Race choosing

[Gorwe]

Hey, I just wanted a (quick) advice on which Race I should choose. These are my thoughts:

Almani: Your typical Knightly, Alliance, Bant race. Probably the best for cheesing the game(+2 Blacksmith), but otherwise not generally appealing

Varani: Yeah, I always wanted to play as a, basically, Norscan Mercenary, why not? Seems like it is very nice for a Might / Finesse builds too.

Ljosalf: -ar is a group suffix, just fyi. Regardless, I dig this race, but what I'm uncertain about is whether I can easily railroad myself in Frost(+Ltng secondary) spells. Fire is just unbecoming at all for Ljos imo.

Dokkalf: Finally, an opportunity to play a not completely perverted and evil Dark Elf(I guess Dunmer count too). And I really dig the Stealth approach, could be very interesting as Magic + Finesse. What I'm bothered with is...Dokk's seem awfully popular, a cookie cutter if you would.

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Also, about our character, is any race more likely store wise?

[mpnorman10]

I have played them all and have not noticed any significant differences. There are some in dialog and possibly a bit more but largely irrelevant, or so it has seemed to me.

[Valden21]

To my knowledge, the only place in the game where your choice of race matters is in the town of Tyria's Rest, this really out-of-the-way village on your way to one of the cities. There's no reason to go there, and no important quests that start there, so you have no reason to visit. Everywhere else in the game, nobody seems to care.

[a1gundam]

Just pick whatever you think looks the best I guess. I played as a Dokkalfar on the 360 because I liked the face. Also, story-wise, there is a Dokkalfar npc who apparently knows your character from before he/she died. So it might make sense to play as that

[Valden21]

Originally posted by a1gundam:

Just pick whatever you think looks the best I guess. I played as a Dokkalfar on the 360 because I liked the face. Also, story-wise, there is a Dokkalfar npc who apparently knows your character from before he/she died. So it might make sense to play as that

That NPC knows your character for a reason that has nothing to do with your character's race. It's a reason that isn't revealed until slightly before the end-game, so I'll say nothing more. Don't want to reveal anything.

[a1gundam]

Originally posted by Valden21:

Originally posted by a1gundam:

Just pick whatever you think looks the best I guess. I played as a Dokkalfar on the 360 because I liked the face. Also, story-wise, there is a Dokkalfar npc who apparently knows your character from before he/she died. So it might make sense to play as that

That NPC knows your character for a reason that has nothing to do with your character's race. It's a reason that isn't revealed until slightly before the end-game, so I'll say nothing more. Don't want to reveal anything.

I see. I never got that far into the game. The level ranges being set upon entering a new area kind of put me off before, but maybe when I get to playing around with the YSA mod It'll keep me interested.

[michaelmerlin]

It sounds like you are going to pick for RP reasons. That's perfectly valid, the racial bonuses are pretty small and you won't be really weaker or stronger for picking one over another. By mid level the +4 skill points from Race will be quite minor. That said..

Varani lose out on racial bonuses. Lockpicking is pretty easy in this game and there are minimal conquences for failing, so +2 to it is less helpful then other options.

Almain are your typical humans. Their bonuses aren't bad, with +2 to Blacksmithing they get an early start on making your own gear, something that can be very powerful (though mostly later). Their bonus to Persuasion is nice, though there are only a few areas where Persuasion is important.

Ljosalfar elves get the worst bonuses, though it's not exactly a big deal if you prefer them anyway. Dispelling is, unless you are very good at the mini-game, a very risky and expensive way to get mostly just a little random treasure.

Dokkalfar are neat because their big bonuses is in a skill you either already know you want (stealth) or simply might never use at all.

[Gorwe]

Originally posted by michaelmerlin:

It sounds like you are going to pick for RP reasons. That's perfectly valid, the racial bonuses are pretty small and you won't be really weaker or stronger for picking one over another. By mid level the +4 skill points from Race will be quite minor. That said..

Varani lose out on racial bonuses. Lockpicking is pretty easy in this game and there are minimal conquences for failing, so +2 to it is less helpful then other options.

Almain are your typical humans. Their bonuses aren't bad, with +2 to Blacksmithing they get an early start on making your own gear, something that can be very powerful (though mostly later). Their bonus to Persuasion is nice, though there are only a few areas where Persuasion is important.

Ljosalfar elves get the worst bonuses, though it's not exactly a big deal if you prefer them anyway. Dispelling is, unless you are very good at the mini-game, a very risky and expensive way to get mostly just a little random treasure.

Dokkalfar are neat because their big bonuses is in a skill you either already know you want (stealth) or simply might never use at all.

Yeah, the RP + looks + potential gameplay, but the bonuses are rather small. Except Stealth or Blacksmith, those are rather nice.

Almain aren't really interesting to me.

Varani are Vikings, no? Warhammer Norsca and all. If so, that has potential.

Elves are both very interesting. Where the Ljos remind me of Pillars of Eternity's Pale Elves(Glamfallen) - always an interesting and unique take, while the Dokks are very appealing personally, what with Druchii, but not as extreme vibe to them(I really like Dark Eldar in 40k for example). I'm just concerned that being a Dokk isn't..."special" enough, what with everyone apparently liking them. I have tried Stealth approach and I really dig that, though the Faeblades are just "lol Demon Hunter / Illidan wannabe" imo(with some Raiden moves).

Though Ljos (Great)sword + Magic sounds promising as well. Swordmaster and all. I'm so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ creative.