Shard said
I think it can be really fun not knowing about other characters, as long as everyone properly introduces their characters in their first posts ^^. Seeing other char sheets has its benefits, mainly avoiding making two of the same type of character, but it's worth it in my opinion as it's more fun to find out what a character is capable of throughout the RP. Knowing what other people are playing ´before my character meets them kind of takes away from the experience, in my opinion ^^.
Yeah, I'm interested in this aspect, saying things like 'does you character best fit 'adventurer', 'caster', 'ruler' or 'artificer'' would probably remove the worry of getting only one or two non-combat characters, but if that would have prevented it then it would mean some people would have to see '7 chose adventurer, damn guess I can't make my idea'. So I do like this idea, especially if the character sheet don't get posted at all (though I could just not look : p).