My wife and I will be rolling our death knights soon. The question is which race? My wife will go with Blood Elf because they're pretty. There's nothing wrong with that logic. But which race for me? Two things to keep in mind are that I'll be Horde and I care very much about the aesthetics of the character I'll be looking at for hours and hours. Racial abilities don't really make much of a difference in the grand scheme. Tauren: I'm not really down with the whole Earth Mother thing. And they're big. I'm annoyed enough with always having to look at the big hind quarters on my hunter's bear pet. I want to see the world and not a screenful of back side. Orc: They're big. They're mean. They're the iconic Warcraft race. They look pretty cool in the death knight armor. But they have a posture problem. Maybe it's just the way they're built but they are always hunched over. Especially the males. Maybe it's not a big deal. I'll keep Orc on my short list. Undead: Cool except for a few really annoying things. The bones of their elbows and knees are always exposed no matter what armor they're wearing. Most annoyingly, their toes always stick out of their boots and the undead toes look ridiculous. I thought the racial of breathing underwater would be nice but you don't really spend that much time underwater in WoW. Troll: They look pretty mean. But a Death Knight with a Jamaican accent just seems out of place. Also, their boots never cover their feet. Just the ankles. That's always seemed weird to me. Blood Elf: They look cool in the armor. I like the artistic design of the Blood Elf buildings. But I already play a Blood Elf hunter. It'd be nice to play a different race. Look like it's Orc then.