Drangson wrote:
goblin side gets a mithril dragon and a dragon fire gun, so that makes it equal to the chicken and deathray basically. The goblins get cool bombs and mortars, and you can get a gnome enigeer to make that cap and net for you.
Actually, Mithril Dragonling is creatable by both sides, it's a vendor schematic.
As far as everything else goes, class is a major consideration in your choices. Pallies and Warriors are probably better off with the Goblin side because of the boost to their ranged prowess. Hunters get more out of Gnomish than goblin because they're already pretty adept at range. Rogues are probably fine no matter which way they go. It's a bigger grey area with everybody else, since most engineering items definitely cater to the less "magical" of the class spectrum.