Turrets do not scale with race , they ' re universal . As for race , I went with Charr because it just seems to fit the engineer theme better to me . Skills , especially turrets , all have that banged together look rather than the elegance usually inherent to Asura . Furthermore I just like the look of charr . When you get the outfits down right they can be pretty awesome , though Asura do have less clipping issues than charr , so it ' s a bit of give and take . Also , occasionally , when I charge in with hammer 3 my charr will yell out WAHOOO ! and that just makes me giddy . In the end it just comes down to what you would like . If you want some ideas on look and what you might dig on better , check out . You can browse by race , gender , armor weight , colors , even using specific items if you have an idea in mind . It ' s how I usually decide what I want each of my classes to be . Good luck to you , and happy flamethrowering .