Races?

I can't seem to find a thread on races, have the races been listed? Perhaps someone has a link to the Race thread they could offer.

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Amstrong

It would be great to see if more unique looking races are created, so far I think the Vec are the most unique. I understand that there's going to be a large demand for the conventional human, elf, dwarf type races.

It would be nice to see if races inspired by insects, reptiles, beasts, plants etc. like the different aliens in the movie "Guardians of the Galaxy", make it in the game.

Atama

Holy Cannoli, this is heck of a necro!

There are 9 races planned. Two human races, two elf races, two dwarf races, two orc races. And then the Tulnar which are something else, they might incorporate animal elements and maybe parts from the other races.

I'm not sure why you had to resurrect this thread after almost 3 years of it being dead. There is literally a thread about 5 of the races pinned to the top of this forum right now.

Amstrong

Because they all look very human like, give it whatever label you want (Elf, dwarf, etc) the Vek is the only one so far that looks different and unique, the other humanoid races simply vary in height and mild aesthetics.
I like them all, but wondering if there could be any plans for more diversity like a fish race, an avian race, or will these unique races only be NPCs.

Atama

Tulnar will probably be the closest you will find to what you want. We still need to wait until they give us any info, really, about them.

ptitoine

Im quite curious about the Elves one. And how they gonna separate the look. If they are not what i want i'll probably go for Shaman Vek or Tulnar depending on their visual.

So far there is a good difference between each races. Except the human. and I kinda like it. Wish Human had one too but its kinda hard

Dygz

Aw, damn it!
This super-necro had me thinking nagash was active again!!

Atama

ptitoine wrote: »

Im quite curious about the Elves one. And how they gonna separate the look. If they are not what i want i'll probably go for Shaman Vek or Tulnar depending on their visual.

We have the tiniest bit of an idea of the difference from concept art and early game footage of elves. Here are Py'Rai elves:

Here is an Empyrean elf:

The styles of armor are clearly very different. The difference in the faces are more subtle, especially because we don't have a close look at a Py'Rai. They look nearly identical to me, and I wonder if they are just using "generic elf" between the two up until now.

CROW3

Dygz wrote: »

Aw, damn it!
This super-necro had me thinking nagash was active again!!

Same.

JustVine

Honestly I think that usually elf is supposed to be the chocolate ice cream of fantasy races. They may be different from vanilla humans, but they are still rather simple if somewhat more interesting by virtue of being a different flavor. The face shape is where the difference is going to really make or break what people feel towards them.

I'm extremely biased here but I kind of hope Pyrian has some star trek foreheads going on. For the Empyrean I hope we get something with more narrow dragon/bird like eye and nose ridge options.

SirChancelot

JustVine wrote: »

Honestly I think that usually elf is supposed to be the chocolate ice cream of fantasy races. They may be different from vanilla humans, but they are still rather simple if somewhat more interesting by virtue of being a different flavor. The face shape is where the difference is going to really make or break what people feel towards them.

I'm extremely biased here but I kind of hope Pyrian has some star trek foreheads going on. For the Empyrean I hope we get something with more narrow dragon/bird like eye and nose ridge options.

Human, elf, dwarf... The Neapolitan of fantasy races.

SirChancelot

Atama wrote: »

ptitoine wrote: »

Im quite curious about the Elves one. And how they gonna separate the look. If they are not what i want i'll probably go for Shaman Vek or Tulnar depending on their visual.

We have the tiniest bit of an idea of the difference from concept art and early game footage of elves. Here are Py'Rai elves:

Here is an Empyrean elf:

The styles of armor are clearly very different. The difference in the faces are more subtle, especially because we don't have a close look at a Py'Rai. They look nearly identical to me, and I wonder if they are just using "generic elf" between the two up until now.

The January cosmetics look to be elves too

Atama

SirChancelot wrote: »

Atama wrote: »

ptitoine wrote: »

Im quite curious about the Elves one. And how they gonna separate the look. If they are not what i want i'll probably go for Shaman Vek or Tulnar depending on their visual.

We have the tiniest bit of an idea of the difference from concept art and early game footage of elves. Here are Py'Rai elves:

Here is an Empyrean elf:

The styles of armor are clearly very different. The difference in the faces are more subtle, especially because we don't have a close look at a Py'Rai. They look nearly identical to me, and I wonder if they are just using "generic elf" between the two up until now.

The January cosmetics look to be elves too

Yes, but Empyrean and with less detail than the screenshot I provided.

There are lots of Empyrean elf pictures, I figured it would be redundant to show them all, especially since you typically don’t get a good look at their faces in other images.

Voidwalkers

Seeing the list again though, I just realized I had difficulty telling which race is what if I just looked at the race-name alone.

Is there a reason Intrepid didn't give each individual race a more general, metaphorical name?

e.g. Take Warhammer series, I'm not sure how many ppl can recognize Asur & Druchii instantly, but instead if you say "high elves" and "dark elves", ppl usually get a good enough idea of what kind of fantasy race you're talking about.

ptitoine

Atama wrote: »

ptitoine wrote: »

Im quite curious about the Elves one. And how they gonna separate the look. If they are not what i want i'll probably go for Shaman Vek or Tulnar depending on their visual.

We have the tiniest bit of an idea of the difference from concept art and early game footage of elves. Here are Py'Rai elves:

Here is an Empyrean elf:

The styles of armor are clearly very different. The difference in the faces are more subtle, especially because we don't have a close look at a Py'Rai. They look nearly identical to me, and I wonder if they are just using "generic elf" between the two up until now.

I wish Py'rai have more darker skin ton and hair color with tattoo and stuff. While Empyrean sound more like Legolas or galadriel fro lord of the ring. I wanted to make High Priestress Empyrean but we'll see vek are tempting. I hope they wont do 3 finger and toes on the Vek

AidanKD

We have seen how the recent changes to the other race models have shown a vast improvement. Even the "bland" Human race is looking far better, with some difference between the Kaelar and the Vaelune.

lets hope with the recent changes and feedback they can replicate that uniqueness but definitely keep this thread hot

daveywavey

To be fair, we whinge more when someone creates yet another identical thread to one that's already around. So, props to the OP for actually searching and looking for a thread.

Remember that the Character Creator will have all the sliders for skin tone, body shape, etc. You don't need to worry about that from just one piece of concept art.

Dygz

Voidwalkers wrote: »

Seeing the list again though, I just realized I had difficulty telling which race is what if I just looked at the race-name alone.

Is there a reason Intrepid didn't give each individual race a more general, metaphorical name?

e.g. Take Warhammer series, I'm not sure how many ppl can recognize Asur & Druchii instantly, but instead if you say "high elves" and "dark elves", ppl usually get a good enough idea of what kind of fantasy race you're talking about.

Because it's more a focus on culture, rather than race.
Seems like it would have been better for them to just stick with their Verra cultural names rather than use Tolkien names at all.

Noaani

Dygz wrote: »

Seems like it would have been better for them to just stick with their Verra cultural names rather than use Tolkien names at all.

Adding in a familiar term means players know what to expect.

In pure world building terms, it may have been better to leave it out. In terms of creating a computer game, ensuring players know what to expect (even if only roughly) is too important to ignore.

Atama

They’ve received some good feedback on the dwarf and orc designs. People are wanting a balance between something new and something familiar.

If they weren’t dwarves and orcs, it’s harder to give feedback.

“Do you like the design of the Ren’Kai?”

“I don’t know, what are they supposed to look like?”

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