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Games that uses a [[Character Class System]] are likely to use classes that are at least somewhat familiar. This is for several reasons. One is that these classes fill useful roles in battle, so they keep reappearing in an example of convergent design. Another is the fact that designers generally want to make switching to their system easy, so more people will do it; when the classes are already somewhat recognizable, that lowers the barrier to entry for a new player trying to pick up the game for the first time.
See [[Character Class System]] for a discussion of classes in general, and [[Fighter, Mage, Thief]] for a common tripartite division. This is obviously not meant to be an exhaustive list, but merely to hit the highlights; please keep this in mind. In addition, this is a genre-neutral list -- [[Character Class System|Character Class Systems]] are primarily used by [[RPG|RPGs]], but show up in everything from [[FPS|FPSes]] to [[Strategy Game|Strategy Games]] these days, and this list is meant to reflect that without bias toward any particular genre.
=== Warrior ===
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The class with the most different names and hardest to define, their singular uniting characteristic is the ability to mow down foes. Whether they're a mage casting fireballs or a weapons specialist with a heavy machine gun, they can cover lots of ground with area of effect attacks, rapid fire, or both. This makes them especially deadly against large numbers of individually weak enemies. They're usually either a [[Glass Cannon]] unable to take hits or a ponderously slow [[Mighty Glacier]]. In the right circumstances they can wipe out hordes of opponents, but if caught in a bad spot they'll go down like a pile of bricks.
See also [[PVP
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