The thing that im a little concerned with is not hit boxes (and they are different, but the difference has been adjusted), not the cds, not the speed... but the attacking range.

I do not have any concrete evidence of this, but for people that have tried multiple races can attest to this. Im speaking directly about the human, castanic, and elin females.

I noticed a significant range differential from elin compared to human, elin have a longer reach and movement when using skills.

Castanic was close to elin and again a little longer than human.

IMO Elin (best)>Castanic>Human (female)... this is purely biased information as I dont have evidence to back this up, but talking to A TON of warriors, they tend to agree with this, IF they have tried playing all races (for greater than 30 levels)

Just my 2 cents, at the end of the day, skill level will prevail.

i did some testing on this last CB. I didn't notice much of a difference in ranges for different races/genders. I only used basic attacks, but the range is a long 3M to a short 4M.. it was pretty much the same with every race/gender. I think the castanic female or elin may have been the longest by the smallest amount, but i believe they normalized ranges so they are all the same...

I've been keeping an eye on this thread watching for some information I may have missed.

I found a thread in general that has a video I found most helpful.

Combo attack and evasive roll animations that also show the distance traveled after a 4 hit combo. They also show the other melee classes, Warriors are last. It shows every race and gender combination.

http://tera-forums.enmasse.com/forums/general-discussion/topics/HitboxReach-for-each-Class-What-is-the-best-Race-for-what-Class-25087

Quote: Mystikkal on 03/30/2012, 12:59 PM - view

A lot of people are stating things relative to vanity and making cases for certain classes having longer range than others, but that's all speculation (especially saying Elin have greater range on attacks than Castanic and Human ...).

I played a Castanic and an Elin to 38 and I noticed no difference, at all.

The only concrete evidence we can go off of is hitbox and racials. I would say Human Female is the best overall PvP warrior class. They are on the small side hitbox wise, have decent range on attacks and the best racials in PvP.

The 10% damage decrease @ 30% health or lower alone makes Human warriors extremely viable. Our stun/snare resist is 3minute duration compared to the Aman's 30second duration.

Castanic 1% crit buff would be nicer if it was a blanket 1% crit rather than back position. Warriors are mobile and can stick to targets, but you will certainly spend a lot of your time chasing targets and standing toe-to-toe with certain classes. Their sprint buff is also quite bad in PvP as you compromise balance for speed, meaning you can get knocked down even more frequently.

Elin have the smallest hitboxes sure, but like the Elves and the Popori, their racials are just pure trash. For RPers, or people who play games for looks, sure go with those races but this is a topic about min/maxing a character.

On a side note, if you were a PvE player, I'd go Castanic warrior 100%