It's all about chrome. I want Trolls to have regen and DEs Ultravision so there have to be some class restrictions to balance out the racial abilities. However, AFAIK, the only known racial ability is the Kerran 4-legged sprint which seems underwhelming right now (but who knows, in a positional combat game could be gold).
Sure but the Kerran 4-legged sprint was noted as a racial ability during the reveal. So most likely it's a faster/better/stronger sprint.
Best guess: he meant racial abilityanimation. I'd bet that they're still fleshing out stuff like the class abilities and weapon abilities, so they're probably still working on what races will have which unique abilities.
I just have an issue with it because for how little it seems race is going to mean in regards to actual content (no racial starting cities, etc.), there is little justification for it. Not to mention that it only functions to limit the player further, on top of only having 4 interchangeable skills. Superficiality when it comes to race is the way to go, IMO,especiallybecause they're putting so much of an emphasis on how it's what youdothat matters.
Well with respect to skills there are 4 base class skills but also 4 or 8 class specific weapon skills. I don't want a lot of racial restrictions but one or two would be appropriate if they have useful racial abilities.
They seem to like giving every race a different aesthetic (armor etc). I wouldn't be surprised if all abilities varied by race as well. Ex. All have sprint but Kerran looks different that dwarf, all have backstabbing but human looks different than elf etc etc
Only Elves and Darkelves. Might split off later in the game. But pretty sure not in at the start.
