Originally posted by Wizardry

Honestly,i prefer Ranger in FFXI but i found that unlike any otehr game,i enjoyed EVERY class inside of FFXI.I can play and like ANy class,it really doesn't matter,just so long it doesn't feel generic and boring .

Example i DON'T like classes that use that super generic idea of putting 1/2 points into fire and every level i get 2 new points to put into Fire.I don't like classes that have me using all my icons on the hotbar based ONLY on time.So in otherwords SPAMMING my choices every 2-3 seconds is how most games do class design.Also when i see class design using tons of global timers,it is VERY unrealistic,like i can't use half my abilities until the first tiemr is back up.

Simply put,i adore great class design,i don't need to make choices in my slections IF the game already does a good job with their design.I want my chopices to be varied depending on the mobs i fight.

Again an example,i don't want to be a basic Fire attack mage and just spam fire attacks at every single mob with nothing else to determine my choices.

It seems many gamers have very low expectations for FUN,i find many will accept VERY poor class design IF they simply get a PET or IF they simply get to use dual weild.That is NOT good class design.

Class designb actually extends far beyond JUST the class,you need a good world/mob/combat design to make it all happen.Hence FFXI goes down as my most fun game i have ever played,no other game has left me feeling that i enjoy every class.

This thread was about RACE not class.

If we're talking playable races, for me it would be the Half Elves of EQ2 and the Sylvari of GW2. Oh, and I should also add the Tauren of WoW and perhaps the Bloodelves as well.

1. Ratonga - EQ2

2. Iksar - EQ / EQ2

3. Froglok - EQ / EQ2

4. Charr - GW2

5. Sylvari - GW2

6. Popori - TERA

7. Raki - Vanguard

8 - Vulmae - Vanguard

9. Aman - TERA

10. Halfling - EQ2 / LOTRO

That's my top 10. EQ2 probably has the best racial selection out of any MMO at the moment. Although TERA has some pretty cool races, just not as diverse. Looking forward to EQ Next as I love the EQ races and lore.

Depends on which class but for melee classes it is either GW 2 Charr or Tera Aman. Most awesome looking, bad ass races ever.

I usually dont play female characters but even their females look like warriors.

As for mage classes I usually pick humans. I would pick elves but the elve males almost always look like girly-boys.

EQ2 and WoW are the two best in the industry in terms of race variety and lore.

my favorites in WoW are Tauren and Trolls

my EQ2 favorites are Frogloks and Trolls (EQ2 Trolls and WoW Trolls are completely dfferent)

LOTRO Hobbits deserve a menton, if only for the Shire

Charr deserve a mention too

SWG and DAoC had a nice selection but they werent as fleshed out as the other games listed.  VG suffers from lousy models (Raki and Vulmane, for instance, look too much like humans with an animal face)

Originally posted by evilastro

1. Ratonga - EQ2

2. Iksar - EQ / EQ2

3. Froglok - EQ / EQ2

4. Charr - GW2

5. Sylvari - GW2

6. Popori - TERA

7. Raki - Vanguard

8 - Vulmae - Vanguard

9. Aman - TERA

10. Halfling - EQ2 / LOTRO

 

That's my top 10. EQ2 probably has the best racial selection out of any MMO at the moment. Although TERA has some pretty cool races, just not as diverse. Looking forward to EQ Next as I love the EQ races and lore.

 I like those EQ/EQ2 choices!  For me, City of Heroes had the best system of character creaation.   Every game should do something like that.

High Elves(or Asur) from Warhammer Online. But every race from that game looks good really-and true to IP. Weird animations and various assorted bugs ruined it for me tho...

High Elves(or Altmer) from TES. They are so...haughty looking. Noble really. And magical. And they should be those things. Don't Like beards on Elves tho...

Elves from LoTR:O-really nice looking. The same that applies to WAR's races applies here as well. But there is not enough difference between characters...

Elyos from Aion did humans pretty well(or rather Angels)

And Btw-those so called "Elves" in WoW are really ugly. Antenna ears ftl :(. They are fugly in all aspects(yes Asur can look Battle-hardened ugly, but not ugly ugly).

So with all that said-I have to go with Elyos(objectivelly). Subjectivelly, It'd be either Asur or Altmer or Calaquends(but you can't play them-Noldors are good I guess).

I have a thing for Elves, don't I? ;)

1. DAoC = Celts

2. WoW = Undead, Orc

3. GW2 = Human

4. SWToR = Human

5. Warhammer, AoR = Chaos, Dark Elves

Shorter races in general I prefer. Mostly. Petite might be more accurate since they don't always have to be amazingly smaller than the other races.

Fae/Arasai in EQ2 for example

Halflings in DDO

Asura from GW2

In general it goes on like that for most I have tried. I'll end up playing elves of some sort if they are the smaller race often as well.

Otherwise it's a human with the slider at it's low end.

Sylvari in GW2.  Undead in WoW I agree with as well.

Other than that I usually hate non human races.  Especially cat-people with ears and tails. 

ETA:  That said, I do prefer games with a lot of choices in regards to race / class. 

I for one really like the Miqo'te race from Final Fantasy XIV :) I think they are adorable :)

Pretty much dwarves in any game but to be more specific the games are below.

War - Dwarves, probably my favorite.

DAOC - Dwarves

Shadowbane - Dwarves and Centaur

Orcs in Lineage 2, they are just completely different to the general idea of how Orcs should be. 

Iksar in EQ2 I love playing Lizardmen especially evil ones and thats leads to my next one.

Dark Elves in Vanguard I see a theme forming here, another tough and nasty race.

I also like playing Barbarian type races like in EQ/EQ2 and now in GW2 I'm playing a Norn, tough, heavy drinking, no-nonsense fighter types who hail from the cold mountain regions.

I also like playing Wood/High Elves for that holier than thou superiority feeling they bring to MMO's.

In no particular order:

Ratonga (EQ2)

Iksar (EQ2)

Rodian (SWG)