Do you favor offense or defense when playing a video game?

Be it a RPG, Action, Adventure, Racer, Beat-em-Up or Shooter game, do you find yourself being a:

Offensive-Type: 

• progress without hesitation
• often undermines the opponents ability
• favors overwhelming opponents with power and speed
• prefer to take the "get them before they get me approach"

Defensive-Type: 

• takes a cautionary approach while progressing
• often sees new opponents as equal or greater to your ability
• sees having a balance in stats as crucial to staying in the game
• more likely to utilize the most effective skill for a particular opponent(s)

RUSH RUSH RUSH.

Make them fear, make them juggle their weapons in surprize, BE WITHIN 5 FEET OF THEM BEFORE THEY EVEN SEE YOU.

:3

D: I dislike people that camp.

Depends on the game I guess..

-For Halo 2: offense (obviously)

RPGs like FF12, Oblivion- Defensive

Be it a RPG, Action, Adventure, Racer, Beat-em-Up or Shooter game, do you find yourself being a:

Offensive-Type: 

• progress without hesitation
• often undermines the opponents ability
• favors overwhelming opponents with power and speed
• prefer to take the "get them before they get me approach"

Defensive-Type: 

• takes a cautionary approach while progressing
• often sees new opponents as equal or greater to your ability
• sees having a balance in stats as crucial to staying in the game
• more likely to utilize the most effective skill for a particular opponent(s)

I know at times some of these characteristics cross over between the two, but which type do you find yourself becoming more of whilst gaming?

DementedDragon

Anything with a gun im all about offense. Halo theres no cover, theres no run away, im in yo face ready to blast. I guess thats why i get owned in gears. im not here to duck and wait for u. im ready to go rip u to shreads with teh chainsaw. maybe i need to rethink my strat.

But in Rpg's i usually lvl for about 2 hours before i do anything in the game and usually read into all the spells so i can know how to defeat all the enemies. so i guess you could say im defensive in that sense.

The best defense is the offense.
Panzer_Zwei

In shooters I'm generally more offensive natured. That is more of a twitch response thing and I think I can catch more people offgaurd or simply think faster than most in those types of games. In RPG and MMOG style games I'm a powermonger... I take my time to find out what the best equipment/abilities/skills/spells/etc are then I go about obtaining and equiping them. THEN I go bumrush... but by then the bumrushing is coming because I've silenced or rooted my opponent to the ground and can dispatch of them in the manner of my choosing =)

Edit: In Fighters, it just depends on my opponents skill. Usually a mixture of both.

RUSH RUSH RUSH.

Make them fear, make them juggle their weapons in surprize, BE WITHIN 5 FEET OF THEM BEFORE THEY EVEN SEE YOU.

:3

D: I dislike people that camp.

mushroomscout89

yes wait, wait until hes in range thats it you come to me without knowing wghats next WHACK ur gone all because you didnt take your time to analiyse the situation. this applys to most games except raceing games. and i dont camp on halo! but and still aware of my surroundings

The best defense is the offense.
Panzer_Zwei