User blog comment:ChishioKunrin/How much work would go into a RWBY MMO?/@comment-10380701-20150915073956/@comment-26397825-20150917064341

Perhaps so, but at least putting bonuses on the races would at least encourage the people who don't make an avatar just for the cosmetics to play different races. It's like the people who play Skyrim and want to play a thief, but don't like the way the Khajiit look, so they play as an elf. And then another player who plays a race because he likes the bonuses plays a Khajiit and makes a thief. The Khajiit thief will find it easier to level as a thief, but ultimately it is up to the players what they play and how they play.

I'm not saying there is anything wrong with making a character based on looks, but you should at least make things interesting for the players who like to play based on bonuses as well.