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Most Iconic Classic Races for Each Class
By iconic I mean the race most people are most likely to think of if you play word association with that class or when they picture that class quickly in their mind.
Enchanter: High Elf Magician: Gnome Necromancer: Dark Elf Wizard: Erudite Cleric: Dwarf Druid: Halfling Shaman: Barbarian Bard: Half Elf Monk: Human (also after Iksars, still the iconic monk race) Ranger: Wood Elf Rogue: Dwarf Paladin: Dwarf Shadow Knight: Troll Warrior: Ogre If you disagree you are probably wrong. This also clearly establishes dwarves as the master race. | ||
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Enchanter High elf- Cha junkys, and high Int(usually agnostic or tunare (PoG era)
Magician :gnome..come on any other reason not 2 be a gnome for this class. Necro: DE(erud close 2nd paineel =bae), High int, living underground, city has skulls come on. Cleric: tough..Id think dwarf. (roll is amazing), but I see more dwarfs then any other. Though Id prefer gnome[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] druid:Halfing hands down, maybe woodelf 2nd Shaman: Barb 10000%(yes I know its worst midmax troll/orge ftw), my first and main on live. Bard: half elf clearly Monk Human, iskars are a thing. But still I remember way more humans then iskar on live. Ranger: People play this? umm wood elf I guess Rogue: halfing, dwarf, no barb..noo definitely hafling <3 Paladin: Dwarf..but truly frog of Mithaniel Marr.. (the best) Shadow Knight: Orge, then DE.. trolls fugly(P.s. Soulfire=SK wp) Warrior: Dwarf.. roll end of story. Wizard: I generally picture High elf.. but truly Erudite is master race for Wizzy.
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True classicness means a lot of Humans. People would chose Human whenever possible back then, as their first character, simply because they had no idea about the game and they'd pick "a safe choice".
There were a lot of Human wizards or Necros running around... stuff you don't see too much nowadays. | ||
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On Green...
Enchanter: Dark Elf Magician: Dark Elf Necromancer: Dark Elf Wizard: Dark Elf Cleric: Dark Elf Druid: Dark Elf Shaman: Dark Elf Bard: Dark Elf Monk: Dark Elf Ranger: Dark Elf Rogue: Dark Elf Paladin: Dark Elf Shadow Knight: Dark Elf Warrior: Dark Elf And that's just how it is, guise!
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My perfered race choice:
Enchanter: Human Magician: Human/Guise Necromancer: Human/Guise Wizard: Human/Guise Cleric: Human/Guise Druid: Human/Guise Shaman: Troll/Guise Bard: Human/Guise Monk: Human/Guise Ranger: Human/Guise Rogue: Human/Guise Paladin: Human/Guise Shadow Knight: Human/Guise Warrior: Human/Guise Castle beat me to the joke! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] | ||
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Enchanter: High Elf
Magician: Gnome Necromancer: Dark Elf Wizard: Erudite Cleric: Human Druid: Wood Elf Shaman: Barbarian Bard: Half Elf Monk: Iksar Ranger: Wood Elf Rogue: Halfling Paladin: Human Shadow Knight: Troll Warrior: Ogre I ended up not picking Dwarf for anything. Paladin has to go to Human, because they are the most vanilla and the archetype is rooted in the real-world crusades. Do you really think of a short, fat, beer drinker when the word Paladin comes to mind? Nah. Humans are the most unspectacular and yet most populated race, the ones who are most in need of turning to a "divine power" in order to find meaning and sense of empowerment. I also picked Human for Cleric, for those similar reasons, and also because when I think of that class I just think "boring".
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Back in the day on Live, my first thoughts would have been:
Enchanter: HIE Magician: DEF... just because I played one on SZ [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Necromancer: ERU or DEF Wizard: I don't have a strong association here, DEF, ERU or GNM Cleric: Again no stand out from classic, DWF or HIE probably Druid: ELF for sure, HFL very secondary Shaman: BAR by a long shot... most players felt that "evil" was a serious disadvantage Bard: HUM Monk: HUM... nobody had any idea we'd be playing Iksars or that they'd be vastly superior monks, and almost no players were min/maxing then anyways. Ranger: ELF by a lot, probably HUM second and HEF last Rogue: BAR and HFL; BAR for the STR and HFL cus Bilbo. Paladin: DWF, with HUM and HIE not too far off Shadow Knight: DEF was the classic choice, though people that understood stats and slam would pick TRL/OGR Warrior: BAR or maybe DWF... people didn't want to be "evil" if they had a choice. Iksars are eliminated from the list, as nobody knew about them (and what little we knew didn't indicate how OP they were...) and also cus the vast majority of players were very sub-50 when Kunark came out. Evil toons were extremely undesirable because they were logistically tough. Where will you bank? What vendors will you use? Where will you bind!? I played a lot of classic on Sullon Zek so I probably picture a very above-average number of dark elves, since I was on the evil team. Virtually nobody min/maxed. Throughout the entire original extent of the p99 eras there was serious debate about what different stats even did for you. Rangers maxing AGI to be better "tanks", INT classes stacking STA for more hp, you name it. The misunderstandings faded over time, but in Kunark era there were still plenty of players that had no idea. I remember giving explanations of what each stat did to sell the jewlery, and having people argue with me, like the guy that wouldn't buy my +INT and +WIS jewelry (and loudly told everyone I was a fraud) because "only base stats from character creation determine mana". | ||
Last edited by uygi; 08-11-2020 at 01:32 PM..
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Shaman: barbarian
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Barbarian for rogue but just slightly. Truth is I see tons of rogue races. It's prolly the most diverse race-wise.
Clerics are about even split between high elf and dorfs in my mind. (Though I think you are much better off rolling a an inny human) DE for wizard. I don't even remember the last time I saw an erud wizard on green but I'm sure I've seen at least half a dozen DE ones since then. Some of you responding really need to resd the original post: "By iconic I mean the race most people are most likely to think of if you play word association with that class or when they picture that class quickly in their mind." | ||
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