Comments on: It came from the PUG: Don’t worry, dwarves are cool!

By: Ali

Ali — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 05:53:35 +0000

I played a female dwarf paladin from classic up to Wrath. Deliberately chose white hair and the wrinkly face, and although I left prior to LFD, I only got a few comments about female dwarf rarity.

But then, my first alt was a female dwarf priest – and I’m with the commenter above on whirlying hair being great – and again, only a few comments on rarity.

And if I ever come back, it’ll be for a female dwarven shaman.

Couldn’t say why, but the only race that feels right for me is dwarves.

By: Klepsacovic

Klepsacovic — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:55:07 +0000

As you were saying how dwarves are nice I was thinking “sure, except if it’s a rogue, or a hunter!” And then you typed that and I thought: “thief.”

People who play unusual races (not human, not the best racials for PvP), so dwarf, gnome, troll; they often seem to be those who actually care about their character and an image, so they might be more fun.

@Gevlon: Was that less health than the instance needed? You’re sounding like a Gearscore moron.

By: spinks

spinks — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:29:09 +0000

Yay for flying pigtails!

By: spinks

spinks — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:28:19 +0000

I was just thinking that I’m sure my resto druid has more health now than my tank did at the start of TBC

By: Bristal

Bristal — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:46:17 +0000

I always breathe a sigh of releaf when I get a human paladin tank. Paladins just seem to be very businesslike and serious at tanking. And since my GL is a human paladin, it just inspires respect in me. Love the shield on the back that makes them look like turtles.

Jumpy dwarf tanks make me nervous. Just last night I zoned in to heal one last random with a jumping dwarf tank. DK I think. Pulled a pile of trash before I had buffed everyone or myself. Wipe. He was apologizing with poor writing skills and lots of lol’s. By the time I ran back to the instance, the battle had already begun again in earnest. I left group without a word.

Sometimes you just have to do that.

By: Kring

Kring — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:45:47 +0000

The only thing I think when I get pulled in an instance in progress is “Yay, faster EoF!”. The most amazing thing was getting pulled into Oculus with only the last boss alive and one shooting him with a nice group. That’s 2 EoF, 3 EoT, some gems and a chance at a drake for something like 2 minutes work.

On my server, dwarfs always had an excellent reputation. Unless they were hunters WITH A BEAR BECAUSE THEY ONLY HAD A BEAR BECAUSE OF THE INTRO.

By: Guthammer

Guthammer — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:24:16 +0000

I feel quite flattered, Guthammer is a female dwarf raid tank. I know of 1 other on my server. And I have met the person behind that dwarf myself.

By: Finni

Finni — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:55:31 +0000

I love dwarves, and playing dwarves I have a female dwarf hunter and a female dwarf priest I love their shortness and stockyness! When I see undead rogues, especially in pvp, my first thought is “I’m dead, I may as well just head to the graveyard” because in my mind they always seem to be the best pvpers.

Dorfs rock!

By: Analogue

Analogue — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:59:40 +0000

My first character was a female dwarf hunter. Yeah… she never made it past 40. I play gnomes, night elves, and draeni now. Female dwarves just look wrong. Not so much ugly as somehow poorly proportioned.

By: Rhii

Rhii — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:34:18 +0000

Female dwarves particularly take a lot of flack from the under 15 crowd. When my hunter zones in, it’s not uncommon for someone to say “Eww, female dwarf”. Because half the player base thinks you’re fat and gross, chances are the person behind a female dwarf has enough common sense to know that’s ridiculous. Common sense is a highly valued commodity in a tank.

I love seeing ‘ugly’ female characters (orc, troll, tauren, dwarf) because it often means that the person driving them has enough maturity to not buy into that vision of what a hero should look like.