Very old topic that is on all of the class boards. Just pick whatever looks coolest or the best to you. I went wood elf and wouldn't change it for anything, but what I like and what you like are more than likely different. As far as I know there really aren't any advantages or disadvantages to race anymore as all stats can be made up for with gear later on, even if you are a casual player.

I play a wood elf ranger and am happy I chose this race.
As a ranger you need fletching to some extent, and as a woodelf you can do all the race restricted recapies, such as Mith champ arrows. Half elves are stronger but gear evens it out eventually.

Just don't ever think about rolling an assling. Anything else is fine.

/assists Nyteshayd flogging deceased equine

Don't pick a Drakkin... or Halfling :)


Woof Elf is the way to go :)


seriously tho... "It's all what you like to play"

Human Ranger here.. if you plan on doing fletching Karana worshipper would make it a lot easier, but other than that it doesnt matter. Vision isnt very good for baby humans but Rangers will have tons of self buffs to fix that a few levels higher.

Also this..Humans seem to have the best balanced stats of all the classes

Edited, Jun 18th 2007 2:19pm by Cengar

I'm all about Function > Form

While it's true that starting stats mean nothing in the end game, they DO mean something for the first 50 levels or so unless you are twinked to hell or have pocket buffers always available.

Major considerations for lower levels can include starting stats and racial innate abilities like night vision or foraging or hp regen or frontal stun immunity. If someone doesn't care about the role-playing aspects or doesn't care what the race looks like, but only what makes the most sense for a more efficient character, they will go for the one that gives more useful racial innate abilities.

Halflings make the best rangers. Small races do not need shrink indoors. Sneak ability lets you use merchants you would otherwise not be able to, and even some quests that would otherwise take a lot of faction work. Hide lets you go afk whithout having to worry about invis dropping. Even taking all that away, Halflings still get more xp per kill than any otehr race I think.

The only halfling I absolutely HATE is that gods-be-damned Chaotic Jester. That fugly toad needs to join Clippy the Microsoft Office mascot on the scrap heap.

Nyteshayd, I guess I meant to say "Halflings get the most racial perks" instead of saying they make the best. I have never played a ranger myself so did not know they all get sneak and hide, that kinda wipes out a lot of the usefullness of halflings I mentioned. I also have never heard of a Ranger language bonus.

As for the xp modifiers, SOE removed all xp penalties around the time Serpent's released, this included class and race penalties.

They did not remove xp bonuses. No race has xp penalties now, but halflings still have I think 5% xp bonus. There are also xp bonuses for Warrior and Rogue classes.

Doing turn-ins or using a merchant will break Hide and Invis but not Sneak. The mob may turn around to face you when you do your turn in and then sneak would not make you indifferent anymore, but you'd still be sneaking.

This is just silly. If you can't see it, you can't target it or shoot it with your bow. If power-maxxing is what you're about, the 5% xp bonus (wasn't that removed too?) isn't nearly enough to make up for all the 'can't hit the target from here' messages.

Why would people say don't choose halfling? Innate Sneak and Hide abilities, and the only race that still has an xp bonus as far as I know.