107278-why-mechari-is-my-least-favorite-race-out-of-all-mmos

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I played almost a decade of World of Warcraft. I've leveled at least one character to the max level of every race (even prior to paid race changes). I loved them all and thought that each was unique and well done.
 
I played Guild Wars 2 since launch and have enjoyed playing every race. My only issue was with the Sylvari males heroic stance...where his body is angled in such a way that when he looks forward his shoulders are not parallel with his face (one shoulder is in front of his face and the other shoulder behind him). But it did not bug me that much.
 
I've played Elder Scrolls Online since launch and have played as every race in ESO...enjoying each. Even though the races in ESO are a lot more similar than those of Guild Wars 2 and WoW.
 
Final Fantasy XIV also has enjoyable races to play that are well done. I enjoyed playing them all.
 
Rift is the same story. I could play any race in Rift and enjoy it.
 
I suggest before reading on to try out a Mechari male stalker's fighting animations. You swing while looking at the ground.
 
HOWEVER....the Mechari MALE character model does not make sense to me at all. This is supposed to be the most evil race in the galaxy yet they prance around like there is rainbows in the background with the song Happy by Pharrell blasting. That's not even the worst part.....THE WORST PART is that the top half of their body bounces off the bottom half like a trampoleen. It literally appears as if their spine is nothing more than jelly. THIS IS A ROBOT! An evil robot should not move like a female human with hips swaying back and fourth...ESPECIALLY a "male" robot. A male robot should have very MECHANICAL movement. The male robot currently does not move like a machine at all. If you take off the clothes of a mechari when you create one you can watch how jelly his spine actually is. The top portions of the mechari also do not match the bottom portions in size....this adds to the effect of the top bouncing off the bottom. There are so many things wrong with the mechari I could go on and on. It is the only race out of all the MMO's that I have tried out that I simply cannot bring myself to play long term. I HONESTLY think that if you spent time redoing the Mechari you could generate more subscriptions. It is probably the coolest race in the entire game....but the model does not reflect that at all.
 
watchwildstar dot com .....has a very good breakdown of how much the player base hates the Mechari race. The Mechari race is consistently one of the 2 least played races for every role.	
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Mechari aren't evil. But female Mechari are still pretty cool.
 
With their voluptuous hips.	
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HOWEVER....the Mechari MALE character model does not make sense to me at all. This is supposed to be the most evil race in the galaxy yet they prance around like there is rainbows in the background with the song Happy by Pharrell blasting. That's not even the worst part.....THE WORST PART is that the top half of their body bounces off the bottom half like a trampoleen. It literally appears as if their spine is nothing more than jelly. THIS IS A ROBOT! An evil robot should not move like a female human with hips swaying back and fourth...ESPECIALLY a "male" robot. A male robot should have very MECHANICAL movement. The male robot currently does not move like a machine at all. If you take off the clothes of a mechari when you create one you can watch how jelly his spine actually is. The top portions of the mechari also do not match the bottom portions in size....this adds to the effect of the top bouncing off the bottom. There are so many things wrong with the mechari I could go on and on. It is the only race out of all the MMO's that I have played that I simply cannot bring myself to play. I HONESTLY think that if you spent time redoing the Mechari you could generate more subscriptions. It is probably the coolest race in the entire game....but the model does not reflect that at all.
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I like Mechari but can't play them because of....
 	
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HOWEVER....the Mechari MALE character model does not make sense to me at all. This is supposed to be the most evil race in the galaxy yet they prance around like there is rainbows in the background with the song Happy by Pharrell blasting. That's not even the worst part.....THE WORST PART is that the top half of their body bounces off the bottom half like a trampoleen. It literally appears as if their spine is nothing more than jelly. THIS IS A ROBOT! An evil robot should not move like a female human with hips swaying back and fourth...ESPECIALLY a "male" robot. A male robot should have very MECHANICAL movement. The male robot currently does not move like a machine at all. If you take off the clothes of a mechari when you create one you can watch how jelly his spine actually is. The top portions of the mechari also do not match the bottom portions in size....this adds to the effect of the top bouncing off the bottom. There are so many things wrong with the mechari I could go on and on. It is the only race out of all the MMO's that I have tried out that I simply cannot bring myself to play long term. I HONESTLY think that if you spent time redoing the Mechari you could generate more subscriptions. It is probably the coolest race in the entire game....but the model does not reflect that at all.
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			My very first reaction after making my very first character on the live servers was WTF. The running animation keeps me from wanting to level my engineer or roll another Mechari character, despite how awesome they look and sound.	
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My very first reaction after making my very first character on the live servers was WTF. The running animation keeps me from wanting to level my engineer or roll another Mechari character, despite how awesome they look and sound.
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			Guess I'm in the minority then. I love the Mechari. Being able to play a robot-ish character was part of the reason I bought the game.	
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Too bad the player mechari don't have voices yet. ;_;
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You hate them more than gnomes or elin?
 
Moreover, mechari aren't evil. Mordesh are evil.	
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			TLDR;  I didn't like one race out of every MMO ever made and the world is ending. 	
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			Huh. Mechari are my favorite race, personally. They probably have the most variation in their appearances, too.	
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Huh. Mechari are my favorite race, personally. They probably have the most variation in their appearances, too.
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			The really funny part is the "bubble run" and general hip-swaying is due to the fact that Mechari move their feet along a perfectly straight line.  All the contortion is necessary to provide what is a perfectly aligned gait.	
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The really funny part is the "bubble run" and general hip-swaying is due to the fact that Mechari move their feet along a perfectly straight line. All the contortion is necessary to provide what is a perfectly aligned gait.
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			You are entitled to your opinion but as mentioned, the Mechari are not evil nor robots. They are sentient beings made out of an unknown alloy whose consciousness comes from the exanite crystal core in their head. In a nutshell.That being said, they do look silly. They are disproportionate to a cartoon level. Their animations look ridiculous (ever seen a male Mechari swim?) and are very, very bouncy. If that was not enough, they make a mechanical noise as they walk and they have hooves, not feet! And they do not have voices!But still, I love the Mechari! All my characters would be Mechari if I could (looking at you, faction change service!). Why? Doesn't really matter since it is my personal opinion but here it is anyway. They are ancient (some of them are Millenials; 2000+ years old), cunning, work (for the most part) in intelligence and have zero sense of humour. Sure, I enjoy them but not as much as my fanaticism toward Mondo Zax...but Chua are everywhere on my server so there's that.	
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For real. The Mechari NPC voiceovers are badass.
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agreed. my main is mechari (female), and i'd love an axis phydra voice.
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Too bad the player mechari don't have voices yet. ;_;
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The male run animation reminds me of my days of a cross country runner. I think, for that reason, the male run is fantastic. 
 
The qualities of a cross country runner are endurance, strength, pace and variable speed while going for miles.	
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			With my Mechari I like to toggle on walk when I want to feel more like a robot.	
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With my Mechari I like to toggle on walk when I want to feel more like a robot.
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			I love my Mechari Engineer. The sound from using Pulse Blast makes me feel like a T-800. The Mechari are not evil, they are doing the job for which they were created. In fact, if you pay attention to lore, the Dominion are doing the job Eldan intended them to do.	
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Heh.
 
Weird.
 
Mechari Males are the *only* Dominion race/sex that appeal to me at all. Both my Dominion toons are male-personality Robots.
 
To each their own, I suppose.
 
Not saying they couldn't use a little "butching up" ... but my take was they were supposed to represent elegance and regal-ness, not blood-thirsty killing machines. Mechari are diplomats first and only resort to violence when other means are unavailable or ineffective (or just inefficient to the point of frustrating.)	
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And I'd take an Agent Lex VO in a heartbeat. Whoever did the work for him really nailed the cold, confident, and ruthless nature you'd expect from a 2000-year-old master robo-assassin-spy (and now he's even more awesomer haha).
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			I haven't really paid any attention to the male Mechari animations, but I wince a little whenever I look at the females. o_x Spines weren't meant to curve that way..	
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I haven't really paid any attention to the male Mechari animations, but I wince a little whenever I look at the females. o_x Spines weren't meant to curve that way..
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			I'm wondering why OP thinks Mechari aren't extremely happy about what they are doing in their service to the Dominion? Geez, I mean if they didn't enjoy what they were doing they'd be pretty poor Dominion agents. Heck, they should be especially happy since their ancestors were sent from Nexus to Cassus to help build the Dominion, so this is more of a homecoming for them than any of the other races.	
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This is supposed to be the most evil race in the galaxy 
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Mechari are *cupcake*ing awesome. I love their look and the noise they make as they move.
 
They could use more robot-like animations though. /sleep is a good example of that.	
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As I said I really like them I just can't play them (at least female) ones because of Rick and Morty... They loook way to much like Gwendolyn
 
 
 	
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As I said I really like them I just can't play them (at least female) ones because of Rick and Morty... They loook way to much like Gwendolyn
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Then I suppose I should be glad to have chosen a Male Mechari for my Engineer. Female Mechari look super strange (to me) except for the Voxine-like face.
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There's a female Mechari face option that breaks their face and make them look like a goldfish :(
 
Stay away from that one!
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My goldfish mechari from beta is insulted.
 
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All I could think of is : "Im a' firin' mah lazer!!"
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This is supposed to be the most evil race in the galaxy yet they prance around like there is rainbows in the background with the song Happy by Pharrell blasting.
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THIS IS A ROBOT! An evil robot should not move like a female human with hips swaying back and fourth...ESPECIALLY a "male" robot.
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Translate: I want to play a robot but these robots are gay! Waaaaah! 
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Well, I don't think Mechari are evil as a race. Maybe some are evil, but there are evil people in all the races. The most evil "race" in the Galaxy is just one person, because he committed mass genocide and killed off his entire race and that would be Phineas T. Rotostar. He's the last remaining person in his race, all others are just his clones. 
 
I don't know about the run animation, because I've never played a Mechari male or female. But, I do have to say that I hear the "Happy" song when running no matter what race I play in Wildstar. But, I think that's just due to me personally feeling very happy when I play. :D	
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Well, I don't think Mechari are evil as a race. Maybe some are evil, but there are evil people in all the races. The most evil "race" in the Galaxy is just one person, because he committed mass genocide and killed off his entire race and that would be Phineas T. Rotostar. He's the last remaining person in his race, all others are just his clones. 
 
I don't know about the run animation, because I've never played a Mechari male or female. But, I do have to say that I hear the "Happy" song when running no matter what race I play in Wildstar. But, I think that's just due to me personally feeling very happy when I play. :D
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			OP, if you have been paying attention to the game and read the quest text, you would know that the Lopps are the most evil race in the galaxy.	
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OP, if you have been paying attention to the game and read the quest text, you would know that the Lopps are the most evil race in the galaxy.
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I haven't really paid any attention to the male Mechari animations, but I wince a little whenever I look at the females. o_x Spines weren't meant to curve that way..
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