Personally I was completely alright with all races having the same neutral walking/idle animations, as I prefer neutrality when it comes to non-voiced main characters with choices. But I am also not against races having unique animations
as long as it is done right, looks good and I get a choice to choose my personality.
So far though the animations don't really look that impressive to sacrifice the neutrality of one's personality. But I'm sure they'll be made better eventually.
- Githyanki idle - Not really a fan of this one. It looks too militaristic and doesn't really look like something that suits an interplanar race of mystical warriors gathering knowledge from all realms. It looks more like something that belongs to a Fighter or Barbarian class rather than a whole race.
- Elven animations - Observing my Female Drow animations makes me visualize a fawn elegantly prancing around. The animation definitely captures the elven grace, but does not look fitting for a heavy class. And it still needs improving though as it looks terrible when dual-wielding.
I definitely would like to be able to choose my character's personality/stance, such as Neutral or Racial because it is an important part of one's personality. To an extent this also connects to facial expressions during conversations, which end up conflicting with the way the player imagined their character and breaking immersion. I really dislike the "scared & surprised" facial expression in dialogues. Looks so bad.
