Just me, or are Raen Auri...EXCEEDINGLY polite?

like, all of them I've spoken to so far in the game.

even the one guy who told me to GTFO right now when I got to that Underwater town in the MSQ...did so in the most polite manner.

is this politeness a specific trait of the Raen?

It is part of their culture as their tribe focus more on being less aggressive and more peaceful.

Part of FF14 interaction with different cultures in the storyline will show a lot of aspects involving the difference in the cultures the WoL encounters so expect different behaviors due to cultural preferences.

Ruby Sea and The Steppes were pretty much Au Ra Lore zones! It was great! You got to learn so much!

There was really only one Au Ra Raen settlement in the game, and besides some initial rudeness due to our unexpected intrusion they otherwise have little reason to not be polite. There are a few Raen amongst the members of the Confederacy but they would still likely hail from the same groups so despite their more ruthless occupation they would still have little need to be rude. We simply don't fight many in the game if at all to my knowledge who would be keen to insult us.

The Raen are still people, and people can be rude, but unless we can find one deep in his cups in Kugane then I doubt we will suffer verbal abuse from one in the near future.

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Originally Posted by SicariusSeven

Ruby Sea and The Steppes were pretty much Au Ra Lore zones! It was great! You got to learn so much!

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With the Raen we only got a single settlement but with the Xaela we really got a region and great deal more interaction with them. They really came off as "Proud Warrior Race," even the Mol who described themselves as "lambs among wolves" didn't shy away from this moniker. In the real world, steppe nomads were amongst the hardiest people on the planet due to their brutal eviron. In the fantasy setting of FF14, this hardiness is multiplied. Frankly it is only due to the fractious nature of the Xaela Tribes that they have not taken over most of Othard by now - even the Empire thought twice about going against them.

Some of the auri retainer dialogue can be rather impolite.

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Originally Posted by Zohar_Lahar

Some of the auri retainer dialogue can be rather impolite.

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Well yah, those are custom chosen by the player and serve as the responses for both Raen and Xaela. Even then the only "impolite" responses come from the rough category and those are quite tame. Mostly irate dockhand but nothing rude about it. Slightly disrespectful sure, but that's it.

Xaela are a WARRIOR race! (Quick, someone kill Alphinaud for no reason so I can go Super Xaela!)

Dragon Ball jokes aside, the Raen derive a lot of their culture from Japan - especially feudal Japan, with the isolationism and all that. Japanese culture is noted for it's extreme politeness (as Hancock notes when you get there it takes forever to get anything done because the Hingans are so fond of pleasantries), so that the Raen would be polite even while telling you to get off their lawn isn't all that surprising.

I noticed that they seemed slightly more polite than may be expected, but I did not find their politeness to be extremely excessive nor dissonant with my overall impression of their character.

When I went through the Raen palace (Shisui), the aesthetic to me was that of a temple more than a palace. It had settled in my mind that the undersea Raen royalty were modeled after the feudal era Japanese emperors, who were more a spiritual figureheads than rulers (especially in the military sense). In that vein, the of villagers of Sumi no Sato are non-interventionist and non-confrontational at their core.

Yugiri being something of an exception.

Furthermore, the Raens who first greeted the player, I thought, were basically caretakers and priests, who are even more disinclined to be very forceful when compared to an average sui no Sato villager.

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Originally Posted by Warr_of_Lint

I noticed that they seemed slightly more polite than may be expected, but I did not find their politeness to be extremely excessive nor dissonant with my overall impression of their character.

When I went through the Raen palace (Shisui), the aesthetic to me was that of a temple more than a palace. It had settled in my mind that the Raen royalty were modeled after the feudal Japanese emperors, who were more a spiritual figureheads than rulers (especially in military sense). In that vein, the Raen people are non-interventionist and non-confrontational at their core.

Yugiri being something of an exception.

Furthermore, the Raens who first greeted the player, I thought, were basically caretakers and priests, who are naturally disinclined to be very forceful when compared to a regular villager.

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It's more Sui-no-Sato than the Raen as a whole. It and the Shisui seem like a fairly small community, and the only community we know of that's exclusively Raen. The rest of the clan's a diaspora, and just seem to adopt the customs of the area they live in.

Sorry, I meant just the underwater Raens.