Dubyamn
Pontius Pirate
I'm kind of sad that Skaven won't be included. Why do all of these games have to have just the cut-and-dry races?
I think it is the same reason why ogres weren't included. They aren't able to really balance an individual Skaven with an individual human/elf/dwarf while remaining true to the fluff cause they would just bee too weak ogres would be the exact opposite being too strong to be included.
Or maybe they couldn't find another "order" race to balance them out.
Actually, that's really not accurate at all. There is no such need for balancing races in that fashion in an MMO setting. Like every other existing MMO, the differences between a Troll and a Gnome break down to a few rearranged stat points (EQ-style) or a few racial abilities (WoW-style) or even less than that. Races could be perfectly identical except visually and the game would suffer in no way, shape, or form.
Race selection is narrowed down to a balance between (a) the amount of work required to code and develop everything that stems from a race (hint: it's a
lot) and (b) the symmetry set forth by the designers.
And I'll go ahead and tell you that (a) is a lot more important than (b).
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