Hi all,

I joined this server a couple of days ago, made an elf mentalist, and leveled him up a bit. Many thanks go out to Sapient for hooking me up with some crafted gear, =D. Unfortunately, it's come to my attention that being a big, lanky elf will be a pretty big disadvantage when my character grows up and starts RvRing. Since I haven't put too much effort into him yet, I figure now is the best time to remake him as a Lurikeen. (I'll get a friend to help me transfer over that gifted armor so it doesn't go to waste, )

Anyway, my dilemma is this: I have a friend telling me that male Lurikeens, while small, are still significantly more visible than females. As a general rule, I don't like to avatar crossdress when playing MMOs. Will I be putting myself at a disadvantage (or just squandering a potential advantage) if I make my little Lurikeen Mentalist a male? Or are male Lurikeens still hard enough to target that they're well off in RvR situations?

Thanks in advance for your advice, and seeya in-game!

The discussion about being easier to target or not is cosmetic at best, in my oppinion. One you get close enough to read the race,

<Lurikeen Brehon> is a lot easier to click than <Elf Brehon>.

The difference between male and female Lurikeen is completely negligible in my oppinion. You will play much better when you like what you play, anyways But then, since you are watching the butt of your toon most of the times anyways, some prefer female butts over male ones And the male Lurikeens waddle pretty ugly instead of walking normally, and their arms move in a weird way

So, pick whatever you like. You could even pick a Celt/Shar to not be easily recognized as caster, but with a loss of Dexterity which noticably reduces your casting-speed.

Take a Luri and u ll be fine. Female is smaller, so yes its harder to pick. And yes it can make a difference if they see u or not, so i d always go Luri and cmon Luris just ve more style, so win win anyway!
If u think about rerolling, maybe u should ve in mind that u wont find any common rvr grp as a menta anyway, so u can stay an elf from that point of view. If u want to play caster in hib, go eld.
Regards

It's a personal choice.

Hint: Small Lurikeens sometimes have no LOS(Line of Sight) because they are so tiny, but indeed they are hard to click.

From my experience LoS is checked from feet anyway, so thats not a big deal

pweet wrote:From my experience LoS is checked from feet anyway, so thats not a big deal

Go inside a Keep. Go on the battlement and try to cast down or try to nuke the Guards behind the battlements if u are outside.
Small chars are not always able to nuke them. With big ones its easy going!

Thanks for the replies! While I understand the difference is mostly cosmetic, I think I am gonna reroll as a Luri, as much for the dex as for anything else. So the issue really comes down to, how much difference does the gender make?

boys have a penis, girls have a vagina

Plus if you're a female character there's a chance you'll get free stuff!

Austerim wrote:Plus if you're a female character there's a chance you'll get free stuff!

sperm?

Magicco wrote:

Austerim wrote:Plus if you're a female character there's a chance you'll get free stuff!

sperm?

Stay classy San Diego.

Ridifool wrote:boys have a penis, girls have a vagina

Lol, when I read this I was cracking up thinking of the scene in Kindergarten Cop when the little boy tells Arnold that... (in case u dont want to watch the whole clip its around the 2:30 mark)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhrYWNAKFSY