Will we ever see an Orc / Dwarf Metropolis?

As much as I want to see a Nikua and Ren'Kair metropolis, I know it's going to come down to player demographics - will we have servers full of elves and humans...yet again...will people pick something new...who knows. Even if there are many dwarves and orcs, they'll still need to outnumber the other races in their areas or in their guilds, which seems...unlikely? what do you think?

What race are you leaning toward? Personally, I like the look of Ren'kai.

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Ghoosty

damokles wrote: »

From the 'concept art' word, I thought that it is clear that I meant visual, not the stats.

These are the orcs. They are oranges, with big teeths, but the body is same as humans.

Dwarfs are smaller this is OK.

Here is a screen from ESO. Without the head, I can't find out which of them belong to which race.
There are slight differences, but I like bigger differences that I can find out the races from the silhouette.

Damokles

@ghoosty
It wasnt that clear tbh....
And did you SEE the Tulnar concept art? They are going to consist of 3-4 different races (mammalian, human and lizardfolk) and you will be able to control the amount of their characterstics with a slider.

Also ESO is a good example for homogenized characteristics: Nords, Bretons and Redguards all also look the same. (This goes for Altmeri, Bosmer and Dunmer for most of it too)

IS already stated that the races in Ashes will have differences between each sub-race.
Dünir will have their facial hair as a major characteristic (male and female btw xD), while the Nikua are supposed to have only small amounts of facial hair fkr an example.

Another caveat:
The races in Ashes look REALLY different from each other.
Orcs seem to be 1 1/2 as tall as humans, while dwarvs look to be only 1/2 as tall as humans.
The elves look to be the same as they are in ESO.

Ghoosty

Next time I will try to write more carefully, I did not expected that that small sentence will create that many reactions.
I already mentioned that what I said is based on the concept arts. I do not see big differences, but I forgot about Tulnars. If they are misleading and they will look really different, I will be happy.

Dygz

The Orc in the center of that pic does not have the same body as a Human.
And the Orc on the far left looks significantly larger than the person with the Shield.

Shoklen

Oompa-Loompa Orcs... Interesting..

Damokles

@ghoosty

Shoklen

^ Okay... if I can create a Tulnar that can even remotely resemble a Dragonborn from DnD... I'll switch from Orc.. and going by the image above, it's a high probability going by the silhouettes... Not sure how I missed that concept art..

Caeryl

Tulnar is amazing, but I might try specifically to find a heavy Dünir node, or maybe the Py’Rai elves or Vek orcs just because I really love their architectural styles.

Nagash

The only good ork is a dead one

Ravudha

NPCs: "why are you invading our lands and destroying our cities??"
Players: "ok..well..ah...you see...we like your buildings but Orc design is sooo last year, we'd like to see it in Tulnar...by the way does this (points at Castle) come in Nikua?"

T Elf

LOL Button!! ^^^^^

noemad

damokles wrote: »

The elves look to be the same as they are in ESO.

You mean constipated? Because that seems to be their default facial expression. They have RCF, Resting Constipated Face.

Damokles

^LoL-Button

tugowar

#purpleVek

Thoghli Ramheart

consultant wrote: »

Maybe you could get all the dwarves to get together and play in certain node. It goes by which race gives the node the most experience. From what I know you could wait to level five node then get as many dwarves as you can in your area so that when the metropolis comes it will dwarven

I really plan on doing something similar to this exact thing!

HazardNumberSeven

I'm drawn to elves and dwarves but hard to choose until I see more of what each race gets.

winner909098

Damokles wrote: »

ghoosty wrote: »

Without racial bonuses, I can't really tell which race will I chose. In WoW, my main was orc. I like the taurens much better, but their racial was worse for hunter, that is why I chose orc. But in lot of other MMO, I played with elves.
From the concept arts it seem that there will be not big differences between races, mainly the head. I am not happy with it.

A player's choice of race will influence their racial abilities.

Each race has different base stats.
Races are not gender or class locked.
Some classes may work better with certain races but nothing is enforced.

Stat growth
Stat growth proceeds in the following order:
The race "seeds" a player's base stats.
The primary archetype grows the base stats.
The secondary archetype (class) further grows the stats.

thats why everyone wants to see racial bonuses, the seed could make it easier in the first levels

thorgar runemaster

The dwarf of Karaz Ankor will build a mighty stronghold and we will KILL ALL THE GREENSKIN WE SEE! THE BOOK OF GRUDGE REMAIN FULL!

Nagash

thorgar runemaster wrote: »

The dwarf of Karaz Ankor will build a mighty stronghold and we will KILL ALL THE GREENSKIN WE SEE! THE BOOK OF GRUDGE REMAIN FULL!

Grudge this grudge that you dawi are all the same

Thoghli Ramheart

Nagash wrote: »

thorgar runemaster wrote: »

The dwarf of Karaz Ankor will build a mighty stronghold and we will KILL ALL THE GREENSKIN WE SEE! THE BOOK OF GRUDGE REMAIN FULL!

Grudge this grudge that you dawi are all the same

To an untrained eye you may see that, though meet us for an brew and you will see different!

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