I have seen other polls st other sites and yeah, generally the Roegaydn race are the least popular.
They don't seem "ugly" to me; just "different". In my experience, people go for the "beautiful" or even "cute". I don't really think this goes for just races that are "large": I think there is an element of appeal and of self-identification of a sort.
Let's look at the WoW-races and other MMOs:
You got the "Humans" and they, IMO, tend to be the most chosen race around on many levels: It is easy to be immersed by them, even if one is not RPing.
After that you got the "near-human" races, especially the elves. Dwarves, Gnomes, and Halflings do apply, but they, again IMO, tend to be "the short humans" or "the tall humans" and so on. It's not too much a step to identify with them. In general, I tended to see more Alliance-based players than Horde ones, especially initially when people were getting used to the game at launch.
In contrast, when the Blood Elf race got released, many people swarmed to them because well...they are "beautiful".
I am kinda thinking, since so much of time is invested in playing an MMO or even a single-player game, most just choose an archetype that is "them", even if they do not RP as one. I'd probably contend "size" doesn't have as much impact as aesthetics because, I don't think too many people are playing goblins in WoW although, that is more a hunch of mine. Goblins are small, but ugly-ish.
In any event, while I do plan on an alt or two, I am glad I chose Roegaydn as my main. Makes me feel more unique-special.
They don't seem "ugly" to me; just "different". In my experience, people go for the "beautiful" or even "cute". I don't really think this goes for just races that are "large": I think there is an element of appeal and of self-identification of a sort.
Let's look at the WoW-races and other MMOs:
You got the "Humans" and they, IMO, tend to be the most chosen race around on many levels: It is easy to be immersed by them, even if one is not RPing.
After that you got the "near-human" races, especially the elves. Dwarves, Gnomes, and Halflings do apply, but they, again IMO, tend to be "the short humans" or "the tall humans" and so on. It's not too much a step to identify with them. In general, I tended to see more Alliance-based players than Horde ones, especially initially when people were getting used to the game at launch.
In contrast, when the Blood Elf race got released, many people swarmed to them because well...they are "beautiful".
I am kinda thinking, since so much of time is invested in playing an MMO or even a single-player game, most just choose an archetype that is "them", even if they do not RP as one. I'd probably contend "size" doesn't have as much impact as aesthetics because, I don't think too many people are playing goblins in WoW although, that is more a hunch of mine. Goblins are small, but ugly-ish.
In any event, while I do plan on an alt or two, I am glad I chose Roegaydn as my main. Makes me feel more unique-special.
