Different Races For Each Server

[atazs 965]

I was talking with my friend on steam and he asked me if there are going to be different races in wurm 1.0 and this idea came to my head. I think there should be a different race for each server after 1.0 with some small bonuses or something. Toughts?

Edited November 24, 2012 by atazs

[Mattown 349]

doesn't really seem like wurm's thing..

unless it's like a blacksmith, or fisherman or something like that where it gives like a 5% bonus to w/e "race?" you picked

Edited November 24, 2012 by Mattown

[Lolly1 206]

i actually like this idea... without the bonus part though.

[Meridius 80]

Like dwarves and elves? No, and really, there's no need for this. Wurm has no back history of anything but human.

[mentalmisfit 49]

-1

Then once I start mass slaughtering Blers and jker. Ill feel racist.

Edited November 25, 2012 by mentalmisfit

[Meridius 80]

They simply would not add any real depth to the game, not to mention, no one roleplays.

[thenewcndo 528]

Those races were destroyed during the reign of Jenn and Kellon

[Miretta 1,415]

and what about races like in the real world? i wouldnt mind it tbh^^ but on the other side I wouldn't want it server sided....

[MrGARY 12,421]

Real life races for player customization? Sure, I don't see why not. Fantasy races? No thanks, -1

[Draulius 30]

Who doesn't want to be a half-troll? Would be pretty cool, but I don't see this as actually being an important feature.

Edited November 25, 2012 by Draulius

[BjornYngvar 35]

Only if it's real life 'races' like black, hispanic, asian, etc.

I wouldn't mind seeing specific factions having visual differences either. Like there sort of is now. BLers are always pale, no matter what colour they are (pale black guys look really creepy) with ashen skin and washed out hair. MR would be a little more muscular and rugged/outdoorsy looking since they're Mountain Men, and JK would be... I dunno standard?

[Sir Arowhun 473]

Nah I like it human only. Please don't make this like WoW.

[Baultr 90]

Humans only... not server dependent though.

[Joanavon 553]

This will just turn into a putrid mess of racial slurs and other completely unacceptable trolling between the kingdoms in less then an hour past implementation.

[Wraithglow 787]

Implementing something just because your friend asked if it is a feature is a bad idea. What possible gain is there in a true sandbox game to give different players specialist roles based on their choices when they created the character?

-1.

[Tryfaen 709]

-1 to real world races, this game doesn't take place on Earth.

[yarnevk 257]

Server Segregation? Bad racist idea. But if skin color is Northern European Pale in the upcoming 1.0 facial editor, then that is rather restricted racial selection.

Allowing people to select racial identity with facial features is a good idea though, since IRL the world is bigger than this and generally people want to play what they look like. If someone is stupid enough to be racist towards an avatar based on IRL associations, that is a bannable offense already.

There should be a range of white, pink, yellow, brown, black, red for no other reason than there is IRL. Maybe even some blue and green tints since the critters are dyed like that (maybe fantasy colors require in-game dye), at that point, pointy ears is a no-brainer to add because we are halfway there. Throw in body shape selectors and you now have dwarves and elves. I could care less about Wurms backstory because it is the players that write the history in this game, and if some blue elves with cat ears start showing up then that is what happened in Wurm. Does not take a new server to do this, only the artist needs to expand the range of character feature selections, the rest will take care of itself. And if Wurmians remain pale pink despite having options, then that is what happened in Wurm.

Edited November 25, 2012 by yarnevk

[atazs 965]

I forgot to add that i wasnt thinking about monster races either

Server Segregation? Bad racist idea.

lol

Edited November 25, 2012 by atazs

[Macgregor 46]

Server Segregation? Bad racist idea. But if skin color is Northern European Pale in the upcoming 1.0 facial editor, then that is rather restricted racial selection.

Allowing people to select racial identity with facial features is a good idea though, since IRL the world is bigger than this and generally people want to play what they look like. If someone is stupid enough to be racist towards an avatar based on IRL associations, that is a bannable offense already.

There should be a range of white, pink, yellow, brown, black, red for no other reason than there is IRL. Maybe even some blue and green tints since the critters are dyed like that (maybe fantasy colors require in-game dye), at that point, pointy ears is a no-brainer to add because we are halfway there. Throw in body shape selectors and you now have dwarves and elves. I could care less about Wurms backstory because it is the players that write the history in this game, and if some blue elves with cat ears start showing up then that is what happened in Wurm. Does not take a new server to do this, only the artist needs to expand the range of character feature selections, the rest will take care of itself. And if Wurmians remain pale pink despite having options, then that is what happened in Wurm.

Political Correctness rears it's ugly head. Almost as bad as nationalism. But then it isn't my game but I think it's fine as is. I can see maybe allowing different shades of skin color but don't base it on races please. Base it on how much time people have spent in the sun. If I want to be pasty white because I'm a miner ok. If I want to be mahogany because I hunt a lot fine. But keep races out of it.

[Virgyl 0]

instead of races go with traits that you can choose that give small bonuses to certian actions or skills

can pick a new trait when the total of your parent levels reaches X and another at Y etc.

and could give extra for campeigns events and acheivements

[Gaeron 551]

Skin colour, body size and shape, facial feaures should just be customisable and cosmetic and with no artificial constraints.

What might be more fun would be if your toon properly reflected your stats. Thinking more of the strength here but the stronger you get the more muscular/bulky your toon might look.

[Klaa 4,872]

Skin colour, body size and shape, facial feaures should just be customisable and cosmetic and with no artificial constraints.

What might be more fun would be if your toon properly reflected your stats. Thinking more of the strength here but the stronger you get the more muscular/bulky your toon might look.

Hrm wonder what combination of stats Id need for that Bruce Lee look... pure body str wouldnt do it since he wasnt simply just amassing muscle. Basically defined the classic V and re-conceptualized body building. Was fanatical about combining speed, efficiency and power.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The.Way.Of.The.Dragon.1972.Bruce.Lee.flex.front.jpg

[Ecrir 887]

Add a race that mostly lives underwater, make them very slow above water and fast in/under water (say make their land speed equal to the current swimming speed, and the other way around for their water based speed). Also make it so that they cannot mount land based animals but they can mount special water based mounts (sharks and stuff?), probably making them faster than boats. Of course the underwater environment would need quite a workover and a ton of new assets for that to be interesting in any way and a ton of features would need to be modified for the underwater stuff. Way to much work to make it interesting and get right.

So yeah, not viable and not happening, but fun to imagine.

[mentalmisfit 49]

MR=Badass lumberjack/miners? with awesome beards and mustaches

Edited November 29, 2012 by mentalmisfit

[Gaeron 551]

Hrm wonder what combination of stats Id need for that Bruce Lee look... pure body str wouldnt do it since he wasnt simply just amassing muscle. Basically defined the classic V and re-conceptualized body building. Was fanatical about combining speed, efficiency and power.

http://en.wikipedia.....flex.front.jpg

hmmm put in those terms

body strength would be + on bulk - its purely the muscle

body stamina would be - on fat levels (better definition) but also - on muscle bulk above a certain point (think distance runners for example)

body control might be similar to stamina in terms of improved definition/sculpting (think regular work out drills)