This is something I don't get about MMOs

[Zachski]

And that's the rarity of certain races. Indeed, these two races are probably in the fewest MMOs.

First of all is the lizardman race. At first, only Everquest really allowed you to play as one. The next MMO to allow that was, outside of Everquest 2, "City of Heroes" if I recall correctly. And then Champions Online. So that's three-- er, four MMOs that I can think of off the top of my head that allow this.

And then there's dragons. Only two MMOs allow you to play as dragons. Horizon Online or (Or something Istara, whatever it's called now), a horribly outdated MMO that is probably going to tank soon due to low revenue. And considering how un-user friendly the game is from what I've read on its own forums, that's really not much of a surprise. Especially since you can only play as humans in the trial - and if there's anything I learned, you want to hook players with the most awesome options at first so that they actually want to keep playing, not force them with a boring option and go "Well, if this is all you have for me for simply trying it out, then I don't think I'll subscribe."

And then "recently", there's Archlord. It also has a huge focus on PvP, which I don't really like. But because the world does not revolve around me, it still counts.

And I'm not factoring half dragons into the equation because the number would still be the name. I can't think of a single MMO that lets you play as a half dragon.

I suppose the point of this is... why? Why do so many MMOs, P2P or otherwise, seem so reluctant to include anything of a scaley nature? And why is it that when they do introduce them, they tend to relegate them to being an evil race? (I'm looking at you, Everquest and Everquest 2)

I mean really, isn't it about time that we started introducing the awesome races to other MMOs? Heck, considering the changes in the canon to Eberron, playing as a Dragonborn would not be impossible for DDO. Or for that matter, Kobold could easily work as a lizardman type race. I won't ask to play as a full dragon because that's a monster race and monster races would be extremely hard to balance for gameplay. Not to mention, I don't think other players would appreciate hundreds of two-story tall dragons stomping around Korthos.

[jcTharin]

i want to be a kobold so that i can always hate you, and everyone else.

[Zachski]

i want to be a kobold so that i can always hate you, and everyone else.

In that sense, the kobold has quickly become more iconic of DDO than the Beholder and even the Broccoli. Topics about playing as one keep popping up all the time.

[CalydorEstalon]

I seem to recall an MMO named Shadowbane or something like that which allows you to play as centaurs. That's fairly unique, too. Too bad the game sucks.

I guess it's a case of going with the tried and true instead of taking so many chances people will be scared away from your game.

[redspecter23]

I wouldn't be too surprised if DDO added Dragonborn at some point specifically because of the visual cool factor (though gnomes and Eberron specific races would be my personal choice for next added). There also seems to be some support for adding Kobolds so that's always a possibility, though I can't see either of these things happening any time soon.

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ro...ragon3_800.jpg

[Zachski]

I seem to recall an MMO named Shadowbane or something like that which allows you to play as centaurs. That's fairly unique, too. Too bad the game sucks.

I guess it's a case of going with the tried and true instead of taking so many chances people will be scared away from your game.

Sadly, that's probably it.

In all seriousness, I would GLADLY pay for a dragonborn race in DDO. That would be sincerely awesome.

But it probably won't happen. Not in Update 11 or Update 13. Or ever for that matter. Blah.

[Xenus_Paradox]

1. Gnomes
2. Shifters
3. Changelings
4. Dragonborn

[Zachski]

I wouldn't be too surprised if DDO added Dragonborn at some point specifically because of the visual cool factor (though gnomes and Eberron specific races would be my personal choice for next added). There also seems to be some support for adding Kobolds so that's always a possibility, though I can't see either of these things happening any time soon.

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ro...ragon3_800.jpg

Eh... truth be told, I can't stand gnomes. But yeah. I suppose they do need to be added first.

Unfortunately, visual cool factor wouldn't outdo the counter-arguments. "OMG this violates Eberron lore! The dragons can't stand half dragons! This should not be happening!"

It's a shame, really. Because last I heard, Eberron lore had changed so that dragons were more... "tolerant" of half-dragons now. Then again, I could be wrong, it wouldn't be the first time.

Not to mention that dragonborn would basically make Drow obsolete, what with the +2 to Cha if I recall correctly.

Sigh. It's nice to dream.

1. Gnomes
2. Shifters
3. Changelings
4. Dragonborn

So, basically, we'll be seeing dragonborn in about a decade then. That's great.