Lack of races?
SUNSEEEET
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I think a lot of people may think that 5 races is not enough and I wholeheartedly support them. However, I am well aware of the amount of work that comes with the addition of even one race. And therefore, I propose, perhaps a bad one, or maybe not, but still a solution. What if the race can be changed during the game? That is. Imagine the situation, you are playing for an elf and suddenly a strange man in a robe jumps out in front of you. He introduces himself as a wandering dark magician and offers you to help him in exchange for which he will allow you to change the race, like, turn him into a skeleton or a zombie ??? However! This new appearance will not affect the look of the city, animations and so on in any way, since, in essence, you will remain the same as you were.. Hmm, that sounds strange.. You could also solve the problem with a shapeshifting potion or something like that kind? And if you get tired of buying an antidote from any merchant .. I love AoC 
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I don't think it's 9 races... I think there are 5 races. That is Oriks, elves, humans, dunirs and tulnars. At the same time, the orcs, elves, people and dunirs each have 2 nationalities ...
There are 8. Kaelar, Vaelune (humans), Py'rai, Emperyean (Elves), Ren'Kai, Vek (Orcs), Dunir, Nikua (dwarves), and then Tulnar making 9.
Okay, whatever you say
Are you really trying to say these are the same race just because they both have the orc classification? Their design is completely different in literally every aspect possible, nothing is similar. Them both being orcs doesn't mean it's the same race.
The diversity isn't enough I agree
Would be a massive upgrade to Elf(shudder).
Aside from that hopefully the game never reaches a low that they need to allow race change.
I think "scientifically" we would be calling Ren'Kai and Vek different species from a common ancestor.
Same for Py'Rai and Empyrean.
Just looking at what we have currently, I would be calling Ren'Kai Orcs and Vek Trolls.
I would be calling Py'Rai Dryads and Empyrean Elves.
I don't know why the categories or Orc and Elf matter.
If I want to look like a Skeleton or Zombie, there wil probably be a cosmetic for that.
Vanilla games have to put a limit on what they will include - else the game will never release.
Vek already look like Trolls.
If we did not have lore stating that Py'Rai are a type of Elf, I would not consider the current Py'Rai to be Elves.
Nor would I consider the current Vek to be Orcs.
Tulnar should provide us with sufficient diverse appearances beyond the other 8 player races.
Which is plenty for the launch of a brand new game.
Were all 20+ races playing together in each game?
Yep exactly. It's only 9 playable races, but we've already seen others, like the goblins and the birdmen.
Also, new expansions could introduce other races so more could be added.
tbh the 2 humans are samies so lets say 1
The Orks are more like troll and Ork So thats 2
Drawfs are more like hobit and Dwarfs so thats 2
Elfs are like highelfs and wood elfs dso thats 2
Tulnars are like 3 races so far what we seen so lets say 3+ there
tl dr - more race diversity and not just human/elf variants
(also not ignoring orcs but hey they are a staple i just believe non human races deserve to be a little expanded upon)
true true but if they really want to create the new big thing i feel diversity like that is important but we shall see maybe its gonna be great without it.
This is exactly why time and effort should be put into creating depth and texture for the existing PC factions. The Kaelar and Vaelune have the potential to be incredibly different and I feel like we are starting to see those more pronounced differences come to the fore with the Jinn-related lore dropped last dev stream.
THIS!
I don't really care for having dozens of different races to choose from at character creation. I care more about the detail and effort put into each of these races making them all unique with rich lore, backgrounds and design. What we have currently is MORE THAN ENOUGH.
Or, you know, a dwarf?