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Playable Race [Poll]

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  • DamoklesDamokles Member, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    GodsThesis wrote: »
    I will pick tulnar so I can backstab my entire race. I'm a hero.

    Thats what being Tulnar is all about, survival of the fittest. The strongest get to procreate, those that die were not strong enough!
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  • NagashNagash Member, Leader of Men, Kickstarter, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Damokles wrote: »
    GodsThesis wrote: »
    I will pick tulnar so I can backstab my entire race. I'm a hero.

    Thats what being Tulnar is all about, survival of the fittest. The strongest get to procreate, those that die were not strong enough!

    Savages
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  • DamoklesDamokles Member, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Nagash wrote: »
    Damokles wrote: »
    GodsThesis wrote: »
    I will pick tulnar so I can backstab my entire race. I'm a hero.

    Thats what being Tulnar is all about, survival of the fittest. The strongest get to procreate, those that die were not strong enough!

    Savages

    The dead are a finite resource, no procreation means no warriors as replacement! :D
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  • NagashNagash Member, Leader of Men, Kickstarter, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Damokles wrote: »
    Nagash wrote: »
    Damokles wrote: »
    GodsThesis wrote: »
    I will pick tulnar so I can backstab my entire race. I'm a hero.

    Thats what being Tulnar is all about, survival of the fittest. The strongest get to procreate, those that die were not strong enough!

    Savages

    The dead are a finite resource, no procreation means no warriors as replacement! :D

    The dead never run out for as long as one being is alive I will have one corpse, Its all a matter of time
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    The dead do not squabble as this land’s rulers do. The dead have no desires, petty jealousies or ambitions. A world of the dead is a world at peace
  • Valento92Valento92 Member
    I'm pretty much standard. First elves then humans, if the male ones look good better yet.
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  • BeeperBeeper Member, Alpha Two
    Not surprised to see so many pointy ears, but I've really dig the ren'kai concept art. Specifically the architecture.

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  • AtamaAtama Member, Braver of Worlds, Kickstarter, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    I want to play tank but I want to be very atypical so I’m planning to go Empyrean. People don’t usually think “elf” when they think “tank”.

    I love being a weird tank. I played a Hobbit Guardian in Lord of the Rings Online, and Gnome Warrior in World of Warcraft.
     
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  • PlagueMonkPlagueMonk Member
    Damokles wrote: »
    GodsThesis wrote: »
    I will pick tulnar so I can backstab my entire race. I'm a hero.

    Thats what being Tulnar is all about, survival of the fittest. The strongest get to procreate, those that die were not strong enough!

    /saying teary eyed....

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  • KnightPixieKnightPixie Member
    I'm really hoping Ren'Kai make up more population then this pole suggests. I would really like to see the architecture as their node progresses in a scientific or economic way, it seems very feudalistic and I imagine would look really great near forest, a mountain edge, or hill land.

    Haven't really ever considered playing ork, but depending on how it looks when we get a character creator I'd have to say not having Orks and other races at odds with each other is a bit refreshing. Did enjoy the heck out of them in Dawn of War though! (Let's Make it Orky!)
  • YuyukoyayYuyukoyay Member
    Just keep in mind that the majority of players who are going to play probably don't even know about the game yet.
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  • loghanloghan Member, Alpha Two
    wow the elves (both types) did very well in this poll. I didn't expect that well.
  • KriddonKriddon Member, Braver of Worlds, Kickstarter, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Not surprised about the tulnar. But what is drawing people to the elfs?
  • Daedrik45Daedrik45 Member
    Empyrean elf Paladin named Velarian
  • SussurroSussurro Member, Braver of Worlds, Kickstarter, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    My main will be Vaelune. The class design is shaping into something that seems convoluted (which I would absolutely love) and as someone who doesn't optimize too hard the choice of race might be smothered by the myriad of choices we have to shape our character. I feel Vaelune will fit thematically with the class/character I have in mind.
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  • loghanloghan Member, Alpha Two
    wildpancakes875 wrote: »
    Not surprised about the tulnar. But what is drawing people to the elfs?

    Excellent question WildPancakes, what is drawing so much hype towards the two elf races. My initial instinct is to blame the devs for highlighting them too much but I don't think that is the case actually. Because the opposite is happening with the Dwarf Niküa, they have gotten alot of video time yet are the least popular. We have seen what some elven buildings look like in a city node so that helped to hype them up.
  • lunarskylunarsky Member, Braver of Worlds, Kickstarter, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    wildpancakes875 wrote: »
    Not surprised about the tulnar. But what is drawing people to the elfs?

    @wildpancakes875

    I usually play elves because I like their aesthetics. I don't like playing humans in fantasy games because I'm human in RL and it just doesn't seem as fun or exciting in a world with magic and dragons etc. While elves are only slightly different (usually) in appearance with the ears or more lean features it's just enough to feel pique my interests but not so different as to be unattractive/unappealing like Orcs or trolls are (for me). I also tend to favor their lore more too, particularly the wood elf tropes.
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  • MakinojiMakinoji Member, Warrior of Old, Kickstarter, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    I love this poll. From a lore perspective, it's intriguing to see the humans the once most populous being at the bottom of the barrel almost.
  • LfmrLfmr Member, Alpha One, Adventurer
    wildpancakes875 wrote: »
    Not surprised about the tulnar. But what is drawing people to the elfs?

    Elves have always been the most popular fantasy race, it's probably because they generally are depicted as very graceful and beautiful. But, the numbers in other MMO's always have an overwhelming amount of Elf players. In 2019, 25% of all WoW characters were Elves in one form or another, and Blood Elves even beat out humans in numbers.
  • NagashNagash Member, Leader of Men, Kickstarter, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Makinoji wrote: »
    I love this poll. From a lore perspective, it's intriguing to see the humans the once most populous being at the bottom of the barrel almost.

    Just have to make more NPCs
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  • loghanloghan Member, Alpha Two
    Lfmr wrote: »
    Elves have always been the most popular fantasy race, it's probably because they generally are depicted as very graceful and beautiful.

    So we need more fan art of beautiful dwarves and Tulnar! I for one like a short girl 6 out of 7 days of the week!
  • GrandHarfangGrandHarfang Member
    loghan wrote: »
    Lfmr wrote: »
    Elves have always been the most popular fantasy race, it's probably because they generally are depicted as very graceful and beautiful.

    So we need more fan art of beautiful dwarves and Tulnar! I for one like a short girl 6 out of 7 days of the week!

    Orcs can be beautiful too!
  • ParadoxPKParadoxPK Member
    Going with whatever fits being a tank the best.
  • NagashNagash Member, Leader of Men, Kickstarter, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    ParadoxPK wrote: »
    Going with whatever fits being a tank the best.

    A t-34?
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    The dead do not squabble as this land’s rulers do. The dead have no desires, petty jealousies or ambitions. A world of the dead is a world at peace
  • AtiqaAtiqa Member
    edited August 2020
    Impossible to tell yet for me.

    As far as I'm concerned, we basically just have the names of the races and some backstory. We haven't really seen what they actually look in the game, like actually in the game when the game is finished or near finished. Tulnar especially is a mystery.

    When I look at it, Tulnar is the type of race that could be really cool, or fall short for me. One of the Orc's would probably be the ones I'm most interested in right now, but honestly any of the races could be cool to play except maybe Human which I find boring.

    That's not taking into account actual pros and cons with the races, and that's a whole other thing to consider.

    EDIT: Oh, and I base my race on what class I will play, and same thing there, we just don't know enough for me to remotely know what class I will go.

  • 8BitBaker8BitBaker Member, Alpha Two
    I'm planning to main Tulnar but honestly I'm interested in basically anything that isn't human as well. I think there's a lot of potential in the other races and will likely have alts on each!
  • tianlanshatianlansha Member
    If I was an edgy 15 year old like when I started playing WoW back in 2006, I'd pick anything but a boring Human.

    Now I'd only pick a boring Human, because I somehow identify with them the most... for whatever reason.
  • loghanloghan Member, Alpha Two
    @tianlansha Yeah the human race looks great, the human female especially for some reason always gets my attention, even more than the Tulnar female race. If I could mad science create some races into Real Life, i'd probably pick Female Tulnar and Female Human. Top two Verra races by far!
  • ProtogenProtogen Member
    Probably Tulnar (And only Tulnar). I just see Lizard-looking people and that excites me.
  • KaelangKaelang Member
    Likely depends on the racial bonus' that each race gives. However, I'm liking the visuals on the Py'Rai so far.
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  • Celestial ScytheCelestial Scythe Member
    I'm looking into the Elf for magic based classes, and the Tulnar for the Melee Based ones. I like the lizard/dragonkind idea for brutal fighters.
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