When I first bought Starbound BETA I was given the option to select from one of 6 character races, but I was dissapointed how the race I picked had no effect on gameplay. Not one race jumped higher than the rest, not one race could breathe underwater. This very much seperated me from the experience of playing as my character. Please devs I am not insulting your game. (Which is great by the way) but please add some gameplay, background, and/or special advantages of each race. Each race should want the player to choose it and I just didn't feel much interested in the other races like I would if they had fictional backgrounds, and special abilities. So far the race selection screen feels more like selecting a costume. So, Devs please add more features to the character race aspects. Thank you for reading!
There is backgrounds, but you'll have to read it to know it for now, eventually there will be starter video clips explaining background story of your character. (I think you can even find the Alpha versions of these online). Also, the races all have access to specific armor and weapon sets, which are mainly just different skins. But, unless the devs decided not to do it, higher tier armor sets for each race have specific bonuses. The only one I recall is that the Hylotl armor is supposed to let them breath underwater. You can still get other races' armor but it is much more difficult than the natural progression. This information may be out of date though.
First off, Thanks for sharing Kayzar! and secondly I don't even mean they have to make a intro video for each class. I just want a little text under the character in the creation screen. You know, like Wow. No I am not a WoW fan (And I hate comparing indie games to mainstream) but every good game has similarities. examples health bars, weapons, menus. I'm just mining (get it?) one layer deeper than all that and trying to let the Devs know what engages me in a game. I also think (I'm not sure) that the story of each race is told AFTER selection. I want to know the races past, BEFORE I choose one. Again Please vote! I think the Dev's should see this and it's an easy start to the next update.
Yeah, a brief summary of the race and their driving force as well as your character's driving force (Since the Avian character has abandoned their race due to religious reasons, Glitch has abandoned because they have achieved actual intelligence, etc) before character selection would be great. If you're really in to lore though I highly suggest you take a look at the little lore button (I think it's the book on the right column menu). It should have starter race lore and is where additional lore (which you can find in the form of books) can be found. I know my Avian had some good detail, haven't checked out my Hylotl yet since that wipe.
