Breakfast Topic: Best and Worst Looking Race
by David Nelson 
Oct 12th 2006 at 8:00AM
Now when I say best looking race, I don't entirely mean just which race has the hottest women or the most studly of men (Dwarf on both counts), but also which one looks the best in their armor, which one looks like it has the most butt kicking potential, etc. And of course, which one looks the worst. Hunched over male trolls with no shoes? Not so hot. Now for me personally, I just don't find the Night Elf women that attractive. They have a cute enough face, and they are very athletic and look pretty decent in their armor. However, there is one thing that creeps me out about the Night Elf woman...their freakishly large hands. Ever see the Seinfeld episode with the woman who was otherwise beautiful but had huge man hands? I think she had a little Night Elf in her.
Now as for the best looking race, I am going with Orcs. Why? I don't think any class looks coolers in their armor than Orc warriors look in their plate. The female Orcs have a butt kicking look about them as well, as opposed to the human women who look like they just got home from the Gap and are heading to a sorority social. All in all I think the Orcs look flat-out awesome. Well, awesome except for the Orc in a dress look the warlocks have to deal with.
So what do you guys think? Who has the best looking men and women? The ugliest? Who looks the best all around and who looks the worst?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Baratrill Oct 12th 2006 8:11AM
Honestly, Tauren males tend to look the most imposing to me, hence why I picked one as my main.
As for worst looking race, imo, I'd have to say Dwarves.
No matter what i do, I can't enjoy looking at Dwarves, and to me, they don't suit anything that they wear.
They're height is just sort of odd.
Gnomes are short, obviously, but Dwarves aren't short, they're just kind of ...stumpy.
Never did it for me.
Avenge Oct 12th 2006 8:12AM
Maybe just me, but I don't think the horde look all that great in their armor, seems all of them have scoliosis or something... or just love to hunch over like they belong in a retirement home.
DÖT Oct 12th 2006 8:14AM
Let me guess: You play an Orc in WoW...
I think the Gnomes look the coolest in their armor...tiny little body in huge plate suits. But i like the look of male trolls in general though i hate playing them becauyse they can't swim under water without dying in 5 seconds.
ged Oct 12th 2006 8:17AM
Gnomes are the worse looking. what a waste having a gnome warrior. the whole point it sto look impressive!
Troll FTW
Ravven Oct 12th 2006 8:26AM
I like female trolls the best, although I think male Tauren look awesome in full gear, very imposing. The Alliance males just don't do it for me - they all look too musclebound and pissed off. Night elf females are pretty, but look like stick insects. Dwarves are just too...truncated, I guess; nothing looks right on them. Some of the human female skins are quite nice.
But my female troll with the white mohawk and braids absolutely rocks. I think she's gorgeous. :)
Freeze Oct 12th 2006 8:30AM
I'm gonna say alot of that has to depend on their class also.
Warrior -- Tauren
Hunter -- Troll
Rogue -- Undead
Mage -- They all look the same
Druid -- Night Elf (Taurens just look awkward in some gear)
Lock -- Gnome
Shaman -- Tauren
Pally -- Dwarf
Priest -- Undead
I play Horde and I love the way alot of horde look in their armors. The alliance classes are all too generic sometimes for me and well...I just hate alliance.
Undying Oct 12th 2006 8:28AM
I like the Orc and Human male in Plate. But I think the best are human female in cloth or leather armor... so sexy!
I hate the Dwarfs, no mather how you equip it it's ugly... for that reason it's the only race I've never played.
Ken Oct 12th 2006 8:32AM
I don't think Orcs look too cool. In my opinion they are way too brawny. Their body seems too wide and their legs too short. Of course I'm sure after playing certain toons and factions for a while you do develop biases.
I think as for as coolest goes, female humans wearing almost anything. They are sleek and pretty and don't look stupid in skirts or plate.
As far as cuteness goes, female gnomes look awesome in all their tinyness. Nothing is worse than getting your ass kicked by a tiny little cute gnome!
As far as badassness goes, forsaken look morbidly cool.
As far as uglyness goes, female dwarfs. Especially the default portrait. It looks like a man!
Rosemary Oct 12th 2006 8:44AM
Gnomes are fine, but they always creep me out a little bit because their bodies look just like they are little babies. So when they do that dance - ewwww.
Mordiceius Oct 12th 2006 8:50AM
Speaking of female dwarfs, my buddy created the coolest dwarf. It is this female dwarf named 'Bossofmath' with pigtails and the angry german face they get.
Kryz Oct 12th 2006 8:49AM
I'll go the noob way and say night elves. I just have yet to see an armor set that looks bad on them. Although I wouldn't argue with people that say robes aren't too flattering.
Undead make awesome looking casters, but in pants, their dumb knees poke out and ruins the look.
And all Gnomes should be put to death, because nothing about them is attractive/funny/cool.
Avenge Oct 12th 2006 9:00AM
I have to say that with the Burning Crusade coming out, the most impressive looking race is the Draenei, they are just huge and don't look as bad as a tauren. As for undead yeah it does look stupid when their knees come out through their pants, maybe the horde would look better if they could just stand up straight.
top Oct 12th 2006 9:16AM
worst? any tauren in a helm
best? Night elf druids
david nelson Oct 12th 2006 9:18AM
"Let me guess: You play an Orc in WoW..."
Actually, no. I have a night elf, human and troll at 60, although I really only play the human and elf. I just think the Orcs look cool.
Gmaster Oct 12th 2006 9:24AM
The Draenei Warrior is going to be the best looking, did you seen ever see the size compaired pic at wowwiki.com the are freaking huge, and will look very imposing, they are easily the games biggest race.
To me the ugliest is Dwarf female. They are just outright ugly.
synack Oct 12th 2006 9:32AM
I gotta say my two favorites are:
* Male Undead Warriors. Nothing quite like a skelly in plate armor. It just looks menacing.
* Female Troll Rogues. They look so sexy with their sneaky sneakies on.
Kabe Oct 12th 2006 9:49AM
Orcs do look mighty impressive in armor. UD females are my favorite horde toons, though - they're most definitely not what one could call pretty, but some of their facial skins look like they *might* have been pretty before they turned into freakish zombies. Cannibalize, ftw!
I adore my main, though, which is a human female. They're just pretty, as opposed to the males which are these huge brawny things. xD I've always been confused as to how the females (for several races, really) are meant to survive against anything, when you see how revealing some of their armor is!
Oh well ... need to keep the boys playing somehow!
Ty M. Oct 12th 2006 11:13AM
Tauren look best in almost any armor set.
Sadly, Undead looks kind of crappy. I mean, seriously, do they have to cut holes in ALL of their clothes to show off bone? No. It leads them to looking like shit alot of times. From about 50ish till around 58 or 9, I had the ugliest character in the whole game, as an Undead mage with Deep Woodlands Cloak, Eye of Thedras, and some POS robe. You want to know how to make a rough looking char... that's how.
On the other hand, Gnomes just look retarded, so... at least I'm not them.
roxet Oct 12th 2006 11:37AM
it's not a goddamned dress
jpc Oct 12th 2006 10:50AM
I'm just going to list what doesn't look good.
Undead are the ugliest.
Dwarves in cloth or leather.
Female dwarves in general.
Human males in cloth.
Troll females look like a particular garden tool.
One thing I don't like about the horde is that it doesn't make sense to be anything other than undead unless you're a druid, shaman, or hunter. The UD racials are too good.