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Best Character Race in WoW
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996388
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Post by
Adamsm
Whichever one you like the most.
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996388
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Post by
Nathanyal
Some might, but it mainly comes down to preference.
Also, why the need for 3 different topics asking the same question?
Post by
Rankkor
nope.
The races differ from each other in 3 ways.
1: Stats. They all start with different amounts of the main stats (Strength, Intelligence, Agility, Stamina, and Spirit)
2: Racials. They all have an assortment of active and passive abilities.
3: Aesthetics. They have different appearances and animations.
However, when it comes to stats, while the differences are noticeable in the first few 10 levels, they are completely negligible after lvl 30.
A tauren warrior at lvl 1 has 28 strength, while a gnome warrior has 18 strength. And while that difference does matters at lvl 1, at level 85 that same tauren warrior on average gear would have 3028 strength, and the gnome warrior would have 3018. That lack of 10 str would be entirely negligible.
the second thing that sets them apart is the racials, but again, save for a few, they don't make that much of a difference.
On the alliance, the 2 races with the most useful racials are the Draenei (They get a passive boost to hit, and the capacity to self-heal themselves every 2 min) and the worgen (a passive +1% to all damage done, and a mini-sprint every 3 min)
On the horde, the 2 races with the most useful racials are the orcs (Passive damage for pets, passive boost when you use axes and fists, and active power that increases your damage for 20 seconds) and the goblins (passive boost to attack/casting speed, passive discounts on all shops, active spell that either damages your foe, or propells you forward a few yards)
However, we are talking about a boost so minuscule as to be almost insignificant.
A worgen warrior would do barely 0.5% more damage than a night elf warrior, for example.
So, in the end, the one thing that matters when picking a race is the third one, aesthetics. Plain simply, some races look cooler than others (Blood Elves FTW) while others look plain stupid (Gnomes FTL)
What I mean by all this is: stop fretting so much about it and just pick the one race you like how it looks the most. That is the single most important part of creating your toon. You are gonna be looking at your character for YEARS and years to come, so you may as well be looking at something you like.
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Rankkor
I just figured the more posts, the more chances people will see and possible answer.
yet that is against "da rules" and a quick way to get banned, so please don't do that. We have a lot of traffic on this website, and by only posting it once, your post will get all the attention it needs. Creating 3 threads about the same topic isn't productive, nor allowed.
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Rystrave
We had a race like that one time, YJMark, except it was from Thunderbluff to Ogrimmar xD
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Post by
Atik
Draenei. Specifically Females.
They have hand-holds.....
... wut?
Quoted. For. Truth.
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Heyu
undead /thread over
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jprich
Draenei. Specifically Females.
They have hand-holds.....
... wut?
Wishing I could up rate this....
Post by
dumac
The Dwarven race is the superior being in Azeroth. Crafted by the titans themselves as earthen who later was made fleshy by the curse, we was the trusted servant of maintaining the facilities of the revered creators.
More in present time I gotta highlight a regular dwarf have the perfect height and so far gotta be considered the most perfect engineered creature ever thought up on. Gnomes are to small to see, Humans stands awkward and rage over the smallest things(While we dwarf regonised that ores are the only thing worth fighting over or a ale keg stolen, bloody orcs...) and the Night elf are tall and totally creepy with glowing eyes.
We got a high alchohol tolerances who can knock any other race out, even a pandaren got trouble to go with a dwarwen bender at the local bar. Mind bring axes and songs about gold to be welcome.
The beard is our finest feature and many have stared in awe then a dwarf walked past and wondered why I cannot grow something as beautiful like that. Seriously you can hide a tankard in there(Most often this is the case).
We are the best builder in whole azeroth aswell, then a dwarf build something we make sure it can stand against a horde of invaders and random dragon attacks. Ask Deathwing he choice Grim Batol as his hide out and he is sure to give recommendation at appointment.
Last but most important, the one thing who define a dwarf over all else is his respect to gold. You will never be poor as a dwarf due you know that the gold should belong to you and not the pesky little merchants in yer local shop. In many cases a dwarf will die happily knowing that the weight of the landslide of gold nugget who fallen over you was totally worth it while sleeping near it.
So do the right thing and choice a dwarf!
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Post by
Ywizzle
Female goblins > female gnomes. Other races are just lame.
Post by
Fathersqui
Female goblins > female gnomes. Other races are just lame.
yes in the only reason i can punt goblins in bgs :P...i joke i joke...but really Female Draenei all they way
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