IRE Asks: What's your Bartle Quotient?

Every time I take the test, I score a different thing, based on the mood I'm in, which pretty much reflects how I game. One moment, I might want to PK, another I might want to code or craft. Sometimes I am quite social, and other times I want to just run around alone and deal with merchant stuff and scrolls. 

That being said, a new MMO coming out, Wildstar (http://www.wildstar-online.com/en/) bases their player organizations and classes directly on the Bartle types. There are some good interviews with the game's creators that provide some interesting food for thought.

Achiever

I always come out explorer! hehe

Explorer

Explorer.

No friend undiscovered!

It's not what you do, but who you know, how you are known and who loves you. People with high Socializer scores enjoy interacting with other people, forming bonds and finding cooperative solutions to the challenges within the virtual world.

socialiser

I'm an explorer! Wahoo.

Put me in a pigeonhole please!

Your gamerDNA is:
Achiever

Description:

Best, first and most are the favorite adjectives of the Achiever. They love comparison not only against others, but also with themselves. They enjoy setting goals, surpassing previous performances and hitting new milestones. They tend to have lots of high scores, badges, trophies and other concrete evidence of their successful endeavors--and they love it if someone notices these. However many enjoy the quiet satisfaction of knowing they simply did better than most.

explorer

Your gamerDNA is:
KILLER

Description:

It's the thrill of the kill. Trophies are okay, but that momentary rush attained from besting an opponent is what it's all about.

People with high Killer scores prefer the player-versus-player aspect of any game more than anything offered by the environment. They relish the adrenaline and challenge of pitting themselves against real people. Not all Killers are gankers as some critics claim. While getting the jump on the unprepared for a quick kill is important fun for some Killers, many prefer group PvP and revel in a well executed team maneuver that blows away the opposing side.

Secondary influences

• Killer Achievers pit themselves against PvE challenges as well--though often it's a means to an end. A KA often enjoys PvP that focuses on their skill as an individual contributor (duels, and so forth) as well as their personal position on competitive ladders and such.
• Killer Socializers often seek out PvP in a game, but they are looking to socialize with and form alliances and teams with other players who are interested in doing the same. KS tend to seek out guilds or clans that organize formal PvP events, or work on group strategies and tactics.
• Killer Explorers like to feel immersed in a virtual worlds and see themselves as a great villain or crusader within that world. They seek out challenges against other players, but they are going to find all the areas of that world. Trust an KE to know all the best ambush spots and sniper perches.

I'm not a killer. I'm a total nub at combat. 

No stone unturned!

That didn't come as a surprise to me.

"No enemy left standing!"

...

Explorer

Killer: 67%, Achiever: 60%, Explorer: 40%, Socializer: 33%

Large groups of morons mean more people to hunt. :D

when I decide I care enough to check.

Explorer-Killer

Kill, burn, rape, though not in that order.

Killer

The Killer motto: "No enemy left standing!" Description:

It's the thrill of the kill. Trophies are okay, but that momentary rush attained from besting an opponent is what it's all about.

People with high Killer scores prefer the player-versus-player aspect of any game more than anything offered by the environment. They relish the adrenaline and challenge of pitting themselves against real people. Not all Killers are gankers as some critics claim. While getting the jump on the unprepared for a quick kill is important fun for some Killers, many prefer group PvP and revel in a well executed team maneuver that blows away the opposing side.

Secondary influences

• Killer Achievers pit themselves against PvE challenges as well--though often it's a means to an end. A KA often enjoys PvP that focuses on their skill as an individual contributor (duels, and so forth) as well as their personal position on competitive ladders and such.
• Killer Socializers often seek out PvP in a game, but they are looking to socialize with and form alliances and teams with other players who are interested in doing the same. KS tend to seek out guilds or clans that organize formal PvP events, or work on group strategies and tactics.
• Killer Explorers like to feel immersed in a virtual worlds and see themselves as a great villain or crusader within that world. They seek out challenges against other players, but they are going to find all the areas of that world. Trust an KE to know all the best ambush spots and sniper perches.

but it depends on which character in which game how it all turns out.  different characters give different results.

interesting

Explorer, and bad bad at social :>

Socializer: 80%, Explorer: 73%, Achiever: 33%, Killer: 13%

Explorer, Achiever, Socializer, Killer.

Though, I agree; it seems as if something is missing there.

an explorer

Explorer, and as antisocial as it's possible to get? That's harsh...

Yea... Achiever

Explorer with a hefty dose of socializer. But as Fay pointed out, this is a seriously flawed 'personality' test. A couple of the questions I came up as 'neither' or 'both' or 'wha?' but those weren't options.

I'm a killer.

I also wonder how many people taking the quiz from IRE know what Bugle Boy was.

Explorer

Killer!

socialiser. No supprise.

Explorer..meh. It's true and yet...it's just one side. I hunt a lot to raise my level..

Explorer.

I would guess myself a little bit of everything

I'm likeeeee Dora!

achiever

Consider me not surprised.

I got Killer, but I would have gotten Socializer years ago before I really got into combat. I didn't want to sign up to get more info. Some of the numbers were wrong, it's imperfect.

Killer!

Interesting article.

i'm an explorer. then it's socializer, acheiver, killer. 

Your gamerDNA is:

EXPLORER

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Achiever explorer. I aspire to become a combatant though, but typically for my type I want to hit Demi first and get a nice experience buffer. If there was no XP loss on death, or a penalty that does not take hours to undo, I'd be pvping it up right now already though. Sparring right now is what I'll stick to.

Socializer. 

Which is wierd, as that's by far the least important to me.

The discrepancy is probably because I don't fit into any of the given descriptions; I'm most similar to the killer explorer, but rather than PvP I prefer to try to use the other aspect of "explorer" (the discovery and creative application of knowledge) to try to war against entire sides and hopefully achieve the sort of goal most Achievers never even dream of.

It's the sort of playstyle which is simply not possible in a purely mechanistic world like most MMORPGs.

Explorer, weird

i prefer getting the items that nobody has

Explorer on this character!

Which kinda surprised me because I didn't think my answers leaned that way.

Explorer. If there was a more specific test I would have ended up with "Administrator/Leader" cause I have yet to have an IRE character who doesn't end up being GM ~_~

Explorer. Not terribly surprising.

Hmm...The exploration of the mind is definitley enticing...I think it's pretty accurate!

Explorer-Achiever

achiever, not really sure what i have ever achieved though.

Which is mainly true. I play here for the interaction it gives, not for the PvP (although I don't mind raids) or experience rankings.

I like making even extremely minor, everyday interactions as special as they can be. I'm not that good at it yet, but I'm getting there! Heh.

Breakdown:

-65% reward-driven
+50% thoughtful
+65% exploratory
-50% physical
+100% social
-65% competitive

Makes a lot of sense indeed.

I dislike immensely quizes that attempt to pidgenhole everyone.  Very rarely I take them and after reading the comments above didn't even bother to look at this one, don't have too much time to waste on some nonsense.

Killer

SKEA? Weird.

I'm an explorer.

Said I'm a socializer, which I'll accept. I get along better with acheivers and killers than I do with other socializers, though.

K, E, S.  In this order.  I perfer little of everything, but i personally recieved Socializer from the test >.>  Achievements don't drive my interest.

Supposedly I'm an explorer. I don't know how, I don't do that much exploring.

I got Killer but....

RESULTS BREAKDOWN: K.A.E.S.
Killer: 53%, Achiever: 53%, Explorer: 53%, Socializer: 40%

I'm just as much an Achiever and Explorer as I am a Killer. I wonder if all that cancels eachother out and makes me an unsocial non-entity?

At the very least, I'm well-rounded.

Where is that category? Didn't take the test, obviously.

Explorer. RESULTS BREAKDOWN: E.A.S.K. No surprises there.