Josh, You are correct. You do not need approval.
Alex, at the moment yes, it is arbitrary and we are not following specific statistics. I do not honestly foresee so many people playing Jaxuarians etc... that they will need to be capped and it is possible that when all is said and done that even tthe capped concept will be shelved.
I woke up one morning and decided I did not like the idea that we advertise race options and then immediately take those options away from the starting character selection. If we say you can play a dark elf, id rather you be able to play a dark elf without a huge hassle aside from the players obligation to play the race correctly. Most of these races require prosthetics or an understanding of thier specific RP outside the fantasy standard/norm, this is why I changed it to the concept of "capped" instead of just rolling them completely into the regular races. Regardless of wether the change could have been designed slightly better, it is still an improvement that was quickly made for the benefit of the players. This update occupied a minuscule amount of the staffs time, and did not hinder or sidetrack progress in other areas. Even if it could be better, and even if we change it again to be better in the future, I feel that it was a small amount of time well spent.
The people who work on rules and the Story Tellers who work on plot, are constantly working really hard to make improvements. I witness thier hard work first hand, and on a constant basis. I can think of no other group of people who have worked so hard over the years to constantly improve.
- James C. Kimball Director, Knight Realms
