There is nothing about any of these races that strikes me as being particularly interesting. If I was to not play a human, I would want to go really hard on the "not human" spectrum and play a subrace. Starting a character with an inability to interact with half of the server (typically more) is really dissatisfying for a game that thrives on engaging character interactions.
In my time on EFU, I've observed that dwarves and elves tend to be a part of small clique groups (usually organized OOC) that, as you say, die immediately once the leadership goes away. The lore isn't very interesting and most subrace characters tend to feel like cringy caricatures. Aye ale kin; vedui cousin; rapscallion halflings; crazy tinkery gnomes. Humans on the other hand have a wide variety of options and are the server "default" which makes them feel more diverse.
I don't know that there is really a way to change this. It feels intentional, like the DMs prefer that 70-80% of the PC population is human.
In my time on EFU, I've observed that dwarves and elves tend to be a part of small clique groups (usually organized OOC) that, as you say, die immediately once the leadership goes away. The lore isn't very interesting and most subrace characters tend to feel like cringy caricatures. Aye ale kin; vedui cousin; rapscallion halflings; crazy tinkery gnomes. Humans on the other hand have a wide variety of options and are the server "default" which makes them feel more diverse.
I don't know that there is really a way to change this. It feels intentional, like the DMs prefer that 70-80% of the PC population is human.