New Race Announced! The Au Ra

[silentwindfr]

i beg to differ sir, it's like this in most mmorpg, the number of people ready to play a bestial look like race are not that many, most of the player need to be able to identify themself to the character. without forget people will look at them character all the time, they want to have something appealing. look all the day to something ugly will not work.

[Nalien]

At least it ain't pandas.

[Mahri]

i beg to differ sir, it's like this in most mmorpg, the number of people ready to play a bestial look like race are not that many, most of the player need to be able to identify themself to the character. without forget people will look at them character all the time, they want to have something appealing. look all the day to something ugly will not work.

Reconsider what I just said. Mustn't. Not doesn't.

They're playing it safe, but they are capable of wilder ideas, and we are willing to receive them, so long as they were smartly designed. They could go way crazier with playable races. They didn't here, and even though it looks good, the general direction of opinion here seems to be that something more off-beat was desired. Not like, straight-up monsters, but something a bit scalier, a bit less poised, a bit more feral.

There is one huge challenge that they're working with that other MMOs don't, though: This game is insanely alt-unfriendly. It's built towards doing everything on one character. Rerolling just to play another race isn't something most people are going to want to do, so instead they knew they needed to make something that people would want to change into.

I'm sorta hoping a lore explanation comes along, even a completely comedic one, that explains why a bunch of adventurers woke up one day to find that they are now a lizard person. >_>

[Felis]

I'm sorta hoping a lore explanation comes along, even a completely comedic one, that explains why a bunch of adventurers woke up one day to find that they are now a lizard person. >_>

Like this?

Legend states that any who drink this mysterious liquid before lying down for the evening will awaken a new man (or woman). Grants you a single opportunity to edit your appearance in the character creation screen upon your next login.

[dice137]

I love how people assume SE is so easily swayed by public opinion. There's more stuff that people shout and cry and stomp their feet for that SE flatout says no to or ignores, than stuff they actually bother to implement. At the end of the day, they still largely do what they want. Not what you think others want.

[Mahri]

Legend states that any who drink this mysterious liquid before lying down for the evening will awaken a new man (or woman). Grants you a single opportunity to edit your appearance in the character creation screen upon your next login.

Hmmmmmmmm.

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.

[Mimilu]

*Edited*
What I think they should do with the Au' Ra was make one clan/version "elegant and mysterious" then make the other more "muscular" instead of separating it by gender. Granted, that might is exactly what they're doing with the Hyurs (and kind of the Roes)... >w>

[Korilynn]

I like the scales we've seen, I also think (could totally be wrong) there will be some scale decal options, to move them around and add/decrease the amount you have. Will also likely interfere with some other option you want

[Wildsprite]

What I think they did with the Au' Ra was make one clan/version "elegant and mysterious" then make the other more "muscular" instead of separating it by gender. Granted, that might is exactly what they're doing with the Hyurs (and kind of the Roes)... >w>

seeing these I think I have to disagree with you(sorry about the size, I can never remember the code to resize for thumbs for click through)

[Mimilu]

seeing these I think I have to disagree with you

Correction, I meant to say "What I think they should do...", not "What I think they did do...". My bad. >w>()