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Originally Posted by Kika Maslyaka
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I see where you coming from, but this asymmetric race balance is very hard to achieve. Horizons also had planned Vampire race that could not ever go out during day light. With this perspective each race should have a significant perk, but if you have some races that normal and some with strong downside - they simply not going to be played by majority of players. I mean there are rogue-like game out-there that have this niche choices and some people play those and enjoy their RP, but in the big MMO market it won't work out.
When WoW first started Taurens had +3% hp over total max hp possible. This automatically made them best tank possible in the game. That was bad game design and they removed it.
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I think those races like Vampire would be played plenty. People want a different experience. Even if certain races aren't popular that's perfectly fine, not everything needs to be popular.
Your example of Taurens in WoW shows how bad their overall design is. If 3% max HP is automatically making someone the best tank in a game, then there has not been enough consideration given to armor class or avoidance or other factors. You could easily slap some kind of downside on a race with a 3% max HP bonus - such as "vulnerable to fire" - and then they would become worse tanks in certain areas.