What preferences you have in making characters?

[Heynanni]

I'm just curious on this one- What preferences do you have when making characters? On Maelin here's my 8 characters:

71 Barbarian Beastlord- my main
55 wood elf ranger- forage and tracker bot- 235 fletching
48 vah shir shammie- Master alchemist I now completely regret making a kitty, I should have made a RZ ogre
24 human monk- bazaar mule, former main 300 brewing
29 human cleric
16 gnome necro- 250 tinkerer
32 drakkin SK- working to be first gm smith drakkin on the server- currently 222
14 drakkin druid

I have one of every leather class, every priest, and 5 out of 8 are humanoid!

My hubby on the other hand has 3 high elves (wiz, ench, pally) 2 wood elves (druid, ranger) 1 half elf (bard) 1 barbarian (rogue) and 1 dwarf (warrior)

So what preferences do you all have when filling your 8 slots? Are there any races you simply refuse to play?

[Elyssanda]

main woodelf bard
woodelf druid
half elf ranger (level 3.. baz mule)
ogre shammy
ogre warr
Had a vah shir beast, but deleted her for
drakking necro
Dorf Warr (mule)
High elf cleric
2nd account
Barb zerker
Human Pally (hubby's main)
Gnome chanter
Vah shir beast
Drakkin warr
Wood elf druid
High elf mage
Vah shir bard

I won't play a troll.. just can't do it.
I'd play a DE, but don't need to as I have DE illusion mask.. same for Iksar...

[Syuni D'zpecyzczn]

I usually make a toon for a purpose, then after that purpose is served if it's no longer needed, I delete. Right now I have:

69 Dark Elf Shadowknight - Syuni D'zpecyzczn - Main
27 Drakkin Enchanter - Arrogance Absolute - Tradeskiller
11 Drakkin Druid - Galatea - Forager In Training
2 Iksar Shadowknight - Kolk - Bazaar Mule

[Eggborn]

I started making alts that I would like to play, then I got so hooked on my main I made characters to help her get places and faction. I haven't leveled them enough though, cause I like to play her.

Main 75 Iksar SK
alts:
10 Troll Bl (to help her long ago bind in Grobb to hunt in Rathe Mountains)
30 Halfling druid , she's cute, bakes and was gonna be a porter. She also forages sometimes.
5 Iksar Shammy , obviously help to an Iksar, but not at level 5, she holds my stuff
8 Froglok Cleric, Cause my hubby made a cleric alt, his is 52, I didn't hold up to my end of the bargin. The froggy is a good fisherman.
8 Vah Shir Bard, She is just fun, but the ghetto gate is so much fun, I dont have the heart to level her. She plays the tambourine and goes shopping for the Iksar.
15 Eurdite Enchantress, She is also fun to play, but not as fun as my main. She enchants things for the Iksar.
2 Drakkin Monk, bazaar mule figured I'd make a Drakkin

My husband's main is a high elf wizard. He enjoys that class. He also has a ranger on my account, but I never let him get to my computer so he doesn't get a chance to box the cleric like he would like to. Now he play's D&D online. He likes his necro too. Sometimes I play his level 45 ranger, as she forages better than the druid and is closer to the sk in the style I can play her.

[Buns]

65 Halfing Ranger is my main now (started him 5 yrs ago, 4 yrs of just foraging, but last 6 months he has become my main).
70 Halfling Rogue old main & Master Artisan 2400
53 Wood Elf Druid initially made just to imbue emeralds, now used as my vendor diver.
51 HighElf Enc old character used for enchanting now my Baz Seller.
55 Halfling Cleric for when I cant find a group on main.
64 Erudite Nec for when I dont want to group.
58 Gnome Mage one day will finish her tinkering now a mule.
1 Troll Shaman Alchemy one day maybe but for now another mule.

I wont play any race where you need to ask if their male or female, so no frogs and too a lesser extent no cats.

[Queletan]

On my primary account:

73 Dwarven Cleric - my first character (probably my last too), also my Artisan
62 Dark Elf Mage - orignially created to be a PK (I grew up on Rallos Zek), I didn't have the heart for it, now he's a fun alternate and my researcher
55 Gnomish Enchanter - originally created to tradeskill, he got shelved until recently to be my tinker and short play alternate
53 Iksar Shaman - originally from Sullon, my alchemist
52 Wood Elf Druid - sometimes alternate, my sell/port bot before the bazaar
33 Half-Elf Bard - very retired
9 Froglok Paladin - Trader

Secondary account:

70 Dwarven Warrior
67 Vah Shir Bard
I think I have varied low level toons too but they change with my whims.

The warrior I made when BD cultural was still actually good, and had the fortune of getting to 70 about the time that the DON armor came out. If I could have made a dwarven bard (for the same reason) I would have but failing that I went with a cat to be different. I prefer the smaller races, wood/dark elf is pushing the height limit for me; I just don't like the perspective of view on the screen, or the fact that big races feel like they're running way too slow. Plus not needing shrink is always handy. Conversely there are a few zones that being small sucks in (like Kael), but ah well.

Dwarves, Gnomes, and Halflings have always had an appeal to me, in all the fantasy books, they seem to be the races with the most character.

Q

[Ddemons Ddemise]

well, I kinda see certain classes as certain races

Shadowknight = Ogre
Necro = Human
Mage = Dark Elf
Ranger = Wood Elf
Monk = Iksar
Shaman = Barbarian or Iksar
Warrior = Ogre or Iksar
Beastlord = Vah Shir
Druid = Wood Elf
Cleric = High Elf
Rogue = Halfling
Enchanter = Gnome or High Elf
Bard = Half Elf
Wizard = Erudite
Zerker = Dwarf

Can't think of the other classes atm so *shrugs*

As you can probly tell, I love iksars >_>

[Flehmen]

Tendiin--WoodElf Bard
Furlitiny -- Gnome Chanter
Seebi -- Human Monk
Fearl Snugglebunny -- High Elf Cleric
Stabathy -- Froggy Rogue
Sangare -- Drakkin(couldn't resist) Warrior (by far the easiest class I've played)
Kayatay -- Wood Elf Ranger (My first and most dispised toon, but only good forager)
and my trader mule Feaffun -- Halfling Ranger (lvl 3)

[Unapuma]

I have a preference for Vah Shir for the few supported classes cuz I'm a big cat lover.

[Jago668]

I like iksar. If I could I would switch my wizard to an iksar in a heartbeat.

[Syuni D'zpecyzczn]

I like iksar. If I could I would switch my wizard to an iksar in a heartbeat.

If there were a way to convert an existing toon to a new religion, or a new race, my Shadowknight would go Veeshan immediately. Sure, I'd have to rebuy some augs, but I wanted Veeshan from the first day I saw that option on the Bard listings. =P

[Elyssanda]

If there were a way to convert an existing toon to a new religion, or a new race, my Shadowknight would go Veeshan immediately. Sure, I'd have to rebuy some augs, but I wanted Veeshan from the first day I saw that option on the Bard listings. =P

Make a drakkin
All classes are Veeshan.

[Syuni D'zpecyzczn]

If I could do so without having to relevel I would, that was my point. As it is, I think my guild would lynch me if I showed up as a level 1...

[Kitathia]

My very first toon that I actually leveled was a Barbie Shm. I started to play her cause I had watched hubby for hours running around leveling and dying ( a lot) on his Barbie warrior in Everfrost.

Then I got my own account and made a new Barbie shaman, a Woddie Druid and High-elf cleric. Didn't have much fun with the cleric and the "new" shaman just wasn't as much fun re-leveling.. So the druid became my main til Luclin came out and they had.... VAH SHIR!!!

So I made Kitathia my main, now 75 Beastlord.
And Purfictica - now 63 Zerker.
Also had a Vah Shir bard, but never really had much time to play her, deleted her lil over a week ago to make my first mage, a Drakkin - though I think I should have made her a Dark Elf.. she's kinda naughty.
My Chanter is a Dark Elf and mainly my baz mule.

If I had more spot then the 8 slots I'd make a rogue DE or Vah Shir. And if I could do a race-change... I'd change my shaman to a Vah Shir too.

As you can guess.. I love cats and Vah Shir.

[Cerpicio]

Let's see...
Fenbin, 70 Enchanter, Gnome
Wendyl, 55 Ranger, Halfling
Gilmech, 51 SK, Gnome
Phenry, 25 Cleric, Gnome
Chemlig, 12 Paladin, Gnome
Fenbins, 10 Paladin, Gnome (bazaar mule)

Basically, if the class I want to play can be a gnome, I'll choose gnome.

I like the idea of an underestimated, powerful, character in a small size. I think it's fun having a little gnome tanking a god or a dragon.


-- C.

PS: Truth-be-told, gnomes are not little -- they are normal size. Everyone else is just freakishly large.