I love DROW... as most anyone can tell you!!!

:-D

The simple fact is, I've played CF since '94 and the Imms have done a FANTASTIC job balancing it all, race, class, whatever.

It's my opinion that the biggest factor over whether or not you think a race is good is whether or not you can play that race.

For example, a felar assassin can tear up most anyone at certain ranks with little effort from the player... as you gain ranks, you need to start using some strategy, and something other than "throw throw throw" or "trip trip trip"... (*remembers a poem from awhile back*) Whether or not you as the player can employ said tactics will determine whether or not you think the class 'sucks'...

Remember, just because you don't know how to use a race to its fullest potential, doesn't mean the race sucks.

I'm not saying you suck as a player, I'm just saying maybe a Drow isn't for you. They take more patience than the average race (at least in the beginning) and you need to have a better-than-average ability to flee/avoid combat, but in the end, there is a reason they have a 500exp penalty and it pays off.