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[Feybrad]

I always play humans last. Because, if I have the Option to be something else than what i am, why not take it? I like Dwarves (mostly because they are easily relatable and are portrayed fairly consistently troughout fantasy), so I started off with them. Then I played as an Elf. If I ever play origins a third time, I will play human, since I didn't play human till now. Inquisition will be the smae. i start off with the race i didn#t play until now, then probably a dwarf, since quite some Time passed since I last played a dwarf. And so on. And so on.

[TK514]

To answer the initial question, we won't know if it was worth it until, the game comes out.  Had it been up to me, however, I would not have expended the resources on race selection.  I'd have stuck with human only.

[Roamingmachine]

I blame the lack of imagination and adventurer spirit, really. Familiar is easy, no adjusting required. Me, i tend to play characters as far from the real me as possible.

[Fearsome1]

I will play as a human Inquisitor .................... eventually! Long before I get around to that, I will simply have to run through as Qunari, and Dwarf, and several elves. Male and female of each of those too.

 

Then human.

[KBomb]

I mostly play as human because I think they generally look the best, I can relate to them better-- and because I want to. No other reasoning needed.

However, my little dalish elf ended up being my favorite in Origins.

I think it's very worth having other races. Options are good and obviously choosing race is an important feature, considering it was brought back for this game. It adds replay value and makes fans happy. A win/win.

[KBomb]

I blame the lack of imagination and adventurer spirit, really. Familiar is easy, no adjusting required. Me, i tend to play characters as far from the real me as possible.

So those who only play human lack imagination and an adventurous spirit? If that was your meaning, beg pardon, but that is rubbish.

[Vegeta 77]

I think bioware have wasted resources on the drawfs not many people play them. But i get why its back but the story is best played with a human for me. Its the only race i play.

[Sanctuary74]

I always pick elves first and humans last in any game.

[Melca36]

I blame the lack of imagination and adventurer spirit, really. Familiar is easy, no adjusting required. Me, i tend to play characters as far from the real me as possible.

Since where are humans mages in real life? When are they rogues?

 

Will have to agree to disagree.

[Roamingmachine]

So those who only play human lack imagination and an adventurous spirit? If that was your meaning, beg pardon, but that is rubbish.

If the reason is because humans are 'familiar' or 'easy to identify with' then yes. Its sticking with what you know. That's what im seeing a lot in this thread. Other reasons do exist and the one i most respect is 'because i want to'. It needs no further justification.

And to Melca: Mages we don't have, i give you that. Rogues, in the sense of sneaky beaky types, we have plenty in the armed forces, police, criminal underworld and the intelligence services.

[fiveforchaos]

From what I've seen there tends to be two types of roleplayers. There's the people who like to imagine that they're the ones in this world doing all these awesome things, and there's the people who like to imagine that they're someone else in this world doing all these awesome things. It's a subtle but important distinction.

 

The first group will try to create a character that matches themselves as closely as possible. If they're male, they'll make their character male, if they're black, they'll make their character black, if they're gay, they'll make their character gay, and if they're human (which is pretty much all of them), they'll make their character human. To this group immersion is important, they really have to believe that they are their character, and every detail that supports that notion helps to increase their immersion and enjoyment. Because this group represents around 50% of roleplayers (I've usually seen a pretty even split between the two types) the fact that nearly all of them pick human means that humans tend to be the most frequently chosen race by a rather wide margin.

 

The second group will create the character that they find the most interesting. If they think dwarves are cool, they'll make their character a dwarf, if they think darker skin tones look good, they'll give their character darker skin tones, if a specific romance interests them, they'll give their character a sexuality to match. To this group immersive isn't as important as interesting. Either they can easily feel at home playing any character type, or they don't mind feeling slightly removed from the game if it makes their story and character more interesting and/or engaging. These players tend not to choose human because humans are often perceived as the "vanilla' or 'boring' race, but their choices also tend to be split between the other races, so no individual non-human races ends up with more representation than the humans.

 

Both playstyles are perfectly valid, but the two groups sometimes have a bit of trouble relating to one another. The first group, which overwhelmingly picks humans, doesn't always understand why being able to choose from different races is so important for the second group. The second group, which has no trouble creating a character to match their intentions, doesn't always understand why the first group cares so much when certain romances are cut off from certain genders. 

[StrangeStrategy]

Most of my playthroughs in DAO are elf or human.

For DAI, my first Inquisitor will be human. It will be a totally blind playthrough, no idea what can happen and no preconceptions; I want to be myself as much as the game lets me, and to do that I need to be a human.

 

Then, all the elven and Qunari Inquisitors will start

[Raikas]

Since where are humans mages in real life? When are they rogues?

 

Fewer people play mages, don't they? 

 

As for the second question, anyone who's ever locked themselves out of the house and had to sneak back in has felt like a rogue, no?

[Battlebloodmage]

I like beard on my protagonist, so it rules out elves as my first playthrough. I don't give 2 number two about Dalish elves, I only care about city elves. Dalish elves are too generic.
I want to make an attractive PC- Dwarves' facial structure is usually too weird and short for my liking. Plus, I like beard, but not beard that long. They should allow you to have short beard or no beard for the dwarves, we already have Varric as a precedent that some dwarves may choose to cut their beard.
I'm still deciding between humans and qunari. I may make a qunari depending on the customization. I can relate more to a human above all else.

[aaarcher86]

I'm not a dwarf fan. And I actually like elves in general, but I dislike how they're represented in DA games from a player perspective, so I don't typically play them. I've always looked at them more as a elite race, a la LOTR.

I'll do a human first, the Qunari, and I will make an elf character this game. Just not first.

And I could still be bitter about Allistair breaking up with me for being an elf. That too.

[Zets09]

I tend to play humans for my first playthrough because it makes it more magical for me in a fantasy world to see elves,dwarves,qunari, etc. Will definitely play as qunari for my second playthough though.

[Mirrman70]

I'm going Qunari first no questions asked.

[MrMrPendragon]

Options. It's not like we're losing something if we get the choice to pick a race other than human. If people want to play human, so be it. If they don't, then fine pick another race.

 

Bottom line is that whatever race you pick, you're still the Inquisitor, you're still gonna save the world, the story is still the same, and they still won't call you by name.

 

Edit: I tend to pick the race where I can make the most beautiful characters. So if a human Inquisitor has better presets and just looks prettier to me overall, then I'll play human.

[RustyW]

This is my first DA game & had it not been I would have picked to play an Elf anyway, do not know what it is I just like Elves

[drake heath]

I like humans, so yeah, I'll play as a human.

 

It's either that or a play a dwarf, because I like dwarves second.

 

Eventually I'll do a qunari playthrough, just to see how different it is.

[deuce985]

I would love Bioware to experiment and make something like Qunari as the default starting class just to see how many players pick them because they're default. I'll bet a lot of people are lazy and just pick human because it's first thing there in the CC.

[NUM13ER]

I play as a human in my first playthrough because for me it's sort of the baseline experience. I'll never use the default look though.

During future playthroughs I'll then play as other races, genders and classes to mix it up.

Why go about it like this? Why not?

[LobselVith8]

Was it worth to include all these different races when most people even on this forum where the hardcore fans are will pick human ?

 

I think it was worth it. Plenty of people were disappointed when Inquisition was originally geared to only provide a human protagonist, including me. I've never held much interest in Andrastian human protagonists, and I likely wouldn't have bothered with Inquisition had it kept the "human only" protagonist. My least favorite Origin was Cousland, and I disliked Hawke's story; I favored the non-human perspectives offered in Origins, and my interest is in the Dalish, Dwarven, and Vashoth options. Andrastian human holds no interest for me.

 

I picked human noble in DA:O only because it made the most sense to me storywise (motiviation for joining grey wardens, arl howe main villian in the story..)

 

I've read the same from some people, but I've never felt immersed in the Human Noble story. I found the Dwarven Noble a lot of fun, but my favorite was the story of the elven mage; having ties to the elves and the mages was a lot of fun, and I enjoyed the old school aspect of choosing elements of my backstory, my personality, my favorite Fraternity of the Enchanters, and my view of the templars and the Circle.

 

I'm definitely planning on picking Qunari this time but if the story is better if you are human (DA:I in the beginning :human only) then I will reconsider

So what do you think?

 

Frankly, I'll be surprised if I actually play as a human Inquisitor; I have zero interest in Andrastian culture, and the human perspective falls flat for me. Dwarven and Vashoth will be saved my second and third runs, while my first will be as a Dalish mage - an option I've wanted for quite some time.

[Master Race]

I didn't read any post in this thread so sorry if what i say is a repeat but i think that the reason Humans are more popular in Dragon Age is not only because humans are familiar but because the other races aren't as "glorified" as they usually are. If that makes sense. In my opinion Elves in dragon age are pretty pathetic (especially city elves) with the Dalish elves being OK but not living up to their potential in the games which hopefully DA:I will change. I want to see them take advantage of a bad situation for humans and try to reclaim the Dales.

 

It's not like in Lord of the rings where elves are these pretty magical highly intelligence species with strong history and kingdoms (i know not everyone likes that but still) or like what we are used to seeing in fantasy games. I've just never had the urge to really play one because they seem so pathetic. As for dwarves, i think they are represented fairly well in Dragon age even if i feel the world would be fine without them, they seem pretty insignificant to the grande scheme of things. I personally never liked playing dwarves in any game and i know many people who also don't like playing them so i would assume there are plenty of people out there who would just never want to play a short chubby dwarf.

 

We don't know how popular the Qunari will be but i know for a fact i will be playing one. I won't comment on them yet.

 

I think if Elves were more like the typical fantasy elf they would be a lot more popular. However i do like that Dragon Age changed things up.

[NoForgiveness]

My RL playthrough is as a human. So I like to switch it up when its possible.