Class selection and personality types

[Arakash]

Sorry, it's late and I'm rambling a bit, but after an incident today I've begun to wonder if certain classes attract particular personality types?

I ask this because most of the mages I've encountered in this game are an odd bunch. Generally rude, the primary class that tries to kill steal (from me anyway) and creepy in a 10th alt type of way with little joy in their play but very efficient mechanics. I would think druids would be this way but most of them have been pretty cool. Bards are annoying with their kiting but generally courteous. Necro's are loners mostly and flee from interaction. The rest of the classes have not stood out too much to me. I'm sure someone has written a paper on this.

[Swish2]

You know what? I've thought about this sometimes.

The most rude players I've found are generally gnomes. That's not a troll (pun intended), I'm serious.

Across the years I've played this game I've had a decidedly more difficult time being camp lawyered or otherwise negatively impacted on by people playing gnomes...and it's not like they're the most played race.

[Jauna]

You'd be mad too if you didnt have the self respect to reflect your avatar.

Ogres, barbs, you know, healthy 6ft or taller folks are generally happier.

[DiogenesThaDogg]

Who hurt you, OP?

[Jimjam]

I don't know about class, but people with serious drug problems, poor self control and honesty issues roll gnomes.

[I Felt Nostalgic]

I think anyone who rolls an elf is a degenerate. Bad experiences in Greater Faydark make me avoid Elves at all costs.

[Arakash]

Who hurt you, OP?

Naomi, she had yellow hair and green eyes. I can still feel the scar.

As far as the mage thing goes, it's a fairly consistent event, else I wouldn't have noticed it. I may roll one and see if it's just part of the whole pet thing.

I never thought about race selection and personality.

[Tethler]

Sorry, it's late and I'm rambling a bit, but after an incident today I've begun to wonder if certain classes attract particular personality types?

I ask this because most of the mages I've encountered in this game are an odd bunch. Generally rude, the primary class that tries to kill steal (from me anyway) and creepy in a 10th alt type of way with little joy in their play but very efficient mechanics. I would think druids would be this way but most of them have been pretty cool. Bards are annoying with their kiting but generally courteous. Necro's are loners mostly and flee from interaction. The rest of the classes have not stood out too much to me. I'm sure someone has written a paper on this.

I'm always playing the friendly group mage when I play mine. Proactively summoning toys, staying on top of damage shield refresh and nuking, engaging in group converstaions, etc. Not wrong about the 10th alt thing though, as evidenced by my sig.

I have more bad interactions with Iksars than Gnomes, but that may just be due to Iksar being master race and the sheer number of them running around is larger.

Probably correct with necros too. My necro is my only non-guilded character and hes nearing 50. Never guilded him anywhere. It's not that I don't want to interact in general, but I made the necro alt for the times I want to play but am feeling like I don't want to put in the effort of being social.

[Izmael]

I don't think anything screams douchebag more than a barbarian rogue.

[Tethler]

I don't think anything screams douchebag more than a barbarian rogue.

Damnit. Guilty.

[Fireapple]

Iksar monks with AoNs; your existence is just in the way of this person.

[Evia]

Is this like where every female halfling seems to call me 'hun' ?

[azeth]

I don't think anything screams douchebag more than a barbarian rogue.

That's only because everyone thinks of me when they see one.

[Legidias]

Obligatory weed smoking AFK wizards

[Stroboo]

Iksar monks...vast majority of weird things happen when they are around. Bard are typically fairly hyper i’ve Noticed as well, along with most rangers. Shaman tend to be fairly helpful, same with druids I think. Warriors are loud and tend to be leader types. Rogues paladin and sk are generally quiet although many paladins tend to roleplay. Necros are cocky because the only thing they ever need are ports.

[DinoTriz2]

ALL female wood elves are grown men with beards.

[kjs86z]

Rangers in KC advocate for participation awards IRL.

[zanderklocke]

I was hoping for some psychology related comparisons to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator or Big Five Personality Traits.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_personality_traits

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers_Briggs

[loramin]

I was hoping for some psychology related comparisons to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator or Big Five Personality Traits.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_personality_traits

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers_Briggs

Meyers Briggs is great for bullshitting about EQ race <=> personality connections, but please don't take it any more seriously than that. From that same wiki page:

The validity (statistical validity and test validity) of the MBTI as a psychometric instrument has been the subject of much criticism.

And that's the famous "neutral wikipedia" language there; they quote an expert shortly thereafter:

Psychometric specialist Robert Hogan wrote: "Most personality psychologists regard the MBTI as little more than an elaborate Chinese fortune cookie ..."

There's a lot more detail of the criticism if you care, but the point being people who take this stuff seriously, PhDs who've devoted their lives to understanding human psychology, almost universally agree Meyers-Briggs is (at least mostly) garbage.

[Aka]

Normal people play humans.

[DinoTriz2]

Meyers Briggs is great for bullshitting about EQ race <=> personality connections, but please don't take it any more seriously than that. From that same wiki page:

And that's the famous "neutral wikipedia" language there; they quote an expert shortly thereafter:

There's a lot more detail of the criticism if you care, but the point being people who take this stuff seriously, PhDs who've devoted their lives to understanding human psychology, almost universally agree Meyers-Briggs is (at least mostly) garbage.

Go read a book or something, nerd.

[Danth]

Meyers Briggs is great for bullshitting about EQ race <=> personality connections, but please don't take it any more seriously than that. From that same wiki page:

Similar issue associated with the crescent wrench: The tool itself does what it's meant to do, but a lot of folks try to use it for jobs it's not well-suited to, giving it something of a bad reputation.

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Most dangerous thing in Norrath (to his own groups) is a brave Enchanter.

Danth

[Jimjam]

Normal people play humans.

I found this comment transphobic.

Play whatever races you identify people, don't be tethered to your birth configuration.

[indiscriminate_hater]

I identify as a aviak puppeteer, and the bigots running this server won't let me play it

[Keza]

Druids are generally cool because no one on p99 (since everyone knows the game) rolls a druid without realizing they are the world's bitchslave.

Mages definitely seem like the most likely to be tools, given that they are generally an afk class used solely to farm and cheat endgame mechanics. Maybe the people themselves are just temporarily being tools in order to further their mage agenda.

While I've known one or one kind gnome in my life they are also most likely for me to wish horrible death upon. I would say erudites are second on my list. It's not a race thing.. they just act like they have something to prove and everyone needs to know about it. No one cares that you play an underplayed race bro. Calm down and enjoy your race specific loot.

Honorable mention to all rogues. Congrats on buying your epic for 5k. You're cool.

[Fammaden]

How do you know how much weed your monk puller is currently smoking? Don't worry he'll tell you.

That class is a magnet for all the most try-hard l33tbro dudez in the game.

[Deso]

Friendliest race/class combo is without question dwarf rogue

[Bardp1999]

What class/race did Vyneroth play?

[branamil]

I've only been petitioned twice ever, and both by gnomes, and in both cases illegitimately (GMs sided with me). Therefore gnomes players are assholes.

[Caldwin]

I found this comment transphobic.

Play whatever races you identify people, don't be tethered to your birth configuration.

Enchanters can identify with just about any race. :D

[enjchanter]

Iksar monks with AoNs; your existence is just in the way of this person.

[DinoTriz2]

Friendliest race/class combo is without question dwarf rogue

I play a dwarf rogue

[Bristlebaner]

I find that many females gravitate toward classes that can heal, IE nurture. Hard to tell though since gender in game rarely correlates with gender IRL.

[Cen]

I feel like dwarf players are the friendliest for sure.

Ive never heard of a female in P99 but in MMOs with a high female to male population like FFXIV, they are healers and crafters a lot :p

[jolanar]

Meyers Briggs is great for bullshitting about EQ race <=> personality connections, but please don't take it any more seriously than that. From that same wiki page:



And that's the famous "neutral wikipedia" language there; they quote an expert shortly thereafter:



There's a lot more detail of the criticism if you care, but the point being people who take this stuff seriously, PhDs who've devoted their lives to understanding human psychology, almost universally agree Meyers-Briggs is (at least mostly) garbage.

And yet all the management classes I am forced to take each have their own stupid personality test you have to take that somehow tells you exactly what kind of person you are with a 20 question survey. They are basically as valid as a horoscope.

Man I hate those classes.

[Swish2]

I find that many females gravitate toward classes that can heal, IE nurture. Hard to tell though since gender in game rarely correlates with gender IRL.

"I'm not boxing, wtf are you talking about? My girlfriend still plays I swear"

[Trelaboon]

I’ve always found Monks have a tendency to attract outwardly arrogant people who love the sound of their own voice. A lot of Warriors tend to be quiet and I don’t know if they’re being rude or just don’t talk much. Both of these are of the twink variety, which I guess could apply to lots of classes, but it seems Monk twinks and Warrior twinks almost always have a general attitude in this vicinity. It seems like hybrids are generally really friendly. I guess playing a class that no one respects tends to mean you don’t let people get under your skin and just have a good time with the game.

[Jlpstrtkng]

My main on live was a mage. I think I enjoyed it cause it gave me the option to be as involved as I felt like being that day. I could be lazy and let the pet take care of things or be more active with my spells, group, etc.

[mattydef]

Only class/race combo that has stood out to me is barbarian rogue. One got an AOW mask from the guild and sold it the next day, the other guy got an AON and left within the week /shrug

PS
It could be a barbarian thing because we also had one ninja loot a high end item from the top guild, he got suspended and ended up joining the guild he ninja looted from when he got back.

[Nilstoniakrath]

Sorry, it's late and I'm rambling a bit, but after an incident today I've begun to wonder if certain classes attract particular personality types?

I ask this because most of the mages I've encountered in this game are an odd bunch. Generally rude, the primary class that tries to kill steal (from me anyway) and creepy in a 10th alt type of way with little joy in their play but very efficient mechanics. I would think druids would be this way but most of them have been pretty cool. Bards are annoying with their kiting but generally courteous. Necro's are loners mostly and flee from interaction. The rest of the classes have not stood out too much to me. I'm sure someone has written a paper on this.

Many mages are gnomes, which is a totally untrustworthy race. And very creepy too! Which is not surprising due to them being, well, a gnome LOL

[Cen]

What im learning today is that people who play gnomes chainsaw puppies IRL

[White_knight]

Enchanters can identify with just about any race. :D

Race fluid?

[Legidias]

YFW its easier to change races and even species / kingdom than to change gender

[geckamus]

One has to consider that there is also environmental reinforcement going on. That certain expectations influence they way people act. I have a troll shaman and a human ranger. People tend to treat my troll better on the whole. They share more often, crack more jokes and are overall more patient with me. Meanwhile with the ranger, people are curt, and a bit dickish. Same player here. Different expectations.

So I'd say its something like Class + Player + Community Expectations = Personality of the Avatar.

[Legidias]

I mean, thats not the fault of people. It's just that rangers are the butt end of jokes.

[Rimitto]

Is this like where every female halfling seems to call me 'hun' ?

I could've sworn that was just their halfling dialect. :rolleyes:


Personally my 2 cents about the class/race/personalities... I'll break it down with what I've seen

Barbarians - Pretty standard / quiet. Most barbarians I've met either already have a plan, or a direction they're going so they tend to be pretty... not blind but... stubborn? to one set path.

Dark Elves - We should probably burn their home to the ground. Most dark elves I meet tend to be dickish... only looking out for themselves types. haven't really had any super huge incidents with any but they are 100% not team players.

Dwarves - They seem to be okay for the most part. haven't had any real issues with them. as a player base they seem a bit skittish about killing things sometimes. probably all beta males.

Erudites - Masters of the dick. I play erudite myself, and I've seen shit. Erudites are dicks, just pure dicks. every erudite is out for themselves but will generally also be team players.. as long as it benefits themselves. Extraordinarily egocentric to a point. :rolleyes:

Gnomes - Sentient footballs with no souls. nearly every interaction I've had with a gnome has been a negative one. I'm 90% sure one tried to price gouge me on a teleport once... had multiple instances of gnomes causing purposeful trains, kill stealing, and being just general social assholes.

Half-Elves - these guys are kinda dicks... but that's just because almost all half-elves play bard and bards are the #1 problem of this game. as far as non-bard half elves... they seem to be a bit better, but all bard half-elves are pains in the asses, hyper AF, and are constantly ruining the pacing of everything and everyone around them. I'd say they're mostly aloof, but I feel like they know what they're doing and doing it on purpose... possibly drunk.

Halflings - "hun". Pretty sure this is where 90% of the male playing as female players end up. I've not had that many bad interactions with halflings, but they are definitely in their own little world. I get the feeling that all the halflings in this game play everquest a drastically different way than every other race. Possibly weed induced.

High Elves - generally okay people to be around. If you see a male high elf consider yourself lucky because every single high elf in the game is a female model. Most of them are willing to throw out free buffs to passerbys, similiar to erudites(sometimes) so that's a perk. I feel like people who play high elves are just there to relax, hang out, and escape their lives/kill time.

Humans - UNTRUSTWORTHY. seeing as humans are the most diverse group, there can be a lot of things said about their psychology, but one thing that remains constant is that they're pretty untrustworthy in general. I've met some that were decent but for the most part, you never know where they're coming from or what they're up to or how much adderall they're on.

Iksars - Prime Jackasses of the Jackass Nebula. Iksar players will "sometimes" be decent to talk to, but forget any form of party, trade, social interaction, or anything else associated with MMO's. Even in social environments they are at a complete lack of willingness to socialize. They don't seem innately evil, but much like other races, they are 100% egotistical and self-centered.

Ogres - Generally decent overall. I haven't had too many bad interactions with ogres and they seem to be generally team players as well as sometimes passerby buffers. That being said, they seem to value their own lives more than those around them. seen a couple times where ogres just noped out of situations causing massive trains to everyone else in the area.

Trolls - self-preserving mindset. They also seem to like to "Roleplay" a lot. Ironically trolls are some of the least trolly races in the game(@#$% u gnomes). like with ogres, I rarely see troll corpses around which makes me think they're both cautious player archetypes.

Wood-Elves - see half-elves.

[Madbad]

Gnomes have ruined their home lands, now they want to ruin mine!

[Sonark]

I could've sworn that was just their halfling dialect. :rolleyes:


Personally my 2 cents about the class/race/personalities... I'll break it down with what I've seen

Barbarians - Pretty standard / quiet. Most barbarians I've met either already have a plan, or a direction they're going so they tend to be pretty... not blind but... stubborn? to one set path.

Dark Elves - We should probably burn their home to the ground. Most dark elves I meet tend to be dickish... only looking out for themselves types. haven't really had any super huge incidents with any but they are 100% not team players.

Dwarves - They seem to be okay for the most part. haven't had any real issues with them. as a player base they seem a bit skittish about killing things sometimes. probably all beta males.

Erudites - Masters of the dick. I play erudite myself, and I've seen shit. Erudites are dicks, just pure dicks. every erudite is out for themselves but will generally also be team players.. as long as it benefits themselves. Extraordinarily egocentric to a point. :rolleyes:

Gnomes - Sentient footballs with no souls. nearly every interaction I've had with a gnome has been a negative one. I'm 90% sure one tried to price gouge me on a teleport once... had multiple instances of gnomes causing purposeful trains, kill stealing, and being just general social assholes.

Half-Elves - these guys are kinda dicks... but that's just because almost all half-elves play bard and bards are the #1 problem of this game. as far as non-bard half elves... they seem to be a bit better, but all bard half-elves are pains in the asses, hyper AF, and are constantly ruining the pacing of everything and everyone around them. I'd say they're mostly aloof, but I feel like they know what they're doing and doing it on purpose... possibly drunk.

Halflings - "hun". Pretty sure this is where 90% of the male playing as female players end up. I've not had that many bad interactions with halflings, but they are definitely in their own little world. I get the feeling that all the halflings in this game play everquest a drastically different way than every other race. Possibly weed induced.

High Elves - generally okay people to be around. If you see a male high elf consider yourself lucky because every single high elf in the game is a female model. Most of them are willing to throw out free buffs to passerbys, similiar to erudites(sometimes) so that's a perk. I feel like people who play high elves are just there to relax, hang out, and escape their lives/kill time.

Humans - UNTRUSTWORTHY. seeing as humans are the most diverse group, there can be a lot of things said about their psychology, but one thing that remains constant is that they're pretty untrustworthy in general. I've met some that were decent but for the most part, you never know where they're coming from or what they're up to or how much adderall they're on.

Iksars - Prime Jackasses of the Jackass Nebula. Iksar players will "sometimes" be decent to talk to, but forget any form of party, trade, social interaction, or anything else associated with MMO's. Even in social environments they are at a complete lack of willingness to socialize. They don't seem innately evil, but much like other races, they are 100% egotistical and self-centered.

Ogres - Generally decent overall. I haven't had too many bad interactions with ogres and they seem to be generally team players as well as sometimes passerby buffers. That being said, they seem to value their own lives more than those around them. seen a couple times where ogres just noped out of situations causing massive trains to everyone else in the area.

Trolls - self-preserving mindset. They also seem to like to "Roleplay" a lot. Ironically trolls are some of the least trolly races in the game(@#$% u gnomes). like with ogres, I rarely see troll corpses around which makes me think they're both cautious player archetypes.

Wood-Elves - see half-elves.Just saying "every race is egocentric" would have saved a lot of time.

[Nagoya]

Sorry, it's late and I'm rambling a bit, but after an incident today I've begun to wonder if certain classes attract particular personality types

Most people I know by now have played all races and all classes.

So no.

However game mechanics and class designs will make you have different needs at different times. A druid might buff you and port you and you might think hey what a great guy. Most druids are halflings or wood-elves. Most necros will "steal" your camp or just not help you at all, so they are dicks. Most necros are iksars. Etc.

You're doing it bot-top. It probably works the other way.

Most people probably think Nagoya (druid halfling) is "nice" - i never say no to any druid stuff, and people like that.
But on my warrior troll most people probably think nothing - cause i never say no to any warrior stuff, but there is none ;)

I speak and interact pretty much the same way on both.

[reznor_]

Dark Elf Cleric because I'm a misanthrope.

Aside from my case, I think cleric takes all types...

[azeth]

However game mechanics and class designs will make you have different needs at different times. A druid might buff you and port you and you might think hey what a great guy. Most druids are halflings or wood-elves. Most necros will "steal" your camp or just not help you at all, so they are dicks. Most necros are iksars. Etc.

good analysis!

[Rimitto]

Just saying "every race is egocentric" would have saved a lot of time.

I didn't want to come off as another racist erudite :)

[Champion_Standing]

Gnome warriors are the worst, high elf clerics are usually pretty obnoxious too.

[Yasi]

Sorry for text wall.

Here are facts backed by empiric evidence:

--- RACES ---


Barbarians
Barbarian players visually identify with their character. The Barbarian is the only race with a near 100% resemblance of the player behind the desk. Both have strong facial hair and try to avoid solar radiation. They are good-natured people. Barbarians can’t play any of the dick-classes (explanation of dick class below).

Dark Elves
Dark Elf players always want to be the cool guys. Since everyone wants to be the cool guys in real life, it’s just natural that the first popular illusion item in EQ was a dark elf mask. Sony pretty quickly made it super rare, because obviously not everyone can be the cool guys. But where there is light, there is also shadow. With coolness comes attitude. Dark Elf players are usually sensitive princesses. Female dark elves are anime and manga nerds.

Dwarves
Dwarves look terrible. That’s why they are played by people who do not give much about their appearance. Dwarf players are interested in getting to know people. They are usually kind-hearted, open and good to be around. They make great friends, similar to labradoodles or retrievers. If you get a chance, try to spend time with Dwarves. They will certainly help to cheer you up.

Erudites
Erudites are very liable to also being dicks. Erudite players usually have very low intelligence in real life, trying to compensate by picking high int characters. This often ends up in a cluster fuck for other people around the Erudite. Good enough, Erudite players are also loners most of the time.

Gnomes
Gnomes are ironic. Players behind gnomes don’t want to be seen as idolizing their in-game avatar, because obviously no one would idolize a Gnome. They try to bring maximum distance to their avatar, afraid of being pulled into the game. They want to minimize the risk of someday being arrested for screaming “I AM DETOXX, MIGHTY WARRIOR OF AFTERMATH” at the cashier while swinging a baguette. Other reasons to go Gnome are a) Players want to play small female character without hair on their face or feet or b) Players want to use Tinkering.

Half Elves
Half Elves are played by people who initially wanted to play human, but preferred good-looking plate helmets (see Human below).

Halflings
Halflings are solely played by Lord of The Rings nerds. Imagining themselves as the mighty hero hobbit carrying the ring across Mordor, they end up finding themselves in Misty Thicket hitting Bixies with a club. They are good people with strong values though, being coined by Tolkien’s saga of epic heroism and morale. They are helpful, often ending up in helpful classes like druids or clerics.

High Elves
Players behind High Elves are usually female. They want to be gorgeous in-game, ending up with long blonde hair and thin bodies. If you are interested in meeting women in-game, group up with High Elves. U will quickly find out if the player really is female, because they will tell you. Unasked. If you are min-maxing, avoid High Elves. The players are naturally kind of slow players and averse to “gogo fast exp”.

Humans
All human players are fathers and family men who started playing EQ in their 40s/50s. They are also usually paladins, seeing themselves as honourable warriors of the light. This also brings up less questions when the wife stands behind them seeing them play as skinny Elvish girls. They tend to be trustworthy people. If you want to transfer items in the tunnel, Human male paladins should be your priority. Be careful with all other Human classes, because they are certainly weirdos. One special warning comes with Monks (see below).

Iksar
Iksars are loners. They decided to start their char in Cabilis, the end of the world of newbie zones. They never intended to meet another player in the game. For most Iksars, EQ is a single player game. Leave them alone, especially Monks (see below).

Ogres
Most Ogres are fun players, except Ogre Warriors. Ogre Warriors are hardcore min-max-oriented players. They tend to rage as soon as pulls are slowing down or someone in the group not paying full attention. Highly competitive, they grief hardcore by blocking other people in small tunnels to maximize their profit or gain advantages. Other Ogres Classes are good to be around. They tend to make a lot of jokes. Simple-minded, they sometimes pretend they are roleplaying (“me ogre, me stronk”).

Trolls
Trolls are good to be around as well. Troll players like irony, just like gnomes. They are friendly and group-oriented most of the times. Sole exception is Troll Shamans with /anon or /roleplay on. They tend to be asshats trying to grief you out of camps so they can have the shiny pixels for themselves.

Wood Elves
Wood Elves are greedy, money-focused people who choose Druid to charge huge sums of money for porting services or bards to charge huge sums of money for AoE power leveling. This leads to the conclusion: avoid Wood Elves unless you really need their services for a short period of time.


--- CLASSES ---


Bard (Dick Class)
Performers and often assholes. Performers choose bards because they are attention whores. They want you to notice them – for colourful spell effects, for fast speed, for shiny armour, for disrupting zones. It doesn’t really matter to them, why, they just want you to notice them. If you don’t pay them the attention they desperately crave for, they will turn into assholes. “If you don’t notice me, perhaps you notice my train or you notice that all mobs are missing.”

Cleric
Clerics want to be liked. They know everyone loves the class around, so they pick clerics to be loved. There are rumours, they don’t get much love in real life, leading to their class pick. If you meet a High Elf Cleric, it’s 100% a girl (see above).

Druid
Druids are either skilled business people, who want to maximize earnings and go full Big Gatsby or they have the need of helping people. Easiest way to find out which of the two your fellow druid friend is by either linking an item in the chat asking if anyone needs it or simply dropping a coin on the ground and waiting a few moments. Type A will rush for the shiny coin or quickly tell you that that item would be a great update – quickly equipping their extra set of raw silk armour to make them look poorer. Type B will either pick the coin up for you and ask if someone is missing it or offer you a second item fitting the one you just linked for free.

Enchanter
Highly competitive people, who want to show everyone that they are the best. They want to prove the world they can achieve stuff by either mezzing 100 mobs at a time or soloing their way into the deepest of Norrath’s dungeons. This makes them easily abusable people. Just push them to their limits by mentioning your skilled Enchanter friend and they will just double their efforts of mezzing the shit out of Lower Guk or going the extra mile to getting you that item from Charasis you wanted for so long. The best part: they will never know, bathing themselves in your presumed recognition.

Mage
Mages are usually former wizards, making them new and unskilled players. They tend to be people who excel at performing simple and repetitive tasks, e.g. assembly line workers. However, the repetitive tasks also often put them in some sort of game-induced coma, after hitting the “pet attack” and “nuke 1” button for 2 hours straight, and this coma can be dangerous for the group: all is good as long as continuous single pulls come in. But once more complex tasks like specific targeting are required, your fellow comatose mage might just send his pet on the next best target, nuking mobs from mez or gaining agro from others.

Monk (Dick Class)
Monks are self-centred douchebags and usually spoiled single children. The monk player has been born with a silver-spoon in their mouth (in-game and in real life). They always had the coolest cloth and the newest phone in pre-school and mom and dad were always focused on their little sunshine. Now this is exactly what they expect from their EQ experience. They need to be the centre of everything. They always assume they are born leaders of their group, coordinating movement, pulling and dealing dps. They consider tagging several mobs, hitting a button and waiting until some mobs are gone again the highest and most difficult art of EQ – and therefore feel like the most important and most accomplished master class.

Necro
Necro’s are loners, which is why they often pick Iksars. You will often stumble upon them in some left alone places at the edge of the zone – just like in real life where you might meet a Necro player with his fishing pole at some lonely pond in the middle of the forest. Due to their reticence and preferred loneliness, not much is known about Necro players.

Paladin
Ideologists. In the early days of EQ, Paladins had no use and were solely played for ideologic reasons and the desire to be a shiny hero in a game. High Elf Paladins are often working as firefighters in real life and like the resemblance of the High Elf plate helm to their firefighter equipment. The character of Paladin players usually comes closest to what you would expect from their class lore-wise: they are honourable and helpful. Sometimes they are also a bit naive. They will be the ones you can easily convince to check that dark place in the basement for creepy spiders.

Ranger
Aragorn fan boys. Every ranger wants to be Aragorn. That’s pretty much all there is to say about ranger players. They want to be like Aragorn so hard, they ignore the fact that their class doesn’t have any use or legitimation for the first few expansions of the game.

Rogue
Rogue players have shown to always grin while playing. The grin intensifies every few second when the Backstab key is being hit. Sitting there, smirking at their screen, rogue players are the ones having the most fun of all the classes in Everquest. They are also keen on reading, often being disappointed if a certain book is not up for reading.

Shadow Knight
There are no Shadow Knights. See for yourself and check / Shadow Knight from time to time. No one plays Shadow Knights.

Shaman
Shaman players like power. The Shaman class has so many buffs, it’s almost impossible to keep them all up. This is what the Shaman player loves: Proving that he is doing his best, but it is still not enough, he can’t meet all the demands. This puts him in the position to choose who gets buffs and who does not, giving him power over others. Shaman players want to be above other players. They are often Chief Executive Officers in real life.

Warrior
Warriors are vain people, focussing on outward appearances (exception: Ogres and Trolls, see above). They want to wear the shiniest of the plate armour pixels and the largest of the swords and axes. In real life, they often spend 70 percent of their net income on fashion, often forcing them to live in cheap basement apartments or trailer parks to afford their bling bling. They go a long way to make their gear shinier, making the min-maxers a lot of the time.

Wizard
Wizards are often new players, who accidentally picked the class. With increasing level, they become discontent with the game due to the lack of usefulness of their class. Most Wizards then reroll mages. However, some continue playing. These rare players are very casual. The reason for not rerolling is their lack of time to play a new character to higher levels again. You will realize they are often afk in groups due to their limited playtime, having to fulfil other RL duties like taking dogs out or care of the baby.

[solleks]

Druid - a+ stand up dudes. Not suspicious at all.

Monks - made up class for power gamers , brad does not approve. Wow fans.

Paladins - the true tanks of eq. Always cool and normal.

[jolanar]

As an Iksar Monk... this thread is making me cry.

[Hrothgar]

Shamen are old school, work-hard-play-hard capitalists that spend a lot of money on themselves thinking its going to make them even more money, (spend money to make money), and sometimes it works. They face-tank because they're on the proverbial grind for capital.

Enchanters, on the other hand, are the highly fragile offspring of wealthy business magnates (see: High Elf paleness that is masked by flashy illusory techniques) that inherit large corporations, put in small feats of skill when needed, which they pick up from self-help books (youtube), and either succeed massively or fail and reced into non-existence.

[d3r14k]

Wood Elves
Wood Elves are greedy, money-focused people who choose Druid to charge huge sums of money for porting services or bards to charge huge sums of money for AoE power leveling. This leads to the conclusion: avoid Wood Elves unless you really need their services for a short period of time.

https://i.imgur.com/aejWzHG.jpg

[DinoTriz2]

Barbarians

Nerds.

Dark Elves

Nerds.

Dwarves

Nerds.

Erudites

Nerds.

Gnomes

Nerds.

Half Elves

Nerds.

Halflings

Nerds.

High Elves

Nerds.

Humans

Nerds.

Iksar

Nerds.

Ogres

Nerds.

Trolls

Nerds.

Wood Elves

Nerds.

[maskedmelon]

Barbarians

Nerds.

Dark Elves

Nerds.

Dwarves

Nerds.

Erudites

Nerds.

Gnomes

Nerds.

Half Elves

Nerds.

Halflings

Nerds.

High Elves

Nerds.

Humans

Nerds.

Iksar

Nerds.

Ogres

Nerds.

Trolls

Nerds.

Wood Elves

Nerds.


i really lieked Yasi's write up, but actually agree with a lot of what you've written here. Could you do one for classes too? interested in seeing your thoughts on those.

[Tricket]

what about why you play the class/race combo you chose?

Female wood elf bard. TLDR - looks good and is non-stop.

Chose wood elf cause I've always enjoyed playing elf in any game. Nightelves in WoW, High elves in DnD 5e, wood elves here. Something about pure blood and extended life (half breeds btfo) fits my style.
Female cause they have better animations / armor skins. See the fashion quest thread for proof.
Bard cause I'm young and excitable. I could never play a caster cause i have no patience. As a bard I only stop while my group is recovering. I'm constantly fight ready. I see mages and wizards and ugh, clerics, in raids. Stand up... cast spell.. sit down, wait for next mob. stand up, cast spell, sit down. You're a slave to your mana bar.
Bard? I can unbind sit key and go lvl 1-60 without ever letting go of movement keys.

kind of ruined me though. trying real hard to get into an alt (shadow knight, lvl 30 atm) and its so damn slow.

[Iksar_with_a_plan]

Tanks are control freaks. Or good leaders...

[Fammaden]

Bard (Dick Class)
Performers and often assholes. Performers choose bards because they are attention whores. They want you to notice them – for colourful spell effects, for fast speed, for shiny armour, for disrupting zones. It doesn’t really matter to them, why, they just want you to notice them. If you don’t pay them the attention they desperately crave for, they will turn into assholes. “If you don’t notice me, perhaps you notice my train or you notice that all mobs are missing.”

what about why you play the class/race combo you chose?

Female wood elf bard. TLDR - looks good and is non-stop.

Chose wood elf cause I've always enjoyed playing elf in any game. Nightelves in WoW, High elves in DnD 5e, wood elves here. Something about pure blood and extended life (half breeds btfo) fits my style.
Female cause they have better animations / armor skins. See the fashion quest thread for proof.
Bard cause I'm young and excitable. I could never play a caster cause i have no patience. As a bard I only stop while my group is recovering. I'm constantly fight ready. I see mages and wizards and ugh, clerics, in raids. Stand up... cast spell.. sit down, wait for next mob. stand up, cast spell, sit down. You're a slave to your mana bar.
Bard? I can unbind sit key and go lvl 1-60 without ever letting go of movement keys.

kind of ruined me though. trying real hard to get into an alt (shadow knight, lvl 30 atm) and its so damn slow.

Notice how the bard post made it all about "meeeeee"?

[Tricket]

Notice how the bard post made it all about "meeeeee"?

Yeah and I also like hearing about other people's personal choices - don't see how being extroverted makes me a dickhead though...
I enjoy being in the spotlight - that's why I used to stream in fact!

[Arm_Chair_Hero]

Yeah and I also like hearing about other people's personal choices - don't see how being extroverted makes me a dickhead though...
I enjoy being in the spotlight - that's why I used to stream in fact!

Ugggh...

[Champion_Standing]

Yeah and I also like hearing about other people's personal choices - don't see how being extroverted makes me a dickhead though...
I enjoy being in the spotlight - that's why I used to stream in fact!

I like how you thought someone pointing out that you are obnoxious and self centered was an observation of how "extroverted" you are.

[tsujin]

Obligatory weed smoking AFK wizards

The most accurate post of them all

[Tethler]

Obligatory weed smoking AFK wizards

The weed smoking iksar monks too. My brother is one of them. We duo and I hear a loud bong rip in the mic followed by "some stuff inc I think", and I'm just 'uggghhhhh'.

[d3r14k]

The weed smoking iksar monks too. My brother is one of them. We duo and I hear a loud bong rip in the mic followed by "some stuff inc I think", and I'm just 'uggghhhhh'.

This ^

I heard someone once say that iksar monks are the most likely to halt pulls and go AFK for 10 mins to hit a Taco Bell drive through.

[Issar]

Yeah and I also like hearing about other people's personal choices - don't see how being extroverted makes me a dickhead though...
I enjoy being in the spotlight - that's why I used to stream in fact!

As an introvert, I appreciate you:)

[Madbad]

As an introvert, I appreciate you:)

As a misanthrope I hate you all.

[Flicka]

Paladin
Ideologists. In the early days of EQ, Paladins had no use and were solely played for ideologic reasons and the desire to be a shiny hero in a game. High Elf Paladins are often working as firefighters in real life and like the resemblance of the High Elf plate helm to their firefighter equipment. The character of Paladin players usually comes closest to what you would expect from their class lore-wise: they are honourable and helpful. Sometimes they are also a bit naive. They will be the ones you can easily convince to check that dark place in the basement for creepy spiders.
*tears*

[Muggens]

Great thread, fun read!

Warrior - perpetual teenager who will never grow up, likes to show off. stay at home son

Monk - either an excellent player or a complete noob, never a middle ground

Shaman - the patient older dude with a wife and kids, very kind

Wizard - great guys, conversationalist and free-thinkers, my fave

Mage - weirdos, never speak just sit there and summon stuff, will help but wont talk

Rogue - social folks, usually the most helpful bunch, freedom fighters

Paladin - self-important fellas, often naive and have a misconstrued view of life

Necromancer - hikkikomori of norrath, never outside, mom delivers food outside door

Shadow Knight - fun people, enjoy life to the fullest, plus for being ogre

Druid - hard to tell, comes in many forms, can be super helpful or total DBag

Enchanter - have never drank or drug, believes achivements ingame are equivalent to RL

Cleric - lazy dudes, likes to please people with just one click of the mouse. feminine

Ranger - roleplayer, total nerd, never been to the woods in RL, cant light a fire even

Bard - either real hardcore dudes that figure out ever ingame mechanic or lazy scum

[draconov]

Lol about gnomes. I asked if I could ot proc hammer off a gnome and he straight up said no. I got petitioned from a gnome way back on 99 too.

[Cen]

I always noticed that dark elves are all super nice to other stranger dark elves but not to strangers who arent dark elves :)