What races do you prefer to play and why?

NrthnStar5 · 09-06-2011, 02:28 PM

EQ2 has an abundance of races. Which ones do you enjoy playing? Do you pick races based purely on looks, or perhaps roleplay reasons? Or maybe for the racial traits?

Let's hear it

yohann koldheart · 09-06-2011, 02:30 PM

any of the elf races simply because they have track as a racial ability.

dotdotdot · 09-06-2011, 02:36 PM

Halflings... they're unique, rarely played by other players, the females are cute (ONLY IN ORIGINAL MODELS.... do yourself a favor and don't use SOGA for halflings!), and they get track. I like small races, but HATE gnomes and don't want wings or fur.

MurFalad · 09-06-2011, 02:51 PM

Frogloks, they both look fantastic and as a bonus I love their lore too, its fun being a gallant knight of Tupta SMILEY

Lethe5683 · 09-06-2011, 03:30 PM

Ratonga because they look the best by far and are the only race I would ever play.

Elf_Queen · 09-06-2011, 03:37 PM

I play Ratonga's and gnomes (in regular not SOGA) lately though I went through a dark elf phase for a while but now I am past that and playing small races, I love the gnome repair once a day ability!

screenid · 09-06-2011, 03:45 PM

Ratonga = NUMBER 1 Fav Race

Dark Elf (non Soga) = Number 2

Froglock = Number 3

Freeblood = Number 4

Fae = Number 5

tigressb · 09-06-2011, 03:59 PM

I gravitate towards halflings, always have (even in EQ1) - have a bruiser, assassin, and a swashy currently, but I also lean towards arasai. I love their emotes (in particular saying "The pleasure is all yours" when I greet someone and the "Whee!" when I jump) and the fact they can fly now with no mount equipped is a bonus. SMILEY On the arasai side I have a fury, illy, and necro. I like making evil wood elves, because they can look so somber (in original models anyway, SOGA is horrid)...have a sk and evil dirge that are wood elf. When I first start playing at launch I think every toon I made was a half elf. I loved the hair options and colors, not to mention the piercings.

NrthnStar5 · 09-06-2011, 04:14 PM

I usually like to pick a race that embodies my class choice, or simply my idea of the character in my head.

Lately, I've been feeling the urge to make a Troll. I like how nasty and ugly they are (oddly enough), and I like that they are not played much.

We shall see if the future holds a stinky smelly troll in my future lol

Buzzing · 09-06-2011, 04:18 PM

Kerra - In Combat run speed buff, Tracking, Safe fall (I play a pali)

Onorem · 09-06-2011, 04:23 PM

If it's not a scout class, Kerra for the tracking and safefall (although new mounts have ruined safefall in general during the levelling process...)

If it is a scout class, meh...I suppose my last couple have been rats, cause rats are small and cool.

Tygana · 09-06-2011, 04:36 PM

Kerra are the greatest of all races! Long live the Kerra!

Safe fall, tracking, extra speed, and the ability to eat any of the other races! Whats not to like!

Bawang · 09-06-2011, 05:05 PM

There two race abilites that outshine all others imho: Tracking (elves, halflings, flea bitten kerrans) and the ability to teleport to a group mate in zone (Erudites, High Elves).

Just yerterday during double xp madness I was reminded of the power of tracking. There were many others competing with my halfling SK for mobs in Palace of the Awakened. But they would waste valuable time getting on the elevators just to see if the mobs had spawned up there. With tracking I was able to tell exactly when it was worth it to make the trip up and thus was always able to beat them to the punch.

GussJr · 09-06-2011, 05:07 PM

Elves for tracking and Erudites for underwater breathing.

ttobey · 09-06-2011, 05:13 PM

Ratonga because they are the only race able to train Tyrannosaurs!

Illmarr · 09-06-2011, 05:15 PM

I honestly choose races that follow EQ1's lore for the most part rather than any specific racial ability.

Gnome Guardian - A bit of an inside joke with my olf EQ1 Guild, but there were Gnome Warriors in EQ1, I raided beside 2 as a Barbarian Warrior.

Human Swashbuckler - After 5 years and numerous SC bonuses I finally took advantage of the KoTD lore and changed him to Freeblood, mostly for 25% more charges on every poison.

Fae Warden, Troll Defiler, Barbarian Brigand, Barbarian Mystic, High Elf Conjuror, Half Elf Troubador

screenid · 09-06-2011, 05:24 PM

ttobey wrote:

Ratonga because they are the only race able to train Tyrannosaurs!

That would be Awesome if you made the Tyrannosaurs restricted to RATONGA riders only!!

The_Cheeseman · 09-06-2011, 05:26 PM

I pretty much always play stock characters that I created for old D&D campaigns, so race is generally pre-chosen. Ironically, the only character I play that wasn't from D&D is my main, Argond. However, he originally created in EQ1 pre-Kunark, so my only option as a monk was Human. From a mechanical standpoint, I would probably go with Kerran for the tracking (and because I love cats, even though Kerra do kinda look like apes in this game) but I generally have a hard time identifying with animal-like characters. I am an actor by trade, so exploring a character's motivations and influences is important to me, and anthropomorphic creatures just seem a bit too foreign.

CorpseGoddess · 09-06-2011, 05:30 PM

Dark Elves and now Freebloods, because I like to be SPOOOOKY and EEEEEEVIL! MWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

....what? I'm a Sad Olde Goth who loves bats! What the heck else am I going to play?

Cratoh · 09-06-2011, 05:31 PM

I play kerra mainly now for non scout classes as they have run boost and track and saefall

Finora · 09-06-2011, 05:51 PM

I've got one of every race except Kerran atm. I'm saving that one for a beastlord.

I play some based on characters I've played in other games. Some just because I liked how they looked in character creation. My main for example, I played just because she looked cute when I was playing around with character creation on release day.

shadowscale · 09-06-2011, 06:02 PM

Iksar, what can i say? they have nice tails, the scales are a plus.

dont see playable lizard races very often unfortunatly.

Katz · 09-06-2011, 06:02 PM

Woodelves because they look so darn cool.

CoLD MeTaL · 09-06-2011, 06:18 PM

Fae/Arasai because they can fly.

Nijia · 09-06-2011, 06:19 PM

I love seeing iksars and sarnaks in my group, though I can't help always falling back to Halfling lasses for my characters.

I like the female Halfing in EQ2, but also miss the look they had in EQ1 Luclin. They had bigger eyebrows and a long nose.

I'm really impressed by how the modellers managed to create a unique face shape for each race, especially when you consider the subtle variation between high elf, wood elf, human and dark elf.

Dethdlr · 09-06-2011, 06:33 PM

Ratongas are great for scout classes since they have that awesome deaggro spell called "Pitiful Plea". But that got taken away a while back with an AA revamp. SMILEY /cry

Yes. I'm still bitter about it.

Russel · 09-06-2011, 06:43 PM

Iksar for me. I like to breath underwater and they look cool with no helm.

Blintok · 09-06-2011, 06:53 PM

MurFalad wrote:

Frogloks, they both look fantastic and as a bonus I love their lore too, its fun being a gallant knight of Tupta

LOL - I play Troll (roleplay reasons - am Troll in any game that has it)

and for RP reasons......i have to comment on Froglok. The most vile race a perversion of the evil Marr Twins.

met with contempt and seething hatred and disdain.......

Tho i must say, after spending time in the Moors of Ykesha - The Tuptan Froglok seem to be "better" no longer of the hated Mithaniel Marr. The evil now lies with the Survival Accord .. Froglok and Troll under the same banner of Marr. Even the new Grobb trolls seem "better" as the old ones-children of Ykesha- were all but exterminated in the great Trollish civil war.

so anyway.. i play Troll or Dark elf mostly

Chanaluss · 09-06-2011, 07:21 PM

Iksar, for they are superior.

Tylia · 09-06-2011, 07:23 PM

Wood Elf definitely, because they are the cutest race (in original model, SOGA is awful), and tracking is a nice plus. SMILEY

09-06-2011, 02:36 PM	#3
dotdotdot Lord Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 128	Halflings... they're unique, rarely played by other players, the females are cute (ONLY IN ORIGINAL MODELS.... do yourself a favor and don't use SOGA for halflings!), and they get track. I like small races, but HATE gnomes and don't want wings or fur. __________________ Brigand \| Mystic \| Coercer \| Monk \| Troubadour \| Necro

09-06-2011, 03:45 PM	#7
screenid Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 411	Ratonga = NUMBER 1 Fav Race Dark Elf (non Soga) = Number 2 Froglock = Number 3 Freeblood = Number 4 Fae = Number 5 __________________

09-06-2011, 03:59 PM	#8
tigressb Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 130	I gravitate towards halflings, always have (even in EQ1) - have a bruiser, assassin, and a swashy currently, but I also lean towards arasai. I love their emotes (in particular saying "The pleasure is all yours" when I greet someone and the "Whee!" when I jump) and the fact they can fly now with no mount equipped is a bonus. On the arasai side I have a fury, illy, and necro. I like making evil wood elves, because they can look so somber (in original models anyway, SOGA is horrid)...have a sk and evil dirge that are wood elf. When I first start playing at launch I think every toon I made was a half elf. I loved the hair options and colors, not to mention the piercings.

09-06-2011, 04:23 PM	#11
Onorem Loremaster Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,155	If it's not a scout class, Kerra for the tracking and safefall (although new mounts have ruined safefall in general during the levelling process...) If it is a scout class, meh...I suppose my last couple have been rats, cause rats are small and cool. __________________ _________________________________ "EQ2 is not a "free to play" game, so microtransactions are unlikely to ever have the "front seat" role that they have in F2P games" - SmokeJumper - 4/20/2010

09-06-2011, 05:07 PM	#14
GussJr Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 1,061	Elves for tracking and Erudites for underwater breathing. __________________ Collametta, 91 HE Ranger, 90 Mstr Armorer Siame, 90 K. Zerk, 90 Alchemist Palayna, 34 Fae Monk, 90 Master Carpenter Beastmastress, 90 WE BL, 31 Prov

09-06-2011, 02:28 PM	#1
NrthnStar5 Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 369	EQ2 has an abundance of races. Which ones do you enjoy playing? Do you pick races based purely on looks, or perhaps roleplay reasons? Or maybe for the racial traits? Let's hear it

09-06-2011, 02:30 PM	#2
yohann koldheart Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: harrisburg,PA Posts: 1,601	any of the elf races simply because they have track as a racial ability.

09-06-2011, 02:51 PM	#4
MurFalad Loremaster Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Tonbridge, UK Posts: 1,360	Frogloks, they both look fantastic and as a bonus I love their lore too, its fun being a gallant knight of Tupta

09-06-2011, 03:30 PM	#5
Lethe5683 Loremaster Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 5,351	Ratonga because they look the best by far and are the only race I would ever play.

09-06-2011, 03:37 PM	#6
Elf_Queen Loremaster Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 378	I play Ratonga's and gnomes (in regular not SOGA) lately though I went through a dark elf phase for a while but now I am past that and playing small races, I love the gnome repair once a day ability!

09-06-2011, 04:14 PM	#9
NrthnStar5 Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 369	I usually like to pick a race that embodies my class choice, or simply my idea of the character in my head. Lately, I've been feeling the urge to make a Troll. I like how nasty and ugly they are (oddly enough), and I like that they are not played much. We shall see if the future holds a stinky smelly troll in my future lol

09-06-2011, 04:18 PM	#10
Buzzing Server: Butcherblock Guild: The Cartel Rank: Alt's/Inactive Loremaster Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 317	Kerra - In Combat run speed buff, Tracking, Safe fall (I play a pali)

09-06-2011, 04:36 PM	#12
Tygana Server: Antonia Bayle Guild: Dragon Fodder Rank: Well Balanced Meal Loremaster Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 170	Kerra are the greatest of all races! Long live the Kerra! Safe fall, tracking, extra speed, and the ability to eat any of the other races! Whats not to like!

09-06-2011, 05:05 PM	#13
Bawang Loremaster Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 366	There two race abilites that outshine all others imho: Tracking (elves, halflings, flea bitten kerrans) and the ability to teleport to a group mate in zone (Erudites, High Elves). Just yerterday during double xp madness I was reminded of the power of tracking. There were many others competing with my halfling SK for mobs in Palace of the Awakened. But they would waste valuable time getting on the elevators just to see if the mobs had spawned up there. With tracking I was able to tell exactly when it was worth it to make the trip up and thus was always able to beat them to the punch.

09-06-2011, 05:13 PM	#15
ttobey Developer Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,126	Ratonga because they are the only race able to train Tyrannosaurs! __________________ Tom Tobey Sr. Animator EverQuest 2

09-06-2011, 05:15 PM	#16
Illmarr Loremaster Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,448	I honestly choose races that follow EQ1's lore for the most part rather than any specific racial ability. Gnome Guardian - A bit of an inside joke with my olf EQ1 Guild, but there were Gnome Warriors in EQ1, I raided beside 2 as a Barbarian Warrior. Human Swashbuckler - After 5 years and numerous SC bonuses I finally took advantage of the KoTD lore and changed him to Freeblood, mostly for 25% more charges on every poison. Fae Warden, Troll Defiler, Barbarian Brigand, Barbarian Mystic, High Elf Conjuror, Half Elf Troubador

09-06-2011, 05:24 PM	#17
screenid Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 411	ttobey wrote: Ratonga because they are the only race able to train Tyrannosaurs! That would be Awesome if you made the Tyrannosaurs restricted to RATONGA riders only!! __________________

09-06-2011, 05:26 PM	#18
The_Cheeseman Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,285	I pretty much always play stock characters that I created for old D&D campaigns, so race is generally pre-chosen. Ironically, the only character I play that wasn't from D&D is my main, Argond. However, he originally created in EQ1 pre-Kunark, so my only option as a monk was Human. From a mechanical standpoint, I would probably go with Kerran for the tracking (and because I love cats, even though Kerra do kinda look like apes in this game) but I generally have a hard time identifying with animal-like characters. I am an actor by trade, so exploring a character's motivations and influences is important to me, and anthropomorphic creatures just seem a bit too foreign. __________________

09-06-2011, 05:30 PM	#19
CorpseGoddess Loremaster Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 1,774	Dark Elves and now Freebloods, because I like to be SPOOOOKY and EEEEEEVIL! MWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! ....what? I'm a Sad Olde Goth who loves bats! What the heck else am I going to play? __________________

09-06-2011, 05:31 PM	#20
Cratoh Loremaster Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 458	I play kerra mainly now for non scout classes as they have run boost and track and saefall __________________ Expand Krono! Expacs/Transfers etc! Forum - 1. a meeting or assembly for the open discussion of subjects of public interest Censorship - deleting parts of publications or correspondence. "Where there is official censorship it is a sign that speech is serious"

09-06-2011, 05:51 PM	#21
Finora Tester Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,423	I've got one of every race except Kerran atm. I'm saving that one for a beastlord. I play some based on characters I've played in other games. Some just because I liked how they looked in character creation. My main for example, I played just because she looked cute when I was playing around with character creation on release day. __________________ Lady Finora Mystic of Prism Everfrost(Grobb) Finora of Valiant Knights Test Server

09-06-2011, 06:02 PM	#22
shadowscale Forum Dragon Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,535	Iksar, what can i say? they have nice tails, the scales are a plus. dont see playable lizard races very often unfortunatly.

09-06-2011, 06:02 PM	#23
Katz Loremaster Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 2,601	Woodelves because they look so darn cool.

09-06-2011, 06:18 PM	#24
CoLD MeTaL Loremaster Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,217	Fae/Arasai because they can fly. __________________

09-06-2011, 06:19 PM	#25
Nijia Server: Vox Loremaster Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 448	I love seeing iksars and sarnaks in my group, though I can't help always falling back to Halfling lasses for my characters. I like the female Halfing in EQ2, but also miss the look they had in EQ1 Luclin. They had bigger eyebrows and a long nose. I'm really impressed by how the modellers managed to create a unique face shape for each race, especially when you consider the subtle variation between high elf, wood elf, human and dark elf.

09-06-2011, 06:33 PM	#26
Dethdlr Server: Butcherblock Guild: Advent of Valor Rank: Council Leader Fansite Staff Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 673	Ratongas are great for scout classes since they have that awesome deaggro spell called "Pitiful Plea". But that got taken away a while back with an AA revamp. /cry Yes. I'm still bitter about it. __________________ EQ2U Lead Programmer \|Dethdlr's Adornment Calculator \| EQ2Wire.com Columnist

09-06-2011, 06:43 PM	#27
Russel Server: Unrest_old Guild: The Suffering Rank: Deathdealer Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 31	Iksar for me. I like to breath underwater and they look cool with no helm.

09-06-2011, 06:53 PM	#28
Blintok Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 84	MurFalad wrote: Frogloks, they both look fantastic and as a bonus I love their lore too, its fun being a gallant knight of Tupta LOL - I play Troll (roleplay reasons - am Troll in any game that has it) and for RP reasons......i have to comment on Froglok. The most vile race a perversion of the evil Marr Twins. met with contempt and seething hatred and disdain....... Tho i must say, after spending time in the Moors of Ykesha - The Tuptan Froglok seem to be "better" no longer of the hated Mithaniel Marr. The evil now lies with the Survival Accord .. Froglok and Troll under the same banner of Marr. Even the new Grobb trolls seem "better" as the old ones-children of Ykesha- were all but exterminated in the great Trollish civil war. so anyway.. i play Troll or Dark elf mostly

09-06-2011, 07:21 PM	#29
Chanaluss Loremaster Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 133	Iksar, for they are superior.

09-06-2011, 07:23 PM	#30
Tylia Server: Butcherblock Guild: Test of Time Rank: Member Loremaster Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 757	Wood Elf definitely, because they are the cutest race (in original model, SOGA is awful), and tracking is a nice plus.