I mean, I'd like to potentially play an archer with some mild bard-like buffs, but I'd hate to get gimped at close range. That's basically what I'm thinking. But I need to know how the world's going to work, because if all that's going to come at us are, say, swarms of armored Goliath or heavily plated machines, well, since we're acting as a party, I'd like to know how I can be effective.
Speaking of, what's the hierarchy like in ARIES? Is it literally just us as the players, or is there some sort of founder or patriarch/matriarch figure?