Lalafell's Ruined (For Me) By a Couple People

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Originally Posted by savageink

I think most of the real weirdos are too busy arguing for teen/pre-teen racial options to be concerned with inhuman shaped potatos these days. On my lala alt the worst i seem to get is head pats from idiots.

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If you’re a potato and you’re grouped up with me you’re getting dat head pat. Dems da rules.

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Originally Posted by CookiesNCreams

FFXIV has the oddest community when it comes to roasting each other’s characters lol. For example, 90% of people make fun of anyone using a male miqote to be an ERPer. And a lot of people make fun of female midlanders and call them “generic” or “stupid dollface”. In my opinion, it’s entertaining, but I am sorry to hear about your experiences.

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You never played a gnome in Wow dont ya.

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Originally Posted by Pebbles_Jaeger

Well i mean not going to lie I find lala's in bikini's / thongs weird or in panty hoses but that has more to do with how players dress them than the actual race itself. They are childish play like that and fine. Dress them up as a stripper and I find that weird. But I won't go out of my way to insult the person for that or make fun of them. I mean a Lalafel is great in a potroast with some garlic and thyme ;)

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Well the problem with Lala generally is some of the body proportions are non functional. It's a little hard to explain but pretty much we take for granted that Shoulders are generally as broad as the hips or close to it, or that people have waists that taper. Cause once you remove aspects like that, certain clothing styles start looking really wierd. I did a photoshop edit of Lalafells a while back regarding issues with clipping, and personally the models would look better if they had more defined forms...I probably still have that photoshop somewhere.

My main is a potato too and I hate that mentality as well, it's kind of why i play alts most of the time and as much as i love my potato girl so much, i sometimes want to go back hyur and avoid this kind toxic mentality.

But then I remember that random pats on head is love so I stay.

I've been playing MMO's for nearly 15 years now and I've always been drawn to playing small, cute characters. In every MMO that gave me the option, there have been players who hated having the small race in game. I recall Horde players in WoW following my gnome around Shattrath spamming /spit at me. I've learned to shrug it off, as when I hear reasons given they always end sounding shallow, immature or just self-centred.

I have run into a handful of creepy types of the years but they do seem to be a thankfully small minority (and funnily enough never play the small races themselves).

Ultimately I play what I want to play and though I'm a fantasia addict, I always cone back to Lalafell in the end. They're just so cute it cheers me up to see them in action. As for the jokes, I admit I like those, often affectionately referring to my character as a Tater or a Spud. Not a big fan of the punting thing mind. Reminds me of the /spit spam.

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Originally Posted by Barraind

I changed to lalafel on what was basically a bet. I was never much a fan of them, and I tend to ignore short races in every game because hit box and sight lines tend to always be worse the smaller you are.

But then you do the ninja airplane run, and you have the silliest and most expressive facial expressions around, and its like, oh, ok, this is kinda cute.

And now I ride a twitchy blue battlesteed and look cute while hitting things with giant swords.

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Yep. I remember that. You were the definition of a reluctant lalafell.

Then you discovered the emotes.

Now, you are both a lalafell and a talented screen photographer. It makes me happy that you are happy.

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Originally Posted by Melichoir

Well the problem with Lala generally is some of the body proportions are non functional. It's a little hard to explain but pretty much we take for granted that Shoulders are generally as broad as the hips or close to it, or that people have waists that taper. Cause once you remove aspects like that, certain clothing styles start looking really weird. I did a photoshop edit of Lalafells a while back regarding issues with clipping, and personally the models would look better if they had more defined forms...I probably still have that photoshop somewhere.

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It was a great edit. To tell you the truth, I feel your idea of what a lalafell should look like is spot on.

Did you know lalafell are called dwarves in the Japanese version of the game? So, why don't lalafell have dwarven body models?

Thanks again for all the positive replies, guys. :3 Honestly, back in the day this thread would've turned into a huge war between sides. I'm 100% sure of it. The guy and his followers would even bring up that someone was a lalafell in threads that had nothing to do with race.

P.S I love head pats

Stay a lala when we get the dwarves as a beast tribe quest during shadowbringers those who have playable lalas will laugh the most.

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Originally Posted by Kacho_Nacho

It was a great edit. To tell you the truth, I feel your idea of what a lalafell should look like is spot on.

Did you know lalafell are called dwarves in the Japanese version of the game? So, why don't lalafell have dwarven body models?

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Well it would fix a lot of problems with the design aspects, but people like the potato power design. Small world though because I only found out later that the edit I did actually also made them a lot closer in design to how Harven from GBF are. Which I personally think is a more appealing design and far more functional then they currently are. Oh well. Lalafells are cute and fun to play as.

I am glad that you feel better about being a lalafell again! I hope you keep creating tons of memories with her. ♡