Board Thread:Dark Souls II/@comment-76.101.215.2-20140208181213/@comment-25950924-20150425055908

Pokebro2000 wrote: Just out of curiosity, who would go for the deprived? I know some will, but why? Deprived is the only class that starts at level 1 while the other classes are 10 levels higher. They also start with no equipment other than crappy cloth armor. Some people like starting from nothing and building up from there.

In terms of gameplay, the deprived has a lot of flexibility. Since you're able to respec your attributes you can change your build easier than other classes. If you choose bandit or swordsman and then decide to use a STR weapon that has low dex requirements and scaling then you're stuck with wasted stats (although DEX does have other benefits).