The character you made

I love Dark Elves/Drow and will generally play one if given the option. I like the combination of purple skin and white hair a lot (which is why it makes me sad that 95% Duskwights are the pale skin tone that looks nigh indistinguishable from Wildwoods). I generally tend to play male characters in most MMOs because I want the armor to actually look like armor (though XIV is better about it than most games). That and I really, really don't like the "cutesy anime waifu" vibes of most of the female character options.

My story is that Percy and his twin sister (my alt) were found as babies my a Roegadyn sailor who adopted and raised them alongside his son (my little brother's character). I started out in Limsa, so it feels appropriate, but ever since I reached Heavensward, I consider Percy's true home to be Ishgard. I even got myself a small house in Empyreum.

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Originally Posted by Midare

Playing my lala just puts a smile on my face every time. The waddle if I walk, the emotes, the facial expressions. How can I not adore the little pocket goth?

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My main piece of lore I have for her is that she's half dunesfolk and half plainsfolk.

I'm so glad that when I was picking, I dodge catgirl and au ra. This was the right choice, and the free fantasia I got will continue to gather dust in my saddlebag until the servers go offline.

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https://i.imgur.com/fv3imSp.jpeg

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Originally Posted by Carin-Eri

I always find it interesting how things that bother some people are preferred choices for others.

To be honest, my main motivation for choosing a Miqo'te was simply to blend in. In fact, as you put it, "I'm just a drop in the ocean of thousands of miqo'tes" - but that suits me.

I prefer to keep myself to myself for the most part and I don't generally spend a lot of time in the busier social areas - but when I do, being 'just another Miqo'te' is fine by me.

Saying that, I'll confess that I am content as I am and have never felt any need or desire to use a fanta.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...8c8f0e999afee&

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I mean I'm not being toxic about it. I'm not going around pointing at other miqo'te players and telling them to go fanta so I can be the only miqo'te. I just want to be able to have a more unique character, and because character customization options are a bit bland the only options really comes down to leaving a race that I enjoy and prefer myself due to it being the most popular and used race in game. I also get a tiny bit tired of all the miqo'te stereotypes, but those exist for every race so... oh well.

I picked a Viera at the beginning but got dissapointed he couldn't wear hats.
I got my free fantasia, my wife asked if she could make a character for me, and made this catboy. I wanted a Lala but I promised her I would play the catboy so I went in and... I ended up really liking his style.
I made a little RP headcanon that he's an orphan who was eventually found and adopted by a Viera (Hence why I still got a Viera name, too poor to change it lol). His wanderlust led him to leave his village when he grew up, combined with the fact he really never fit in, being a Miqo'Te living in the Salikawoods. He can't see his father anymore, but he writes letters to him to tell him how things are going.

So, for me, I wanted my character to look as strong and menacing as possible. I wanted people to think "Yeah, you don't mess with this one" when they look at my character. Yet, My character does share my IRL eye color which is a little part of me and that's the only think we have in common.

I didn't add fancy tatoo or anything like this, because it would be overwhelming on an Au Ra, so I rather keep it simple yet stylish.

All my glams are mostly Armors. You'll never see my character in anything else than something suitable for a fight. That's just how he should look ^^.


https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...e05d85c06801d&

I'm a former WOW player and after I quit, I missed my blood elf terribly. So naturally when I started FFXIV, I gravitated towards elezen. My blood elf was male so I made my elezen male. I see my elezen as an extension of myself. We don't look alike of course, but I dress him similarly to how I would dress, and even his emotes are similar to how I would react. I started as elezen in HW, switched to bunny boy at the start of EW, but it just didn't feel the same. A few weeks ago I switched back to my elezen and it just feels correct now. :)

Edit: I guess I should post a picture. I broke tradition and grabbed this cute dress out of my FC chest just to clear up space. This is something I would have never considered having him wear. Not the best picture but it's the only one I have of him wearing this dress right now.

https://i.imgur.com/FH5Z4vv.png

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Originally Posted by Kaliesto

I haven't done much RP with my character, but he started out similar to the Midlander WoL but with long hair (to pattern more of myself into the game), but eventually when I met Ardbert I was surprised how our faces looked similar minus eye color, and facial hair.

Eventually I changed over to the WoL hairstyle, but still with a similar face to Ardbert.

When I got to the part with Hades and Ardbert I popped a fantasia to make myself completely into Ardbert when that certain event happened (for my headcanon reasons).

When Endwalker happened, the only two things I changed was adding the new facial hair, and a scar on my cheek (yes the WoL in the Endwalker trailer has a scar on his face, but its faint and hard to spot).

So basically my character is the combination of the WoL & Ardbert.

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oh nice! I run into Ardbert-likes in dungeons from time to time. Usually they seem to know what they are doing (in my experience). I love running into Ardbert-likes

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Originally Posted by PercibelTheren

I love Dark Elves/Drow and will generally play one if given the option. I like the combination of purple skin and white hair a lot (which is why it makes me sad that 95% Duskwights are the pale skin tone that looks nigh indistinguishable from Wildwoods). I generally tend to play male characters in most MMOs because I want the armor to actually look like armor (though XIV is better about it than most games). That and I really, really don't like the "cutesy anime waifu" vibes of most of the female character options.

My story is that Percy and his twin sister (my alt) were found as babies my a Roegadyn sailor who adopted and raised them alongside his son (my little brother's character). I started out in Limsa, so it feels appropriate, but ever since I reached Heavensward, I consider Percy's true home to be Ishgard. I even got myself a small house in Empyreum.

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I like the hair you chose! The white and black combo that fades reminds me of the moon. Also yeah, I don't see nearly enough darker skinned, gray duskwight NPCs! Though, when I do see a gray skinned duskwight player in roulettes I know I am in for a treat.
I like how this game has a lot of glam options. I can look delicate in game or go full on heavy armor! Or some inbetween. Gender locking isn't too common which is nice.
I hear Limsa is a fun starting city to choose. I think I've played an alt who did start out in limsa but it has been a while.

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Originally Posted by Aldath

I picked a Viera at the beginning but got dissapointed he couldn't wear hats.
I got my free fantasia, my wife asked if she could make a character for me, and made this catboy. I wanted a Lala but I promised her I would play the catboy so I went in and... I ended up really liking his style.
I made a little RP headcanon that he's an orphan who was eventually found and adopted by a Viera (Hence why I still got a Viera name, too poor to change it lol). His wanderlust led him to leave his village when he grew up, combined with the fact he really never fit in, being a Miqo'Te living in the Salikawoods. He can't see his father anymore, but he writes letters to him to tell him how things are going.

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I really like your catboy! Gold is a great hair choice for him! Do you have anything written and how he ended up being an orphan? Also yeah, hats are great, I hope SE eventually gives viera all hats as an option ^^ though that reminds me, speaking of hats and viera, the new power-ranger like hat that came from the moonfire faire that viera can wear kind of reminds me of betty crocker red rubber spatulas...
Have you explored the silly hats that have ear coverings that still show it the miqote ear shape?

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Originally Posted by TabrisOmbrelame

So, for me, I wanted my character to look as strong and menacing as possible. I wanted people to think "Yeah, you don't mess with this one" when they look at my character. Yet, My character does share my IRL eye color which is a little part of me and that's the only think we have in common.

I didn't add fancy tatoo or anything like this, because it would be overwhelming on an Au Ra, so I rather keep it simple yet stylish.

All my glams are mostly Armors. You'll never see my character in anything else than something suitable for a fight. That's just how he should look ^^.


https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...e05d85c06801d&

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the ice blue eyes give him a colder look. His hair being frosty white also furthers this theme nicely. Yeah, he does look like someone you wouldn't want to mess with, especially with his tough looking armor! What armor is in that screenshot? It has nice detail work ^^
Do you have any other screenshots of him?

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Originally Posted by Meillquei

I'm a former WOW player and after I quit, I missed my blood elf terribly. So naturally when I started FFXIV, I gravitated towards elezen. My blood elf was male so I made my elezen male. I see my elezen as an extension of myself. We don't look alike of course, but I dress him similarly to how I would dress, and even his emotes are similar to how I would react. I started as elezen in HW, switched to bunny boy at the start of EW, but it just didn't feel the same. A few weeks ago I switched back to my elezen and it just feels correct now. :)

Edit: I guess I should post a picture. I broke tradition and grabbed this cute dress out of my FC chest just to clear up space. This is something I would have never considered having him wear. Not the best picture but it's the only one I have of him wearing this dress right now.

https://i.imgur.com/FH5Z4vv.png

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Oh nice! How are you liking the game?
The dress doesn't look bad, though he might look better in a different color! The tattoos look nice, don't think I've seen many characters with it. Maybe when you get a few screenshots of his usual style, would you be up to showing them?
What are your favorite emotes as elezen?

Yeah kinda sad. I like gray skin, but I also understand bluer shades can complicate making good color schemes. I haven't ran into many gray-skinned duskwights players in game. It is a treat when I do, though. I like your character's hair ^^ The white and black contrast nicely. Almost reminds me of the moon!

I want to apologize because my replies aren't saying as much as I'd like ^^; My brain won't fully working- kept waking up at night so my sleep quality wasn't that great

I used to love my character (and still do when it doesn't make sounds) but when they added those additional sounds to each voice, that seriously got me considering a fantasia just to change my voice....Catgirls with that high pitched "WOOOOO" should get a free fantasia.

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Originally Posted by KitingGenbu

I used to love my character (and still do when it doesn't make sounds) but when they added those additional sounds to each voice, that seriously got me considering a fantasia just to change my voice....Catgirls with that high pitched "WOOOOO" should get a free fantasia.

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lol I love my character's voice, he sounds so feral sometimes! Especially his laugh! By the way, did you know sitting and standing can have emote differences? I think the laugh emote is different based if you stand or sit