Unbalanced racial traits.

[Zatias]

OMG race actually plays a role now? =p

I see what you are saying but I thought the purpose of choosing a race was to specialize in your favorite jobs (i.e. Taru playing as mages will naturally be better as said mage than any other race, and naturally Elvaan will hit the hardest as DD than any other race; notice the "naturally" before you bring gear into this lol) If you like all jobs as many people will say, play as hume, they are average in everything... if you are so concerned about race performance XD

Although, as said already, race shouldn't matter in the least if you have the right gear, buffs and atma setup. It's a matter of personal taste and always has been.

[hideka]

You have over 2k hp without buffs? Or are you comparing galka mnk to taru smn?

lol i have 2k hp as a mithra mnk w/o curor buffs and no relic or obscene hp gear. just those nifty HP merits.

[Nynja]

I think there is a difference between Hume and everyone else.

Tarus with their MP and higher MND/INT makes better mages than Humes.

Elvaan with their higher HP and higher STR makes better DDs than Humes.

Galkas with their higher HP and higher VIT makes better tanks than Humes.

Mithra with their two bigger assets makes them more desirable than Humes....

I've never heard someone bitch and moan so much lol...

But hey, guess what:
Tarus with their low HP and STR and VIT make less desirable DD/tanks than humes
Elvaan with their low INT and mp make them less desirable mages than humes
Galka with their low INT and mp make them even less desirable mages than humes.
Mithra...theyre basically humes+1...same hp mp, humes have slightly higher str+vit+mnd, mithra have much higher dex+agi, and humes have much higher lolchr

In a game like FFXI which promotes multiclass per character, a balanced race like hume wins out. But even then, most of the "advantages" are very minor.

a taru BLM will have 919MP and 89INT
galka BLM will have 492MP and 79INT
elvaan BLM will have 645MP and 75INT

Taru>Galka: First of all, if a taru were chain nuking their full MP pool, they'd probably wind up dead. Secondly, that 10 INT is not going to account for that much discrepancy in damage, considering all the other gear involved. Third, a galka BLM can practically fulltime Uggalepih Pendant.


oh, and your original statement has flaws:
Tarus have the lowest MND stat along mithra

[scaevola]

Humes are good at making you look less like an emotionally stunted manchild when a friend asks what you're playing.

[Coldbrand]

Humes are good at making you look dead inside and boring.

Fixed that for you.

[Korpg]

Fixed that for you.

At least we send your kind into the mines.

[Meyi]

Thanks for correcting me.

And also proving my point.

WTF ARE WE GOOD AT????

You're good at not failing at any job.

Edit: Also, Taru have the worst MND in the game. Humes have much more MND than Taru. I believe you were looking at Elvaan as having higher MND than Humes.

[Korpg]

Actually, the point of most of my posts here is to show people that it really doesn't matter about racial differences.

Humes are great at nothing. But we don't suck at anything either.
Galkas are great at mining. Anything else, they suck at.
Mithras are great Dancers. Anything else, they suck at.
Tarus are great footballs. Anything else, they suck at.
Elvaan are great............screw it, they suck at everything.

Does a well geared Taru BLM outnuke me when I'm BLM? Probably. But there are too few out there to boast the damage output I put out on a daily basis.
Does a well geared Elvaan WAR outdamage me when I'm WAR? Most likely, but again, too few out there to boast the damage.

It all comes down to how you gear the character, not just how your character has certain stats going their way.

[Malacite]

Pro Tip: Merit HP 12/12 and build a decent PDT/MDT set.

[Fearforever]

Pro Tip: Merit HP 12/12 and build a decent PDT/MDT set.

Already have 12/12 HP merits, still have under 1150 HP on a NIN, and oh thank you... i hope it works for EVERY single job i have >.> and i'll be needing more inv space to carry it all around. /sarcasm