Did you choose your 1st character easily? Did you agonize over the decision? Did you flippity floppity back and forth between races for hours?
I have a list in my head (which I will type here of course) of race/class/spec combos that just seem to "fit" ever so nicely together, for lore reasons, in-game reasons, aesthetic reasons, or just personal preference. QUICK - when you think of a Fury Warrior, what race is it?! For me, it's an Orc. Makes sense right? What with that former blood taint and all.
That was an easy one. What race most fits a Demonology Warlock, a Subtelty Rogue, an Elemental Shaman? Not so easy anymore. So I ask you, what Race/Class/Spec (Gender too if you wish) combinations do you feel fit the best?
My List:
Mage - For Fire and Frost I see Blood Elf. That one is for lore reasons. Arcane strikes me as more Draenei.
Priest - Discipline and Holy are very Draenei to me, having such a strong connection with the light. Plus I enjoy the female's casting animations. Shadow is all Night Elf, since I've raided with a Nelf Spriest since TBC.
Warlock - Easy to say Undead, But I prefer Troll for all specs.
Rogue - See above about undead, but gnomes and goblins are tied for both Subtelty and Assasination. Come on, a tiny assassin is awesome. Combat is more a toe-to-toe kind of guy, and I see that as a Dwarf. No sneaking, just face-stabbing.
Druid - Not much choice here. Male Tauren for kitty, bear and resto, simply by PvP'ing on Alliance side and seeing so many good ones. Nelfs are more Boomchickeny.
Hunter - Hunter, ah hunter. Hard choice here. Male Dwarf fits well since seeing the Vanilla cinematic, Marksmanship Troll since they have a long history as hunters, Beastmaster Orc for racials. Lots of great fits, but please, no Worgen with wolf pets. Just...seems...odd.
Shaman - Thrall. That is all.
Death Knight - Male Dwarves seem to fit Blood very well here. Imagine a stout little Dwarf that was killed, risen, and broke free of the LK's will? That's a pissed off Dwarf. With powers.
Warrior - Almost every race can make a case as an ironclad juggernaut, but for Prot I have specific choices: Tauren seem to have it in their nature to be protectors. Human as well, since the guy I've MT/OT'd with since BC is a human. Fury, as stated above seems Orcy. For Arms, since Ghostcrawler made the comment about Arms being "The one that gives their weapons pet names" Draenei really struck home for me. Specifically a Male Engineer (yes I'm getting profession specifc!). They certainly have the physical stature, and the idea of an intelligent, thinking warrior is cool.
Paladin - Human for many, many reasons. Lore supports this over and over again. Plus I <3 the male blocking animation. I'd consider Draenei for Prot if their shields didn't appear child-like in size.
As you can see, I am slightly biased to blue space goats. Those are my opinions anyway. Do you have clear lore choices or min/max racials? Choose at random? Share your opinion, tell me I'm wrong, make your own list and submit for those race changes!