Race balance

[Dauntless]

Well there is definitely a large strength difference between the races as its common for me to see an Elvaan Pup out-DPSing a taru mnk.

[Neisan_Quetz]

Well there is definitely a large strength difference between the races as its common for me to see an Elvaan Pup out-DPSing a taru mnk.

Sounds more like a gear/playstyle issue than race, not saying Taru isn't behind being a damage dealer in the strictest sense due to lower Str, but without further information I'm going to have to call exaggeration because the difference isn't large enough to be a complete landside if gear/merits/performance is the same.

[Jamesruglia]

Actually, I always thought the racial differences should be bigger if anything. At about Lv75, racial stat difference extremes range between 7-14 points. From a real life perspective, if you took an average person, a person who doesn't perform physical activity, and a Galka-like workhorse, they'd have a comparative difference of at least, without exaggurating, ten times that. A Lv30 tarutaru monk is still a tarutaru compared to, say, a Lv5 Galkan thief.

Then again, I always took this a step further and thought it'd be nice to take individual variation into account as well; a hume red mage who also practices Warrior arts a lot should have higher physical stats and lower magical stats than a hume red mage who spends their free time calling avatars out of their eternal slumber and slinging them back repeatedly outside Jeuno.

[Rambus]

Actually, I always thought the racial differences should be bigger if anything. At about Lv75, racial stat difference extremes range between 7-14 points. From a real life perspective, if you took an average person, a person who doesn't perform physical activity, and a Galka-like workhorse, they'd have a comparative difference of at least, without exaggurating, ten times that. A Lv30 tarutaru monk is still a tarutaru compared to, say, a Lv5 Galkan thief.

Then again, I always took this a step further and thought it'd be nice to take individual variation into account as well; a hume red mage who also practices Warrior arts a lot should have higher physical stats and lower magical stats than a hume red mage who spends their free time calling avatars out of their eternal slumber and slinging them back repeatedly outside Jeuno.

I agreee but i want more dex then a galka!

This is where I was trying to go, Why should 3 races be tied in a stat? if there was greater differences there could be more unique grades.

about the stat changing thing thats dependet what you do, it would be nice but I do not see how SE will carry that out. I guess that is why they made merits to stats but its not enough anymore.

we could increase caps for stat merits too.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

The whole point is moot anyway, since that are balance. If you wanted str, don't play the #5 race taru, play the #1 race elf. And if the debate was BLU-centric, you're a freakin' taru! You have the highest int in the game!

[Tsukino_Kaji]

Or us hume BSTs out WSing the elf WARs. ^^

[Kirana]

Don't you be hatin' on my 99 Mithra dex!

Seriously though, races are different for a reason.

[Neisan_Quetz]

Meant a well geared pup should beat a full pink mnk who doesn't gearswap, hence I said without more information he's over exaggerating the reason the elvaan is beating the taru, since he made it sound like a race issue. I could be wrong.
The main issue I have with being taru is the horrible hp stat but meh, free mp instead. Some more +HP gear wouldn't hurt but I think the available pieces are good enough.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

Get a cassie. lol

[Neisan_Quetz]

Rdm mindset, looking for HP pieces that don't lower mp, otherwise yes it's a good option.