Racial traits

[Aenielle]

It has been stated by so many times now that the Fae and Arasai racial abilities are better then the "old" races ones. Darn, it has even been stated by the Devs (I am too lazy to find a quote, but i am sure someone can). And dont get me wrong, I love the new Arasai/Fae racials, i just feel the original races should get some development loving as well. So my question is, will the racial abilities ever get a balance pass they deserve, giving a bit more flavor and utility to the original races?

[Jeridor]

Most of the racial options are indeed horrible. Yesterday I leveled and got the choice, scanned them, and decided to not even pick one until I had a lot of time to pick out the lesser of many evils.

[Korpo]

The powers that be have indeed talked about how they're planning on redoing the traits. I'm not holding my breath, considering how long it takes them to get from "planning on redoing" something to the point that it's actually done. For examples, see class hats, zone revamps, tradeskill revamp, etc.

[Raveller]

<p>I agree, the traditions for the original races pretty much suck all around. This is, however, an area where any changes must be thought through very carefully, something for which the SOE devs do not have a good reputation.</p><p>Many players will have made their race/class choices based on the racial traditions and if those traditions are changed too much, there will be no end to the amount of whining about the result and an endless stream of petitions for a race respec.</p>