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What race do you think you'll be?

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  • It's 2017. I don't see race. I only see in terms of beard and no beard.

    I'm sorry short ones but I'll be a no-beard'er. Unless, the power of the beard wins me over but no ... No, I can't imagine that happening. No amount of ale can tip me to the bearded side.
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    edited June 2017
    *changes mind* see for roleplay I want a dwarf, but thinking into it, I've been thinking it very much depends on how much, or even if the angel/demon skins are influenced by the underlying race....
    I don't that they are going to be at all, but a:
    tulnar/devil-clad/cleric-rogue.....
    or an orc/angel-clad/archer-mage...well they sound AWESOME!!!!
  • Elf all the way ????????
  • Just prefer the human look more manly than elf BUT depends on racial augments I guess. 
  • Am I the only one who wants to be an Orc? What is wrong with you people? Orc are really wonderful, charming in a different sort of way, and you do not have to be a slave to fashion as nothing will make you look even marginally presentable. 

  • For now Elf :"D 


  • I think in this game, in this year and in the future, choosing a RACE is wrong, also choosing a gender, i think the Character customization should be genderless and raceless you can choose bear or no bear, big boobs or not, or even no boobs, and you skin color and everything how you want. im Joking

    usually i love beeing Humans as its RP and i like to identify me in my Character, so male, human and sometime i try that he looks like me, just more perfect ;)

    But since the different races will have different Attributes and things i will choose whats best for a Tank or fighter and make combinations what makes sense. Elf Ranger etc.
  • I am the race inside all other races  :|
  • Tapeworm?
  • That will be tough to decide. I've always been an elf person, but it will depend on what passives/buffs they'll have. So human or tulnar are also possible.
  • I guess human, but I'll have to see how the "racial" skills develop.
  • It is evident what I'm choosing. I'm surprised since Orcs don't look as gruesome as other games. Heck, with sliders it is easy to make a good looking one. It is just a lot of people don't want to put in the effort! I do plan on going Vek as the bard class currently interests me the most. I like the idea of singing about the future events to come.

    It is the second coming of Pavarotti!
  • They need bad elves or undead, then I can pick a race. 
  • Definitely Orc. The fact that there may be few of us makes me even happier to play one. Now, to get my daughter on board. 
  • Human, I always go human!!
  • Venjenz said:
    They need bad elves or undead, then I can pick a race.
    Who said you couldn't be bad as an elf?
  • Venjenz said:
    They need bad elves or undead, then I can pick a race. 
    I can help you join the undead if you wish ^^
  • For a main character ,  any race without fur on the back. For alts i think   im gonna pick  each class just to check it out .
  • nagash said:
    Venjenz said:
    They need bad elves or undead, then I can pick a race. 
    I can help you join the undead if you wish ^^
    The shadow spreads every day, every hour, every minute, every second ...
    Whispers of darkness. Ominous dreams of ancient evils awakening.

    I call on you, the brave and incorruptible, to fight against the growing tides of darkness! Now is your hour. There may be a day when evil triumphs but today is not that day!  Heed my call. I am your deity of light and valor. Look to the light and follow me to vanquish our dark foes. I shall lead those with a pure heart to victory!
  • I do hope being undead will be a thing at somepoint would be cool, i like how the Tulnar has sliders to decide how much of x base species they are so if u had undead you could be an undead Tulnar and have a slider to decide how much you have rotted etc :smile:
  • SoYinn said:
    For a main character ,  any race without fur on the back. For alts i think   im gonna pick  each class just to check it out .
    Is the no fur thing just too close to home or something?
  • I'd normally go for something like a Dwarf from the original list, but since the Tulnar announcement... I'm going to at the very least build out what I can there first to see if I like it. Dwarf will be backup if I'm not enthused!
  • Even though I chose a Dwarf for this, it really depends on several factors for me, most notably racial traits, such as stat bonuses or hindrances and how they affect:

    Crafting - What if a Dwarf can make indestructible gear, an elf can make lighter gear using less resources, and a human can discover a broader range of recipes?  Then it becomes a choice between specifics.  This might also classify under a different category:

    Restrictions - Which race can do what things?  This ultimately means that the other races can't do certain things, which I think is fair.  I would love the fantasy of the lore to shine through the character gameplay, aesthetics, as well as the crafting.  As much as I hate to say it, races shouldn't have to be "fair" across the board.  If a Dwarf is physically stronger and can carry more, perhaps he would be better suited for a gatherer?  Or perhaps the ingenuity of humans means you could augment your mount to be an extra backpack, with the risk that it might be stolen without pvp?

    Environment - This could be in any category, really, but should be noted.  If I make a "forgotten" subterranean race character, would he naturally be horrible at sailing compared to a human?  Or perhaps a dwarf is able to sense gems and metals in the ground better, or an elf more efficient at gathering herbs?

    Game-play - How impactful will the combat aesthetics be on the race between the classes?  If a human female looks graceful in combat, I might be partial to it visually compared to a dwarf who looks more like a square with rigid combat.

    It's not so much that I want to min-max things, but it's too early to see the possibilities yet.  I want to be crafting focused, but I also want to focus more on the Sea-based content.  If somehow it means that that it'll be most profitable to be an odd-ball in the field, or perhaps the most versatile, then that's what I'll be!
  • Solarion said:
    nagash said:
    Venjenz said:
    They need bad elves or undead, then I can pick a race. 
    I can help you join the undead if you wish ^^
    The shadow spreads every day, every hour, every minute, every second ...
    Whispers of darkness. Ominous dreams of ancient evils awakening.

    I call on you, the brave and incorruptible, to fight against the growing tides of darkness! Now is your hour. There may be a day when evil triumphs but today is not that day!  Heed my call. I am your deity of light and valor. Look to the light and follow me to vanquish our dark foes. I shall lead those with a pure heart to victory!
    Light thinks it travels faster than anything, but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.
  • I really need to see more concept art and/or player models before deciding. With that said, I almost always roll dwarf. Something about the beer culture that really draws me in.
  • nagash said:
    Solarion said:
    nagash said:
    Venjenz said:
    They need bad elves or undead, then I can pick a race. 
    I can help you join the undead if you wish ^^
    The shadow spreads every day, every hour, every minute, every second ...
    Whispers of darkness. Ominous dreams of ancient evils awakening.

    I call on you, the brave and incorruptible, to fight against the growing tides of darkness! Now is your hour. There may be a day when evil triumphs but today is not that day!  Heed my call. I am your deity of light and valor. Look to the light and follow me to vanquish our dark foes. I shall lead those with a pure heart to victory!
    Light thinks it travels faster than anything, but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.
    Wretched Lord of the Undead, you are a renegade deity, disowned even by the Lord of the Dark Realms. He at least understood his existence would be meaningless if he vanquished all life, which is why he seeks to enslave it. You, however, seek to destroy all life and disfigure what remains into your empty and twisted transformations. Without life, your armies would never replenish and would simply dwindle away into the dust over the aeons. 

    The darkness is an empty, meaningless void.

    The ancient pantheon and the stars brought life and light into the multiverse. Through this, we created meaning. We are existence itself, for the multiverse would be nothing without us. We will cleanse the realms of your scourge and keep the darkness in balance with the light. You may hide in the realm of Europa where it is difficult for me to go in person (or 'in god,' if you will) due to inter-realm lag but I will send my most trusted archangels to deal with you. 
  • I somewhat hoped to see "different" races from the classical ones, so I am quite pleased with the existence of Tulnars.

    I am the mage type, mostly ranged but not exclusively (like the hybrid-fighter you can create in the Elder Scroll games), so most probably I will create an elf.

    Besides, it has been proposed that the concept of elves originated from the early humans in Europe witnessing short, fair hair/skin, longer living neanderthals, which were also more robust, so I think it works also historically speaking.
  • Dwarf is definitely the hunkiest race there is. 
  • probably elf because of the stat bonuses.
    or tulnar if the design turns out to be really awesome. we only saw some shadows of them though
  • a orc ofcourse... the other races are boring as fuck...
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