I installed CoS Arkadia about 2 hours ago and booted it up to find absolutely no background information on any character races or classes.
I searched the STEAM Community pages and found 2 guides with diddly squat in them so I googled a few other sites and pieced together the following guide in an easy to read format.
as I havent actually played the game yet I would like to point out that this is very much a work in progress but at least this guide has given me the knowledge to create my character. I also noticed someone had already taken my name... Grrr

Now, read on and play hard!
-Rogue

City of Steam has a selection of races and classes which have different stats. The table below should help you pick which race and class suits your gaming style and provide you with insight to achive your desired race and class combinations.

First choose a race and a sex then a class and then styling.
When you click create you will be told what sub race you are, you dont get to choose but if you start over and choose a different race you can get a different outcome.

Assuming you have played similar games before and have a vague idea of character creation, take a look at the table below and see which race suits you best.


Next we need to pick a class

you can choose from:

Arcanist
Weapons: Staff, Wand
Armor: Bracer Armor, Light Armor, Shields
Skill Trees: Fire, Ice, Lightning
Well suited for Aven, Draug, Goblins

• +5 Mental Agility
  
• +5 Mental Endurance
  
• +5 Attack Rating
  
• +5 Defense Rating

Gunner
Weapons: Blunderbuss, Musket, Pistol, Repeater
Armor: Aegis Armor, Light Armor, Medium Armor
Skill Trees: Sharp Shooting, Trigger Magic, Support Fire
Well suited for Aven, Riven, Goblins, Hobbs,

• +5 Physical Strength
  
• +5 Luck
  
• +5 Mental Endurance
  
• +5 Reflex
  
• +5 Speed

Warder
Weapons: Axe, Hammer, Mace, Polearm, Saber, Sword
Armor: Heavy Armor, Medium Armor, Robe Armor, Shields
Skill Trees: Judgement, Leadership, Duty
Well suited for Ostenian, Stoigmari, Orcs

• +5 Physical Endurance
  
• +5 Critical
  
• +5 Sunder

Channeler
Class Weapons: Scepter, Spear
Class Armor: Medium Armor, Robe Armor, Shields
Class Skill Trees: Harmony, Healing, Radiance
Best Races for City of Steam Channeler:
Ostenians, Riven

• +5 Mental Strength
  
• +5 Mental Endurance
  
• +5 Defense
  
• +5 Back Pack