Personally, I quite liked SimonK's post. Was nice to see some balance for a change
I've done onshore an offshore. Onshore was more fun generally, but also more stressful with weather closing in, having to deal with clients that were demanding, knowing there was more commercial pressure to get a job done, not knowing how many days I would be flying.
Offshore is actually quite fun, certainly challenging. OK, it is broadly 'repetitive' but you can still do two flights to the same place on the same day and find them very different. I like the two crew environment, and yes, if the money was the same for every helicopter pilot job, I would do HEMS, then Police, then offshore, then Onshore / VIP. But overall with the balance of everything, the money, the actual job, the comfort of knowing the engineering and training is excellent, the crews I work with - I'd still choose offshore.