Hi all, lets discuss our favorite races - ones ingame ofc!
From the efficiency pov i vote for hearth orleans (or hobbits as i like to call them) cuz of the additional crit ofc. 50% bonus damage is good in every fight not only in some harder encounters (like wild orlean bonus or aumaua bonus), it doesnt depend on low hp to tick, its not temporary and it doesnt get devaluated in the middle - endgame period like the DR bonus of fire GL or the heal of moon godlike. That feature made me start another runthrough with a full hobbit party which i call the pilgrims of the holy crit.
Considering there are always at least 2 member aiming the same target, this bonus alone would lead to more than one crit out of every two strikes done by my team. The basic crit rate, buffs and gear arent even taken into account here.
Optically i like the concept of godlikes. In my previous runthrough i tried a fire godlike of aumaua size as fighter. I must say in the sanguine plate it looks realy amazing - even without the new helm. Yet the fire damage it does is just lame and the couple points of DR arent that much of value in the later game.
In general i prefer human or aumau from the optical side cuz their body structure fits so good to plate armor which i sport asap (rederics castle gets depopulated right after caed nua) and all the time, yet i find their race bonuses far less attractive than the orlean one.