What are the best roles for each race? (tank, gunner, mage, etc)

[waldo]

I'm playing Floran together with a Novakid and an Apex. Who should be playing which of the typical roles?

[MysticMalevolence]

It doesn't matter. All the races are the same. You can either choose them lorewise or make a character defy the conventions of their species.

[waldo]

Originally posted by Lord Warmaster:

It doesn't matter. All the races are the same. You can either choose them lorewise or make a character defy the conventions of their species.

Where would I be able to read about lore? starbounder.org?

[MysticMalevolence]

Originally posted by Ho-Oh:

Originally posted by Lord Warmaster:

It doesn't matter. All the races are the same. You can either choose them lorewise or make a character defy the conventions of their species.

Where would I be able to read about lore? starbounder.org?

I'm not sure if that's updated right now. But if what I know still stands; Apex are an intelligent scientist race, floran are a savage tribal race, and novakid are a very forgetful steampunk race. (The novakid do not have actual lore.)

[waldo]

Originally posted by Lord Warmaster:

Originally posted by Ho-Oh:

Where would I be able to read about lore? starbounder.org?

I'm not sure if that's updated right now. But if what I know still stands; Apex are an intelligent scientist race, floran are a savage tribal race, and novakid are a very forgetful steampunk race. (The novakid do not have actual lore.)

Who would you suggest plays what based on racial lore?

[MysticMalevolence]

Hmm.
I'd say novakid gunner, as they're basically space cowboys with a shorter attention span.
Floran for tank, as they would want to be in the midst of the carnage.
I guess that leaves the mage as an apex. Magic in this game has a blurb about being based on technology, but CF doesn't do the best job of showing that.

[waldo]

Originally posted by Lord Warmaster:

Hmm.
I'd say novakid gunner, as they're basically space cowboys with a shorter attention span.
Floran for tank, as they would want to be in the midst of the carnage.
I guess that leaves the mage as an apex. Magic in this game has a blurb about being based on technology, but CF doesn't do the best job of showing that.

Thanks. These were the roles we were thinking of anyway. What a coincidence! Anyway, thanks again.

[Burden of Brine]

Magic is Glitch territory, get your stinking monkey paws off of our glllllorious sorcery! At least there used to be a Glitch Wizard NPC out there in the galaxy. Who's ever heard of magic monkeys anyhow?

[Aegix Drakan]

Originally posted by ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ MAPLE STRONK ᕦ( ᐖ )ᕤ:

Who's ever heard of magic monkeys anyhow?

...Thank you for making me have a flashback to an old TV show called "Monkey Magic", which was basically a prequel (and then part of) "A journey to the west". XD

[xBasilisx]

Wondering but are there race traits? As my Novakid seemed to emit light slightly.

[TheMasonJar]

Based only on lore and stereotypes (which is all we have) these are my ideas for "roles"
Human = Wild Card (Humans are the hardest to stick to a role)
Apex = Support (Blinking around, boosting allies and throwing crap)
Avian = Mage (both helping allies and hitting lots of enemies)
Floran = Light Fighter (Dual wielding, running through carnage)
Glitch = Heavy Fighter (Hammers and axes and shields)
Hylotl = Sniper/Archer (3 eyes=better sniping, duh)
Novakid = Close Gunner (yeehaw, muh shotgun)

[Evillak]

Originally posted by xBasilisx:

Wondering but are there race traits? As my Novakid seemed to emit light slightly.

Everyone emits a small amount of light.

[MysticMalevolence]

Originally posted by xBasilisx:

Wondering but are there race traits? As my Novakid seemed to emit light slightly.

There are no racial traits. All races are the same, except that novakid used to start with a gun.
All players emit light slightly.

[William Dyer]

You can read about lore in game, by collecting codex articles from books. Honestly that's the way I'd do it.

[Ydyp]

Originally posted by xBasilisx:

Wondering but are there race traits? As my Novakid seemed to emit light slightly.

Nope all racial traits got taken out probably they didn't wanted to balance around that stuff anyway. So at this moment all races are identical in gameplay and power. The only difference you get per race is looks.

[waldo]

Originally posted by Ydyp:

Originally posted by xBasilisx:

Wondering but are there race traits? As my Novakid seemed to emit light slightly.

Nope all racial traits got taken out probably they didn't wanted to balance around that stuff anyway. So at this moment all races are identical in gameplay and power. The only difference you get per race is looks.

I've seen that Novakids glow more than the rest though, placed side-by-side.