a custom class Breton spy.

Spies, as you all know, can't put much of a fight when confronted. That's what makes it interesting.

Manipulation and deception are this guy's swords. Illusion is the only School I know. And when it comes down to it, I'll vanish in thin air (Illusion) and come back with a pack guards at my command (Illusion).

Ha!

It's really fun watching bandits 'help' the soldiers at Kvatch and then get slaughtered by them.

Command Spells FTW!

Posted by: Petra Arkanian Dec 29 2010, 04:20 AM

Stealth, definatly. It's worth it alone to see the expressions on those idiots faces that I just pickpocketed!

ROFL biggrin.gif biggrin.gif biggrin.gif biggrin.gif

Posted by: Renee Gade IV Dec 22 2013, 03:18 PM

Depends on the character in my case. If I had to choose for myself (like here on Earth) I'd go with magic. So I voted this way.

Posted by: mirocu Dec 22 2013, 03:31 PM

Yay, a fellow necrothreader! biggrin.gif

It always depends but overall I enjoy games where I can sneak around, so I voted Stealth smile.gif

Magic comes a close second.

Posted by: Grits Dec 22 2013, 04:43 PM

Magic. I tend to play hybrid characters, but even with the mundane ones it’s the magical world that draws me in.

Posted by: Callidus Thorn Dec 23 2013, 10:25 PM

QUOTE(mirocu @ Dec 22 2013, 02:31 PM) *

Yay, a fellow necrothreader! biggrin.gif

It always depends but overall I enjoy games where I can sneak around, so I voted Stealth smile.gif

Magic comes a close second.


Mannimarco it seems has agents everywhere ph34r.gif

QUOTE(Grits @ Dec 22 2013, 03:43 PM) *

Magic. I tend to play hybrid characters, but even with the mundane ones it’s the magical world that draws me in.


This, only I don't tend to play mundane characters. Most are hybrids, all are magic users.

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