To each their own. Play what ever you feel more comfortable with be it a halfling or a barbarian. I chose barbarian for a couple of reasons. I don't have tons of contacts or bank fulls of plat on alternate characters to get power leveled to 60.
I play this game to have fun and have fun leveling. I don't base everything I do on what it is going to be at 60 cause it is going to take a long time to get there. I would say I am going to be spending more time getting there than being there so I chose the way I did. I do miss a little bit of being a wood elf due to foraging and looks but I prefer having the stats of a barbarian for damage at my level along with some added HP early on with no special twink gear.
The way I feel about the size is I have the option of being large or small and can wear medium or large items. I do realize most people that only race to 60 will not have these issues but that is not me.
Just giving another perspective is all.
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Valarious - 24 Druid | Valdarious - 18 Monk | Maxilla - 21 Rogue | Corne - 10 Warrior (175 Blacksmithing) The thrill of adventuring and maxing my skills is how I like to play |