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Since we have a lot of people coming back from various nether regions of the interweb i thought it would be a good idea to get a handle on people play style.

Drak started a thread similar but it did not take off the way he was hoping for.

So in order to try to get early organization going post your preferred play style in this simple format.

Static(tank,heals,arch, etc etc...)
Hybrid(tank/mage, tank/healer etc etc...)

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To me it entirely depends on the game much of the time, and entirely on my mood the rest of the time.

i gave played a few diff styles myself as for character build im strongly considering a pure mage nuker type preferably with buffs for group members as well as the ability to be a healer in combat.
without the knowledge of skill caps and what not its still to early to be sure but i tend to stick with casters in the last 8 yrs or so.
my years in ultima where spent as a fencer tank type with minimal magery but since then i have really stuck with casters.

I will probably be playing a tank/healer as my main. I hardly ever play healers...but I'm going to need to stay alive..soo..eh...arg?

Other than that..I'll go with some ranged DPS type toon.

Hybrid build always for me. I'll build for maximum burst damage and survivability via escape. However Darkfall presents us those options remains to be seen.

It's hard to say until we take a look at the actual game mechanics, but if it is a worth successor to UO, I'd say hybrid. I usually play melee types, but some degree of spell casting was just too useful to pass up in UO. I suspect it will be the same in Darkfall.

healer mage

I usually go a "style" pathway. Find out the reason your character exists and then build the skills around them to make that happen. So I usually end up with specialists with some heavy support skills to help the main skills along.

i.e. My GM crafter in UO was a GM mage to support the crafting. What? You want my green ore? Lets see how you like some GM style magic up your wazzoo

I will probably go hybrid if possible. Tank/mage

I don't care anymore I just want to play