On Characters

[GetNerfedOn]

Now for my next questions...

Which character do you favor playing? 

And, what role do you usually fit in a multiplayer team?

Once more, do answer and feel free to leave why in the comments!

[Warlockadamm]

I usually play alone cause my patience doenst allow me to play with griefer xD At first i was playing as wolfgang trying to boss rush and stuff.

....But i quickly got tired of his play style cause killing a boss in a few second didnt felt right to me. During my wolfgang time i got my first elegant skin for a character wich was  "drum roll" : Survivor Wes

At first i was like why the crap did i get him. And when i got tired of wolfgang i was like eh lets give the ol' mime a try. And after a couple of hour of gameplay i fell in looooove with him.

He actually is a big change from wolfgang. By being waaay weaker, he created some epic challenges against bosses. 

 

Though at some point i've manage to clear out every bosses of the game with lil' Wes and i was bumped. So i went on youtube to see some DST videos and saw the concept of MEGABASING. One thing lead to another and now i usually have fun creating epic world with my boy Wes

[CarlZalph]

I'll reserve my vote for now to see if it's just the "new character syndrome" or not.

But as it stands Wortox to me is the most enjoyable, with Waxwell being a close contender.

[Pop Guy]

Exploring is certainly the thing that I enjoy the most. I loved Hamlet for the Indiana Jones atmosphere of going into ancient ruins to exhume ancestral artifacts!
In fact, my ideal character would be a courier: faster, less hungry, and go "Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours!"

(Apò, The Courier)

[SDragonhead]

Wes was the reason I gotten the game, I saw my friend show fanart of him and since he was a lil mime I asked him "Who is this?", and here I am making lots of art, videos, animations, etc of Wes.

Playing wise, I think starting the game out maining as the 'challenge character' made me super good at playing that when I play through as any other character it's too easy or I even dislike perks of other characters (looking at you Wimpy Wolfgang). It's like getting good at the start. I love base building because i'm a neat and tidy freak with many structure skins and client mods tee hee, but i'm very versatile as I'm usually the person who has the team's back in multiplayer. 

 

[BeliarBAD]

ive played this game on ipad first. my first 1.000 deaths were from beefs which i attacked by mistake while i wanted to shave them. then when i played as wigfried i survived such a scenario somehow and from then i never played another char

[zergologist]

I'd usually be versatile, but what I mainly find myself doing is fight

[Misa22]

I like to fight and explore, be free and gather stuff but... I always end up taking care of the base because nobody does it 

If i spend too much time away from it and then come back, the fridge is empty, nobody chopped wood, got grass etc... (i always play with random people, though). 

 

Also, Wilson is bae. SCIENCE B****! 

[TheOwl]

I love playing as Woodie. Bearded man turns beaver with talking axe. What's not to love?

Which makes me a pretty good wood gatherer, as I tend to transform 2 to 3 times a day and tend to 4 to 8 different forests, which means I probably spend less time in human form than beaver form. If the other people on the team are doing well, I never have to eat any wood once the base is settled, it's all about transforming all the time then plant half the pinecones I got, and do that again. Takes 3 transformations to chop down a standard forest. I usually have roughly a thousand logs stored by the time winter begins. What use is that? None. But I like it.

Well, except when playing with my RL friend who's terrible at hunting and fighting, which gives me the additional role of spider farmer, hound murderer, giant killer, walrus slayer and probably others I tend to forget.

[GetNerfedOn]

23 minutes ago, TheOwl said:

I love playing as Woodie. Bearded man turns beaver with talking axe. What's not to love?

Which makes me a pretty good wood gatherer, as I tend to transform 2 to 3 times a day and tend to 4 to 8 different forests, which means I probably spend less time in human form than beaver form. If the other people on the team are doing well, I never have to eat any wood once the base is settled, it's all about transforming all the time then plant half the pinecones I got, and do that again. Takes 3 transformations to chop down a standard forest. I usually have roughly a thousand logs stored by the time winter begins. What use is that? None. But I like it.

Well, except when playing with my RL friend who's terrible at hunting and fighting, which gives me the additional role of spider farmer, hound murderer, giant killer, walrus slayer and probably others I tend to forget.

Admittedly, listening to Hoedown is also pretty addictive

[reverentsatyr]

wow, i just realized that literally all the character names except Maxwell's starts with a W.

[GetNerfedOn]

1 minute ago, reverentsatyr said:

wow, i just realized that literally all the character names except Maxwell's starts with a W.

aaaaaand his real name is William Carter, so he's no exception, either XD

 

[GuyNamedChris]

14 minutes ago, reverentsatyr said:

wow, i just realized that literally all the character names except Maxwell's starts with a W.

Yep! That's a running constant(imsorry) with the DS/T characters. I'm surprised just how many names Klei's fit into the W category so far:
Base Game:
Wilson, Willow, Wolfgang, Wendy, WX-78, Wickerbottom, Woodie, Wes, Maxwell(technically William), Wagstaff
RoG:
Wigfrid, Webber
Shipwrecked:
Walani, Warly, Wilbur, Woodlegs
Hamlet:
Warbucks, Wilba, Wormwood, and 1 unnamed
DST:
Winona, Wortox, and 3 unnamed

Also not to mention all the unused characters too, Wilton, Winnie, Wallace, Waverly, Watricia, Wyro. I think it's safe to say Klei's not gonna be breaking this naming scheme anytime soon.

[BeliarBAD]

 

[goatt]

I need more than 1 option

[minespatch]

Kind of torn with team roles. I'm a Wilson/Wilba main but as for what I like to do? Kind of like my father, I like to do some interior decorating, data mine for items, and explore like a tourist.

[Well-met]

No "lone wolf" role? ah well

[Hx380]

Personally i love Webber from the very moment i saw him running from the deerclops in that RoG trailer. 

I love the image of a spider overlord commanding entire legions of spiders towards pig cities 

Death to all pigs! 

[Lemonsnoot]

Wortox has been an absolute pleasure for me. I play this game to relax, and his play style is particularly stress free, when it comes to his basic survival. His teleports reek of convenience, and in general he's fun to play, imo.

[CarlZalph]

A weekish later and I'm still finding Wortox to be my go-to pick of choice, so the decision has been made for me.  While Waxwell is pretty jolly good fun, I find Wortox's playstyle to be a better suit for me.

 

Here's an average of worldwide player stats scraped by me, rounded to the nearest tenth in percentages:

Character    | Pickrate
-------------+----------
Wilson       | 18.2
Wigfrid      | 12.4
Wendy        | 9.2
Winona       | 8.5
WX-78        | 8.3
Wickerbottom | 8.2
Wortox       | 8.0
Webber       | 7.7
Wolfgang     | 5.9
Maxwell      | 4.8
Willow       | 4.4
Woodie       | 3.4
Wes          | 1.0

Note that these stats don't take into account player game time, whether or not they're an "idle" server, or any other thing.  Just raw player pick choice rates.