Do enkies purr?

[Prolix]

I blame the developers for basing a racial type on felines. It may well have been a big drawing card for players and developers but it was not terribly original. I feel certain there would not be so much emphasis on Enkidukai if they were based on aardvarks.
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Indeed, this cat loving implementation may well have alienated many dog loving people from the game.

[Liadan]

If only people were as interested in other races' cultures as this.

A three-page discussion on purring?

SERIOUSLY?

How about something about ynnwns or dermorians? Or lemurs? Or, heck, ylians? It's a well-known fact that there's more stuff about enkidukai culture than all the other races combined. If there's anything I've learned from this thread it's that the other races need attention. What's next, a thread about "do enkis get urinary tract infections?"

Well, i wonder why there's this intense focus on the kitty-kulture (k-k) of Yliakum...could be due to the fact that everyone that plays this game is somehow addicted to cats? It could very well be a catch-22 situation: someone wants cats in the game, devs instigate it, attracts more cat lovers, they demand more k-k...etc.

 

Threads on Ynnwns, dermorians, Lemurs and Ylians would be great. But they get buried in the forum under threads on everything else (more threads on enkis). So unless there's going to be separate sections for each race, where discussions can be posted so that we can accurately gage the popularity of a race, it's going to look like enkis get all the attention...as always.

[Ashton]

I blame the developers for basing a racial type on felines. It may well have been a big drawing card for players and developers but it was not terribly original. I feel certain there would not be so much emphasis on Enkidukai if they were based on aardvarks.
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Indeed, this cat loving implementation may well have alienated many dog loving people from the game.

I'd love to see a race baced on canines. Then we'd have a thread based on wheather they wag their tail when happy! (and quite honestly, in MMORPGs I've never seen it... heck off the top of my head I only remember 1 console games that had chars based on dogs! Though I can name 3 with Fox-based chars... that's still a total of 4 games compared with dozens of feline-based chars in games...)

And personally, I'd enjoy playing a race baced on aartvarks, I bet one of their skills woudl be to search for truffles and roots!

I'll explain what happened. It's very simple.

You attracted the Furries.

Furries are extremely intent on the furry content, it intrigues, ammuses and for some justifies our existance (yes I'm a furry) If there were several furry races you'd see the huge number of enkie fans be split into several groups. The reason they're all concentrating on this one race is because it's the only truely furry race. (if it makes anyone feel better, I'll start several thread for questions I had on the demons later lol)

[Caarrie]

I'd love to see a race baced on canines. Then we'd have a thread based on wheather they wag their tail when happy! (and quite honestly, in MMORPGs I've never seen it... heck off the top of my head I only remember 1 console games that had chars based on dogs! Though I can name 3 with Fox-based chars... that's still a total of 4 games compared with dozens of feline-based chars in games...)

And personally, I'd enjoy playing a race baced on aartvarks, I bet one of their skills woudl be to search for truffles and roots!

The devs have already decided on how they want the races to look and they will NOT add anymore. So as a player race you will not be seeing this.

[Ashton]

The devs have already decided on how they want the races to look and they will NOT add anymore. So as a player race you will not be seeing this.

I realize that, I was simply making a point, I appoligize if it seemed like I was asking for such a race, I realize the races were more-or-less difinitivly decided upon by the 3nd or 3rd release of PS.

[Garile]

Why about enkies and not other races? well I don't know about others so can only speak for myself, but I think it has to do with the fact there simply isn't really a picture of the other races. Enkies are popular but one can also look at them and logically think out how they would act becuase they do look like someting from planet earth.

As a roleplayer there are only two races that are really interesting at first note and those are the enkies and the dwarves.

Humans and elves ingame just make me shrug as I don't really want to play myself and a blue fish or blue rock guy doesn't really catch my attention. big red is a bit overkill for most people unless you want to hint evil and diaboli aren't ingame so. *shrugs*

[Falirie]

There are three real life families of felines, the ones who purr but cannot roar, the ones who roar but cannot purr, and cheatahs who do not have retractable claws.

As for house cats being unable to purr and vocalize, I have often heard purrs within vocalizations, much like one can hear laughter within speech when one cannot stop laughing while talking. 

Settings says that Enkis are close to nature, it would make sense that they would be a bit freer with body language and non-speech sounds such as purring or roaring, growling, hissing, etc. 

[Kaityra]

Does it really hurt someone if Enkidukai are able to purr? Sorry, but don't see that Enkidukai get any unfair advantage if they are able to purr. I think Enkidukai can be played in many different ways: from the wild cats with human features to the "civilized" humans with catlike features. Why not let the players decide where their Enkidukai character falls in? I think the current setting open enough to allow this and it should stay that way to give the players some freedom to play what appeals to them.
*/me purrs contently*

[Mythryndel]

I play an Enki, and I like the fact that it is very cat-like. Have i purred in character, no. Will I at some point in the future, quite possibly. Why would people play Dwarves as gruff and stout? Why would people play Kran as strong and slow? STEREOTYPES!!! If i am going to play a cat person, I am likely to play to catlike behaviors. I may even "pounce" another player if they annoy me.

I suppose that explains the rats all over Akk, cat toys!

Some people just need to chill and stop overthinking this GAME. What is that old saying... a cat by any other name... would still make my wife sneeze.