irksome

[glit]

ok, this may only be something that applies to me.. but it's finally gotten to me enough that i figured i'd just put it out there. it irks me when people reference their race directly to explain something they do or say. for instance (and so as not to directly quote anyone, i'm using homemade examples off the top of my head), 'i'm an eolai, so of course i'm snobby' or 'i'm not too quick.. jaddan, ya know.' it just completely removes me from any sense of rp when i see it. to me, out and out using your race is like saying 'and now, in the event you've not read it, i will rehearse my race file information'. anyone know what i mean at all, or am i just overcritical?

while i'm at it, i'd like to say that _in general_ i don't tend to see a lot of people playing to their races (as per the admittedly limited information now available in the race files - and before anyone gets upset, i say limited cause i'm assuming and hoping we'll get much more when the histories and so forth have been reviewed and made public). maybe it's just that we're in the testing phase and everyone's in a mad dash to make all the exp they can or just wanting to get to know one another, but that's just the way i see things. but please understand that there are people about who i, in my humble opinion, think are doing great jobs rping their characters/races.

in closing, i'd like to hear what other people feel on these issues and hope that no one takes this as rude or a personal attack, because i certainly don't mean it that way. i'm just putting my thoughts out there. please don't hit me.

-glit
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[HR-Hunter]

I personally have always liked the racial aspect and felt it adds far more rp potential that what class/guild/profession you are. I like when the "dwarves" don't like the "elves" or whatever, and hate when race gets glossed over into nothing more the what stat profile you want to work with.

When people refer to their race as a reason for something, I see it as at least trying. And you never know, it might even be a self depreciating crack at racial stereotypes.

I think it'll be fun when more of the racial information histories are released and you guys know more about how your races interact.
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[glit]

[tygerwulf]

Hmm, RPing with races....An Eolai who wants to become a flying fairy Darju? *ponders*
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[HR-Draxx]

As Trevor mentioned before elsewhere on the boards, much of the information that IS viewable on the web page is not correct any longer. for example, if you wander and look around the Jaddan Temple you will quickly realize that their gods are now much different.

As an aside though, the builders have tried to make SOME information on each race somewhat discernable through the four outlying sectors of Llanfair. A few of the NPCs may actually even respond to questions if you ask them.

You can, of course, offer up thoughts about each of the five races on their respective race boards. As many have found out since we've opened for this test, we are all ears to suggestions and take a great deal of them to heart.

[HR-Beau]

If anyone's been following along with the events regarding the royal family lately, they may notice that some tidbits of Eolai history are being dropped here and there.
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[Brenton]

I did! But I can't put 2 and 2 together so someone had better write it up afterwards <sigh>

[Deblaeju]

I know I made a comment the other day about me being jaddan an having hard time reading. but, wasn't trying to put it out as i'm Jaddan an slow, after all i'm a psionicist (sp), it was meant as a wisecrack about our race that most think.