What is the best race/gender for a warrior in pvp? Please don't discuss the look of the class or how cool the animations are.. All I care about it what executes the best. I know the differences arn't that big, but i'd still like people's choices. I see four considerations:
* Racial Traits
* Hitbox Size
* Range
* Flipping Verus Rolling

My sense is human or castanic is best race because of the traits. Who has better range? Warriors seem to be behind enemies a lot (so castanic would be good - although how much is %1 increase to crit value really do?). And obviously the 10% dmg reduction under 30% health is good for a human. I also get the sense that it is better to flip than roll, but does it really matter? Can you not get hit in the air, but can get hit on the ground? Does flipping take longer? Maybe people see you coming more easily when you flip?

Information I saw on Flipping versus Rolling

WARRIOR:

Human Male - Roll
Human Female - Roll

Castanic Male - Flip
Castanic Female - Flip

High Elf Male - Roll
High Elf Female - Flip

Aman Male - Roll
Aman Female - Roll

Popori - Roll

Elin - Flip

Baraka - Roll

From my experience, the best Warrior races are the smallest. Human (female), Castanic, Elin and Popori are all good choices. As an Aman, there was a noticeable increase on range of Pounce and a wider range for basic attacks, but other than that it was most certainly not enough to offset the greater size.

I am going for human in retail, but Castanic is probably better. I am just sick of seeing Castanic (and Elin) already, so I do not want to be playing one.

Also, for the record, flipping and rolling have the same number of invincibility frames. The only race that might seem a bit vague with their roll is Popori.

Great information Esmoire - thanks for not saying... "whatever you like best" or "it really doesn't make a big difference" or "this race looks awesome when it uses this skill". heheh

So do you get stuck using an evasive roll? (i.e. run into an enemy) Or do you go through the person?

Versus being able to flip over them?

Quote: Mystikkal on 03/30/2012, 01:37 PM - viewThe collision detection for abilities that take you upwards act as if you are on the ground. This is why using attacks like Leaping Strike will not jump over the target you will want to kill. That would be terrible!

Though it should be mentioned that Evasive Roll will pass through enemies regardless. Even if you are a Baraka rolling through a dragon. This is an intended effect and it can be a mandatory tactic for survival during your Warrior's career.

Interesting .. So there really is no difference between rolling and flipping with evasive roll? I'm sure the distance and execution time are identical as well?

All evasive skills have the same amount of invincibility frames across all races/genders and are executed instantly upon the input being registered from the client to the server and back. The flip is merely a cosmetic factor, and your actual character is still considered grounded for all intents and purposes. If there is any sort of obstacle in the way, such as a ridge in the terrain or a campfire, the Evasive Rolls that appear to be flipping will still hitch up even if it looks like your character should exceed it. The only way for a roll to become faster/shorter is by having increased attack speed, which also results in shorter invincibility.

However there could be a case where smaller races cover less distance with rolling, as seen when a Popori Slayer does his roll (which is aesthetically a sword-vault). Some testing would be done to see if this is at all true.

Hey. If you were at all curious, I looked into it and have debunked the theory that the different races have different roll distances. While it may look like some cover greater or lesser distances, all rolls are the same distance. The smaller races hop both because it is visually appealing and so that it does not look strange when they cover the same ground while "rolling" as the larger races. :)

Quote: Esmoire on 03/31/2012, 04:51 AM - view

Interesting. I was planning to test this myself in the last closed beta.

-Travail.

I have tested almost every race for Warrior, I have them down to either Female Castanic or Female High Elf.

I love the flip over the roll just seems more fluid and natural while fighting.

I like the Castanic Female size a perfect size to dodge and move, but the looks are average at best and the running and movement kills them for me. They look pretty bad when moving imo.

I like the HIgh Elf Females well everything about them they flip instead of roll, they move like a female should and look HOT. The only negative is the size which is a little taller than the Castanic Female and seem a little slower in movement for some reason.

So I am torn atm between the 2, I wish you could make a High Elf female and change the width and height within a certain parameter.