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[Caralampio]

Although I have tried all races, sexes and social classes available in DA:O, I find that I mostly prefer to play human characters (either sex). I start off with a new elf or dwarf only to drop the character some time later.

In my case, this has nothing to do with identification (i.e. in the sense that a player might feel a "connection" with the character) or racism (of the Thedas variety). Instead, I have a problem with how the characters look.

Elves are too diminutive. They look like children or wimps. They look silly in plate armor. When you see them in a line with humans you notice how small they really are! They're more like hobbits than classical elves. They just don't inspire me.

And dwarves, although they do look like they are supposed to, I get tired of them being so short. Really. I get a pain in the neck from too much looking up during conversations. I know, it isn't ME looking up, but when I see the dwarf straining his neck, I start feeling an ache. That is, when you can see the dwarf at all. Many times you only can see the top of his head during conversations. 

And their waist is so thick. (Ahem... of course, it's pure muscle). I normally have the main character in point, and since armor skins (even plate) are flexible like rubber, you can see that mass of... muscle swaying from to side to side. A moment comes when I get sick of it.

I'm sure there are a lot of dwarf-lovers and elf-lovers out there, but I suspect most players tend to choose human characters.

[Heather Cline]

I'm a fan of the Elves and Humans. Elves because they are more magically inclined so they are the best for magic using class. They suck for pretty much anything else. Also the one thing I hate about elves are their ears, they don't look like the ears of the NPC elves in the game at all. They look more like ears from a Vulcan from Star Trek. Next nitpick is the facial feature options. Their faces look ugly as hell and it's hard to get a good bone structure look when creating their faces. For some reason the default face looks like a cross between an old person and a young person, basically middle age and yet the characters are supposed to be in their early to mid twenties.



As for humans, their facial structures don't need much adjustment, they have a well rounded background but I find them more suitable for thieving and warrior classes. the Dwarves are short yes but I don't drop a dwarf because of being short, I just don't play them all that often because well I get bored with the Dwarven Storyline.

[nuclearpengu1nn]

yea but the only thing that pisses me off alot is that human characters always have those fish face in the game

[caradoc2000]

I don't have any particular preferences.

[Lumikki]

I played elf. Not really interested dwarfs, but human maybe, did not how ever played one.

[DragonRacer13]

Playing as a human is enjoyable, but I honestly find that I enjoy playing as an elf more. Kind of bummed I won't get to in DA2, but what're ya gonna do, ya know?

[Avilia]

If given a choice I will never play humans. Call me odd but I don't like it. In DA mostly elves for me with a few dwarves tossed in for good measure

[eucatastrophe]

I find Dwarves a little... off-putting to play.

Nothing game breaking though :3



I enjoy playing humans because most typically, my human character is *me*, while elves and dwarves are characters, and I am the writer.

[Lord of Fangs]

I prefer to play as human. Granted playing as a dwarf/elf gives you a different perspective in their respective quest lines, I feel like a Cousland is more connected to the *main* storyline. As any other race, you have no connection to one of the major antagonists (you don't even know his name the first time he is introduced via cutscene...he's just kind of there and unless I'm mistaken this cutscene doesn't mention his name either...and if there's a point before this cutscene where he's introduced other than in some passing dialogue, it's slipping my mind), and the climax with that antagonist doesn't feel that epic. IMO of course.



Also I like the human origin better than the others, followed closely by dwarf noble.

[kingjezza]

I mostly play humans but I didn't play an elf because I never could get one I liked the look of but with mods and what not I finally made myself an elf, I love her, she's all cute and small lol



I don't like Dwarfs so haven't played one.

[Spartansfan8888]

Lord of Fangs wrote...

I prefer to play as human. Granted playing as a dwarf/elf gives you a different perspective in their respective quest lines, I feel like a Cousland is more connected to the *main* storyline. As any other race, you have no connection to one of the major antagonists (you don't even know his name the first time he is introduced via cutscene...he's just kind of there and unless I'm mistaken this cutscene doesn't mention his name either...and if there's a point before this cutscene where he's introduced other than in some passing dialogue, it's slipping my mind), and the climax with that antagonist doesn't feel that epic. IMO of course.

Also I like the human origin better than the others, followed closely by dwarf noble.

You're supposed to feel more connection to the main storyline as a human because it takes place in human lands and you're the offspring of a well respected teryn.  I think the point of playing other races/origins is to feel out of place, but I'll agree with you that it does feel weird to play as something other than a human sometimes.

[TimelordDC]

I usually never play the human race, if at all possible, in RPGs. I usually go the Elf route and in Dragon Age, city elf. I just wish they had lent more character to the City Elf background. As a race, they are oppressed by the humans and chantry and there is no reference to this outside the Origins. They conveniently forget everything once the Origin story is over.

[Remmirath]

No. I do play humans in RPGs, but rarely, and never as my first character (unless that's the only option, obviously).

I prefer elves in most games, including Dragon Age, but I'll also play the occasional dwarf or other species depending on the game. I just tend to find humans a bit boring, I suppose.

[Lord of Fangs]

Spartansfan8888 wrote...

You're supposed to feel more connection to the main storyline as a human because it takes place in human lands and you're the offspring of a well respected teryn.  I think the point of playing other races/origins is to feel out of place, but I'll agree with you that it does feel weird to play as something other than a human sometimes.

Exactly, but even as a human mage you don't know who the character I mentioned is. The side stories with minor characters along the way as anything other than a Cousland are interesting, but I feel like you miss out on the big picture if you play another Origin. Like that's the canon story for the Hero of Ferelden or something (maybe it is?).

[Elhanan]

Prefer to play Dwarves. From my first days in PnP until now, I enjoy playing the stockier, heartier folk. I have no problem with the height issues, as many of the women I have adored in RL have been much taller.

[NonCanon]

I enjoy playing elves. Because I like their slender physique, nimbleness, etc. I like the lore that surrounds elves as well, not just in da: o. I tend to play elf/rogue/thief in all rpgs that I can.

Modifié par NonCanon, 09 septembre 2010 - 08:03 .

[natzo]

Elves, cause for some reason in game I always hate humans, and I always side with some other race.

[RexAnthony]

Elves from MMORPG like Lineage II are awesome.

[CalJones]

I always prefer to play humans. I've been through all the origins to completion but humans are the only characters I go back to - Couslands and mages.

Having said that I usually go against gender. I'm female but prefer to play males, on the whole. I am not keen on the human female bodyshapes and voices (too busty/screechy) .

I have to say I have never liked elves. I disliked them after reading Tolkein as a kid and too Mary Sue. Games like DA and The Witcher have painted them in a slightly different light which I find refreshing and I quite enjoyed my City Elf playthrough, but still not awfully keen on the Dalish.

There are exceptions, of course - I like Zevran a lot (probably because he sees himself as Antivan rather than elven), and I liked Kivan in BG, but for the mostpart I prefer humans.

[DrIggy]

Elf most definitely. I guess, I find them generally more interesting than humans. While the OP finds them silly in plate armor, I find them elegant and sleek. Humans look like, well, a standard human knight, while the elven slimness makes them look very cool in armors like the Warden-Commander, or Cailan's set. On another note, I just can't make a face for the human (human noble in the case of DA:O) that satisfies me. He always ends up looking idiotic. The only thing I dislike about Dragon Age elves is that they are shorter than humans.

[FDrage]

That depends totally on the story, setting, background (both my own character background and the world background) etc. to be honest. While I have a certain liking to specific races when I do have the choice, I tend to choice what races fits a specific image of a character I want to play better.

[CkLynx]

I love my fermale dwarf commoner!

[Pygmali0n]

I love high fantasy, so whilst overall I loved the dwarven and elven areas, delving into the lore was unsatisfactory to me - and some sections felt like the instructional parts on Star Trek that teach geeks about normal life.

Add to that that I first rolled an elf mage, disappointed that in this world they are runts, and mine with a secluded and isolated upbringing - then meeting and deciding to go with the obviously main love interest, Morrigan, I saw that I would need to create a character with some backbone who at least had a believable hope of trying to exert some control over her. So male noble bred on beef and ale it was.

Modifié par Pygmali0n, 09 septembre 2010 - 04:41 .

[MissKriekentaart]

I always end up dropping my dwarven characters, even though I love most of the dwarven NPC's.
I refuse to play as a noble unless there's a patch which allows me to start out with **** loads of cash and bling bling. I also don't like playing an elven mages because if I were one I would become Keeper, not lock myself up in a human tower. At last, I don't like playing warriors because two handed weapons are slooooow!

However, I do very much enjoy playing with human mages and elven rogues. And I am not picky.

Modifié par MissKriekentaart, 09 septembre 2010 - 08:13 .