IRE Asks: Is Your Character's Race for RP or for the Stats?

Atavians make very nice Vampires with blood regen. I'd not have picked the race if I didn't want to roleplay it though. Sometimes regret not going with imp, seems it could make for fun RP. Would have been an entirely different character however.

I love how back when this was made, there wern't traits in Achaea. It was a  bigget question then

Mostly stats, and partially RP. The couple of other races that make better shamans I wasn't interested in RPing. My race makes a damn good shaman, though.

I fricking love Orc type races, and the stats are also pretty good.

Both.

i think i'm up for a race change...

Pretty much for the RP - did not seem to matter for MKO that much - still that human bonus to pay 2% less in fines is awesome

Roleplay, and a fondness for things that fly.

Both. My races' stats are good for shaman, but didn't wanna be a horkval or a xoran for better stats.

Viscanti because I wanted to play at Magnagora. Seemed the obvious choice (with an alt I was dracnari and I felt "foreign")

Nothing but the RP for aetolia, now, for the most part.

both

What stats? (Roleplay)

I usually change my race according to my roleplay, but then I decide from the races who are suited for such behaviors which one has the best stats.

The fact that Humans have an experience bonus in lusternia drew me in, and the slow stat increases over time made me stick with it. :D

I hate this age old question. No one seems to consider perhaps there is an evolutionary racial advantage and hence picking better stats is in role? Like Xoran used to be popular as a serpent.. which the race even looks like a serpent so hey its got a sort of role!

What pisses me off is how every house/guild would always enforce you to learn the same lesson pack of skills and be able to use them. Especially the ones that tell you to learn miniskills in sessions of 15 when most don't even have reflexes intense enough to use up that much will or endurance. Different races fight differently more effectively. Example- An Infernal grook using necromancy instead of chivalry. Or a troll sylvan going for viridian in elementalism instead of messing with groves.  Thereby not everyone is the same cookie cutter wheee look at me I can play human and be anything I want to be </special>

The solid skin

I have no idea what krokani race RP is. We're one eyed giants. I guess I could run around bellowing "I SEEE YOU!" a lot?

Picked Mhun for lulz, but I'm loving how fast I can run and the RP that came with it is fun!

It was the only race that naturally green hair made any sense. D: That said, in games where statpacks are a thing, the better question might be whether you decided on a statpack via roleplay, or just min/maxed it. Since I'm basically taking forever to decide on my specialization, I don't have an answer yet, bwahahaha! >_>

Mhun fit well for how I wanted to flesh out my character, being a more paranoid top-sider. Mhun is popular for Serpents even with specializations being added to Achaea but that may be because of the extra movement, which I -love-.

RP, of course :P
Otherwise, I would've just created a troll for sheer strength (and the stun chance)

i dunno anymore, honestly.

Rp

i don't know anymore :(

Tsol'aa make great forestals...

When I first ante'd up, I had no idea how any of the stats were going to affect gameplay (This was before statpacks). I chose Sidhe because it was in theme with how I wanted the character to be, and as someone who was always good with backstory and other such similar things, I already had a good, solid idea of what I wanted for the character.

Now, with the introduction of statpacks, I can use those to figure out what's best for not only my profession of choice but my fighting style, and leave the race to the RP element. While it's chanced a few times over, I always keep coming back to elf, and I'm sure I always will, at least for this character.

But the race of whatever character I'm playing is always determined by what I think it would be fun to play, or at least something that I coudl pull off. Sadly, there's not much information on the world at large or the races when you're first starting a new IRE game, so I find that with the exception of Aislygn, the first character is always a hrowaway, something to get used to the world with, THEN decide what and where you want to be. Irritating if you don't have people waiting for you to sign up to the new game, like I had with Impy.

Statpacks changed this a lot, but I still find myself choosing for stats anyway. However, it's not nearly as big of a decision as it was in the past.

RP all of the way.

My race is most certainly for both

you guys must be damn jealous of how MkO manages their stats...

Arrrr Peeee

I confess

I want gold!!!

With the changes... both! 

picked for the racial perk (speed), but it's easy to embrace the rp of it

I started out as human before traits were introduced and were considered an okay race, then went siren randomly but never really changed how my character looked. I regret just a little bit about that >.> but more intellect is nice for magi

some of the stats are nice, but I did choose it for the looks.

I chose my race to comment here for the credits

Wings!

Stats

Human.

What stats? ;D

I don't even know what the race of this character is, so I'll say not for rp.

RP!

RP

I know I wanted to be one of Hallifax's native races and decided on the Lucidian because I thought they'd be funner to rp.

yeah Atavian is very balanced so mostly for RP and cause it can fly

stats, I wanted high con.

but I can really get into being a faeling, and built her behavior around it.

don't know, rather new

some games they're the same. You don't have to be one specific thing, but the game design may lead you to certain races for certain classes/guilds.

Roleplay

Elfen bard. Worked out!

I prefer Tsol'aa as a race and I tried to make my character as traditional a Tsol'aa as I can manage with what I know of them. I actually think pre-trait was better for Tsol'aa though because hide is pretty useless but, then again, it seems like a good fit too. I'm just bitter about losing wp regen.

My race is currently for RP, but I really want the stats of Raja or something less INT focused. Specialisation is nice, but still doesn't put me where specialised Rajas or other classes are.

RP completely though flying has been useful sometimes

For stats.

RP, hands-down. nothing quite like playing a rajamalan built like a freaking wall of flesh, cloaked in solid steel, carrying a pair of scimitars, yet at the same time he writes poetry and paints.

both. I love being a dwarf for the rp oppourtunities, and the stats. I love my strength and con stats. my only complaint is how long it takes to gain eq.

neither

Chose to be a Troll because the race appealed to me and wanted to wield two axes. Which to me sounded like a Troll could do. Later I just picked a statpack that matched my class.

I guess, because before Troll was really slow and bad for an infernal, and now I think you are beter of as Xoran or Dwarf, but troll seemed appealing and I chose it

I started out as a human because they seemed pretty balanced across the board, with an experience boost to boot, but reincarnated into a faeling because of parents.

but mainly I love furrikin.