When playing RPGs, what is your level up strategy?

[Mr Hate Coffee]

do you max out strength or attack first? Speed? How about defense?

Or are you balanced type of guy?

I’m curious what folks do. I feel like games reward ppl who go attack heavy in the beginning.

 

[Bboystyle]

I just grind it out to a high level but i usually up my attack/power first. U dont have to worry about defense if things are dead

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Since I usually play Mage, I usually go with stuff like dexterity, luck, magic, etc.

 

[Arcavian]

Im super aggressive every first rpg playthrough, give me strength

 

[Malik1time]

i go with strength first i mean im traveling the world i need to defend myself first

 

[acri1]

I'm a defense/health/healing type of dude

Yeah, you might get a few hits in but how much you want to bet I'll be the last one standing

 

[GoldenGlove]

I'm a speed and parry and look cool as fukk while I'm flexing on enemies type, but the only games I've played like that have been Bloodborne and Nioh



I don't really rock with RPGs if the combat ain't wavy

 

[Berry]

Depends on the mmo but I usually go for a dps build so attack first always

Edit: realized you said rpg not mmo for single player I build up defense first so I can take some hits while learning lol

 

[str8up]

I always try to become a tank, especially in shyt like Torchlight

 

[Take It In Blood]

To play on easy

I'm not 13 and not tryna spend hours of my life doing repetitive grinding anymore


Or look for a glitch/exploit to level up with ease

 

[hotbeezie]

Attack


I’m tryna Smack the shyt out of everybody with this Claymore, Axe, Hammer, or whatever two handed weapon that I’m wielding

...

 

[YoungbloodThe3rd]

Kill shyt, one hit... just like real life as much as possible.

 

[JoelB]

Glass Canon build in Diablo

Focus on DPS

Japanese RPG's just grind while listening to podcasts

 

[Zero]

If it's SMT, I usually focus on Magic and Speed.

Everything else is kind of balanced

 

[Mr Hate Coffee]

I'm a defense/health/healing type of dude

Yeah, you might get a few hits in but how much you want to bet I'll be the last one standing

Are there any games that really reward you for going defense/health early? Like I said in the OP, most games I've played you better get your attack up first. Nothing worse than a long ass battle with an enemy where you're doing a measly 1HP damage because your character is weak af.