Game - life is now EXACTLY like a video game!
 

You wake up one morning to discover that your world as you know it has been transformed. Life is now exactly like a video game. Monsters roam the lands, and for some mysterious reason they leave money behind when they die. Every time you emerge victorious in battle, you do a series of jumping-jacks (thanks, Kaldeagirl!). Some evil superpower is trying to take over - but that evil superpower is merely the puppet of an even greater superpower. There are damsels to rescue, parties to gather, and skills to learn.

1. What job class do you choose? You can pick any job class from any game: FF-based, WoW-based, you get the idea.

2. What weapon do you choose, if your job class requires one?

3. What will you do with your life? Mercenary for hire, getting rid of monsters? Shop-keeper, selling necessities to adventurers? Hero, trying to take down the evil superpowers? Right hand man of the evil superpowers? Something else entirely?

My answers:

1. What job class do you choose? I've always loved the red mages from Final Fantasy. They get to do basic magic AND kill things with sticks. That's probably the route I'd choose.

2. What weapon do you choose, if your job class requires one? If I assume that I can cast magic no matter what weapon I choose, I'd go with the staff. You know, so I can kill things with sticks and fire. :mrgreen:

3. What will you do with your life? I like the mercenary for hire angle, because one of my favorite parts of video games is killing things, levelling up, and making money while I'm at it. I'd probably break down and join a hero team eventually, though I wouldn't want to lead it. I'd be the idiot comic relief in the background, hitting on one of the other characters, oblivious as to whether or not they like me back.

No kidding. Life would be so much more fun this way.

It's also amusing to think of a ton of hero groups running around trying to save the world. "But WE started first!" "But WE have a healer - you guys would get wiped out." "Oh shut up, WE'VE been levelling up for five years!" Always amazes me that only one tiny group of people in Video Game Land get off their butts and try to be heroes.

Hey you forgot, "and every time you emerge victorious in battle, you do a series of jumping-jacks" xD

1. Fighter, definitely. Martial arts based, like Yang Fang from FF4. I'm not at all a fan of the mage class for one reason or another. I need something that allows me to jump around and be really mobile in combat.

2. Brass knuckles or some sort of gloves. I guess a weapon wouldn't really be needed, but it would be wise to have something to cover your hands. Then again, a small sword or round blade might be cool to swing around during battle.

3. Have amazing adventures, of course! I'd probably travel with a small band of Robin Hood-esque thieves, and exploit airheaded nobles. We might pose as a theater troupe and kidnap heirs for randsom *cough*Final Fantasy 9*cough* or vend items with unexpected effects.

Edited this in, just for you. ;)

I'm not a fan of the pure-mage classes either. In any games I play, usually my mages and healers are woefully underlevelled because I enjoy smashing things more than using magic against them. That's why I went with red mage - you get some of the more basic magic commands, but your main task is the smashy-smashy. :mrgreen:

Aww, thank you >w<
I feel special.

I do enjoy the smashy-smashy~

Hn... so this follows just the generic RPG-style realm? Aw man. I wanted a Killer 7-type thing. But here goes...

Red Mage. I get to mess with every class, and I won't suck at it like the bards do. Or a Red Mage/Dragoon combo. If I follow Guild Wars, I'm so doing a Ritualist/Mesmer combo. Or I'll go as Vickon, my Elementalist/Warrior.

for the Red Mage/Dragoon combo, it's going to be a giant pike or lance... preferably poisoned. For the Rit/Mes, a staff made from the bones of a great spirit channeler, preferably one of my ancestors. With the Ele/War, it's the fire staff of death... backed up by the hammer of whammage.

For the Red Mage/Dragoon and Ritualist/Mesmer ideas, I'm definitely going into some form of con artristry. Though as the rit, I can also do spirit summons as an extra source of income. As the ele, though, I'm doing how I'm playing Vickon- I hate you all, but I'm saving the world and your butts anyways.... because I like hurting monsters more. :D

Probably a Mage of some sort. Likely a Black Mage. I like the idea of attacking long range, and I like the idea of being able to summon various elements to attack... though I'd likely misuse them so I could start fires, dump cold water on people I don't like, and so on. XP

Hmm... Mages seem to usually get some kind of defensive weapon like a staff. I actually like the staff as a weapon because it's fun and you minimize the chances of killing yourself if you mishandle it. However, a sword would also be a good idea. Why do mages always wear robes and shit anyway? If they wore leather trousers/tucked in shirts like the heroes, they could carry swords and use them without worrying about tearing their clothes to pieces/making asses of themselves. Oh, and it'd be less likely they'd give away their abilities to the enemy, too. Pfft.

That said, I'd likely go for either a javelin, or for a short sword of some sort. Either would likely throw most people off the scent of what I can really do. =P

I'd travel, definitely. Maybe study the magic and train people (though I don't like teaching).

Aah, this would be so awesome 8D

I would be some sort of Ranger or Hunter-type character. I'd pick a giant crab or something unusual but useful as an animal companion, and I'd also thoroughly enjoy setting traps >D Maybe I'd have some sort of magical attunement to the Earth, but, while magic would be thoroughly awesome, I think I could live without it if I had to.

Bow is too obvious an answer, so I want a Chu-ko Nu, because repeating crossbows are AWESOME. Somewhat inaccurate, but as a trade off, I could fire something like 15 shots in 10 seconds. It might be handy to have a longbow, too, though, for when the accuracy does matter. And for hand-to-hand combat, I think hook swords 8D

I'd be the one setting the traps and then getting the monsters' attention to make them run into said traps. Make things a little easier for the warriors to do the real fighting. I think it'd also be fun to take up some sort of jewelry crafting-type profession, too.

I would be an elementalist, I think it would be badass to control the elements.

A cool wand or staff of some kind, preferably a one-handed weapon so I could hold a shield or some other helpfull artifact in my other hand.

Mercenary for hire, getting rid of monsters? Shop-keeper, selling necessities to adventurers? Hero, trying to take down the evil superpowers? Right hand man of the evil superpowers? Something else entirely? I would be taking out monsters, searching for and destroying the evildoers, and saving any people who needed my help.

Red mage ftw. <3 Not only do they have both sword and magic, but one SEXY outfit. *Shifty eyes*

Rapier. And magic of many varieties, of course.

Someone fighting against the evil, completely independent of the hero. Unfortunately, I'd probably end up dying or something going by most cliches. >_>;

- Ragnarok Sniper.

- A Rudra bow.

- Probably just join random parties to go on completely pointless adventures just for the thrill and excitement of it.

Ahh... there are so many answer I could have for these....

- Either a thief or a mage, but I'd probably go mage anyway. Element would probably be earth (if I could only choose one).

- Probably a staff that requires two hands, but not one so heavy that I can't carry it. Light enough so that I can swing it easily and block attacks if I need to.

- Mage for hire. ;D

I wish this happened ;-;

1. I'd be a sniper. I always liked killing things from a distance :3

2. Bows and Arrows man ;D

3. Protecting people, serving as a body gaurd, etc..

I'd choose a mage and have my weapon be a book. That way people can't tell if I'm a normal person or a fighter until my book is bashing their skulls. :twisted: And I'd probably use my skills to lead a fairly normal life. ...and fight crime at night!

(The book-bashing is based on an actual fighter, by the way: Alice Elliot from Shadow Hearts. :D)

Red Mage or a Red Mage/Dragoon combo like someone else said.

Staff and/or maybe a poisoned dagger

Either help the evil person or defeat it. Or heal people...for a price :twisted:

Hmm. I think I'd be a gunman.

A gun, of course. XD

I would probably use a gun in battle, but for the most part, I'd probably take up odd jobs in various towns, setting out on missions depending on the work I was given. To say I'm a mercenary for hire would probably be inaccurate, or some kind of hunter...I'd rather the work be more significant. Not just hunting and killing for money, but perhaps for a reason more than just wanting something dead.

An example circumstance would be if I were to be hired to flip certain switches to get power running back into a town or city, I could do that, only I have to fight my way through monsters to get to it. :)

I'd have to be a mage, or some sort of bard. I love to play as rogues, but I'm a chubby girl who couldn't stab anyone for a million bucks.

I want a kick-butt staff, or a magic flute. Maybe a giant spellbook that can double as a melee weapon.

I'd help people. Perhaps a travelling party could use an entertaining musician that is also helpful in a pinch. I could do that.

but you would probally die at a very young age if that were true