What race are you?

I usually have a hard time deciding which class to play in a game, but in this one you can eventually gain all of them, that's great! But I am having one heck of a time deciding which race to play. Which race did you choose and do you wish you made something else now?

I chose Miqo'te and I've had no wish to change. I wanted to be Elezen at one point but the screenshots of certain characters kept me from choosing that race.

I played Elezen in 1.0, and enjoyed her, but during beta 4 got hooked on a Miqo'te, the emotes made me happy for some reason. I still have my elezen, made a lala on a Japanese server, for when i can't play NA.

I chose Miqo'te. Originally Zophia Costa was a Seeker of the Sun, but after playing for a while, her eyes really got to me so i decided to change her to Keeper of the Moon.

I still keep most of her original look in my Retainer, albeit with a hair colour change and copious amounts of make up. :P

Lallafel was my second choice. I have always been a fan of cute, small and attractive races in MMO's.

I like Hyur. Especially the female Highlander. They can be made to look movie-star gorgeous. (I really like the character creation function.)

Hyur Midlanders can be pretty fetching as well, but they seem to be more cute-gorgeous than the Highlander girls. :cool:

If you want perky-cute then go Miqo'te. The females are so darn perky that it ought to be illegal. :D

It was a difficult choice for me between a female Duskwight and female Highlander. I played the Duskwight during beta but chose the Highlander for launch. I have nothing against the Duskight, but didn't really enjoy towering over everything. The opposite is true of Lafallell for me. Can't stand being tiny or too tall! I don't care for Miqo'te (damn cats are everywhere as it is!). Neutral towards the other races and subspecies.

The real conclusion to any selection, is basically how you feel about a certain race, if their background fits your choice of life style, and what it basically means to you. Everyone is different.

I chose Miqo'te/Keepers Of The Moon, as their background fits my preferred way of life in the world, and reflects who I am as a person.

Other then that. The choice is yours!!

Neko... Er, Cat... er... Miqo'te...

Yeah... I like cats so... there you go.

Though last night I made a second character, one of the elves... whatever they're called. I absolutely hate elves in fantasy, but decided to give one a look here. They do look better once you've got one on your screen running around than they do in the character creator. Shoulders are too wide, neck is too long, and head is too small... but once animated these things are not as bad. I read somewhere a survey of race choices and it seem Neko dominates all other choices by a very wide margin - something like 34% of all characters in this game. In most MMOs, elves end up being over 50% of the entire character base (in WoW, they are between 70-80%)... Here, they are under 10%.

Popularity seems to be:

Neko --> Human --> Gnome --> Elf --> Ogre.
( Miqo'te --> Hyur --> Lalafell --> Elezen --> Roegadyn. )

Though the last two are pretty close.


That surprises me, I expected the small people to be last since they look so childish. And I've never seen a game with something more popular than human. That said humans are also over 30%.

http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...racter_survey/

Hyur Midlander 2232 13%
Hyur Highlander 1439 9%
Miqo'te Seeker of the Sun 3565 21%
Miqo'te Keeper of the Moon 2243 13%
Elezen Wildwood 541 3%
Elezen Duskwight 616 4%
Roegadyn Sea Wolves 629 4%
Roegadyn Hellsguard 3135 19%
Lalafell Plainsfolk 847 5%
Lalafell Dunesfolk 1406 8%

Looks like its even more extreme now:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1p59.../viewanalytics
But that Lalafell have fallen down to number 4 in popularity - more like I expected. With the Ogres moving up all the way to the number 2 spot.


The survey is flawed though. Its a poll. Accurate results can be found on the lodestone website by searching characters, but you'd have to do it with a LOT of filters and then tally it all because any result over 1000 comes back with just the first 1000.

I think I'm going to switch to Elezen,
Still waiting for my veteran reward (Fantasia pot), this MOGstation won't let me extend my subscription wtf

I think it depends on how you want to look. Hyurs males are more buff and manly, Elzen are more elegant, Lalafells are more on the adorable side, Miqo'te are more of your typical anime young guy kind of look and Roegadyn look more beastly and rugged. As for the girls, the Hyur seem to be more curvy and lovely, Elzen to me are more mature and elegant looking, the Miqo'te are perky cute anime girls, the Lalafell are super cute and the Roegadyn are well....still pretty beastly and rugged. They all have their ups and downs so it honestly depends on what you want to go for, how it will portray you or your character (if you play in character). I personally picked a lalafell and when I when I want to see above the knee of people and not be sickly adorable, I picked a Miqo'te. They have the best emotes imo. : )

We need more Lala's! Considering changing since Lala's are cute and well there is 1 million Cats roaming.

After trying all of them I've settled on Mi'Qote. I just like the running and action animations the best, and the emotes are awesome. It just feels like the most thought-out of the races from a design standpoint.

I'm a Hyur... and I have no idea how to pronounce that.

So I just use "Highlander" instead. ^^

I'm surprised I haven't seen a "THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!" joke yet. :P

Hmm, I'm torn between Lalafell, Female Hyur, and Miqote. I really have a thing for ponytails and hair accessories, but it is a little boring playing something that is basically Human. Miqote are cute, but there's just too many of them. And Lalafell are fun, but lack the hair accessories I'm looking for. BTW, they can be either male or female, although I tend to favor female Hyur over male Hyur. There's just something about their faces...

BTW, the phial of fantasia will come at the end of the mouth, sadly. 1.0 players and such may get it sooner as their subscription expires sooner than those who bought the new version.

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Originally Posted by BlaineCraner

I'm a Hyur... and I have no idea how to pronounce that.

So I just use "Highlander" instead. ^^

I'm surprised I haven't seen a "THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!" joke yet. :P

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Connor vs Duncan.... Highlander End Game.

Elezen DuskWright here

Currently a Hyuran male. While I enjoy the character being a cyber alter-ego, and looking really bad-ass in cutscenes, the horrid appearences of certain equipments (coloseum shawl - check; subligars - check; even DRG and BRD AF which look really good on Elezens look kinda weird :/) is really forcing me to change race and gender to an Elezen Female... AND if they ever introduce dancer into the game i will most certainly change to female too lol

Lalafell ^^

I am a Lala-cute :P
In my core group of friends that have gamed together for years now, I am the short one, the " cute " one, the one that sounds " so cute and young " on vent. I'm also the one that make decisions in games based on how cute something is :P

So when we moved to FF14 my decision was easy = D So far I am the only Lala-cute in our midst =)

No regrets ! So many Cat Peoples in the game that I don't need to make one cuz I can look at all kinds everywhere I go =D

Hyur. Highlander. Female. Gorgeous <3

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Originally Posted by Anders

Hyur Midlanders can be pretty fetching as well, but they seem to be more cute-gorgeous than the Highlander girls. :cool:

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Hyur Midlanders look the best overall (in my opinion).

I tend to go for looks when picking a race... but for many games that can be a bad idea.

I think my next character would either be a Lalafell Dunesfolk, or perhaps the Miqo'te Seeker of the Moon.

Miqo'te need to be uglier, or they need to change the lore to make miqo'te the most populous race. They should have expected every 15 year old on the planet to pick the overly anime furry class to play. Too many ears and tails running around Eorzea for my liking. Hyur for life, though Roegadyn (F) are attractive too save for the nose.

Also I totally agree Anders. Midlanders have the youthful attractiveness, Highlanders have the mature attractiveness. I love the highlander thighs, absolutely gorgeous.

I was torn between manqo'te and fem roe. I had both in phase 3, manqo'te as a caster and roe as melee DD. But after playing my roe, I came to a conclusion and remade her in phase 4. But it wasn't as simple as that... Later whenever I saw a manqo'te tank in that fancy stormtrooper -gear, I got jealous. So I made a new manqo'te marauder who shall be my main tank. :) I might change the new manqo'te to look like my p3 one with the veteran phial, but will have to think on it. My FC buddy's quite fond of the new look, durrhurr.

I am a sack race

Miqo'te cuz cat ppl rule Eorzea

Forget the Garlandian Empire.

Furries are invading! AAAAA! 8[]

/jk

I chose Miqo`te because they have ears and a tail, and I like hybrids. If they didn't exist in the XIV world I would have chosen Elezen.

No love for Roegadyn?

They're so big compared to the other races. It's quite funny watching a Roegadyn and a Lalafell talk to each other.

I have a Highlander female too. Fantastic thighs, as 16bitBounty said.

I have this story going where my two characters are looking for each other, but they can never meet because they're on the same account.

It's a pretty sad story.

I chose Miqo'te female, Seeker of the Sun, mainly because the hairstyle and whatnot fit what I was going fair. A female Genesis Rhapsodos, haha. I tried the male, but oh man, I couldn't get over the run cycle of him. It's so exaggerated and the tail just flops everywhere! I can't. I just can't.

However, I did make an elezen female on the Zalera server with all the green I could ever want because I love the color green (although I added one pink eye and pink ear clasps because complimentary colors, haha). Just not sure when I'll play her since I am TERRIBLE at playing more than one character. The storylines, for the post part, will essentially be the same with a few differences here and there. So it's hard for me to do, what is essentially, a replay. But who knows, maybe I'll test out what Genesis would look like as an Elezen and change her race when the Phial of Fantasia comes out if I like it?

I'm a Hyur, but the bigger kind..Highlander I think?

My 1.0 character was a Hyur Midlander Female (which i actually have as a retainer now). Back then i just didnt like the way the 'faces' of the Miqo'te were set up... i could never find one i liked. In 2.0, i went back to what i wanted to make in 1.0.. which was a Miqo'te. I started out as a Seeker of the Sun, but after a while... the eyes, and for some reason her skin-tone kept bothering me, and i started to notice the facial features i didnt like in 1.0 again. But, on a whim, i used the potion to re-customize her and switched over to a Seeker of the Moon. Now i love the way she's turned out (really only eddited her tail shape/length, and head).. .kept all coloring (except skin-tone) the same.

and just gotta love the Miqo'tes /furious gesture.... i use it all the time at the gobby in Brayfox (if i spelled that dungion right), for dropping his 'invisable' bombs during one of those boss fights.

I made a F Miqo'te Keeper in beta 2 and remade her for 3 and 4. Played her through the first two weeks of live game as well; My alt a Hyur Highlander F became the toon I wanted to play on most and I switched them. I've loved hybrids, and mithra/miqo'te, for a long time but my Hyur is the one I really enjoy watching in cutsceens.... She has such attitude!

Hyur Highlander females are the best! xD I just wished they had access to the same hairstyles the Midlander does.

I tried getting used to a Midlander..but they look too much like teens to me..and when I made her walk..OMG Dainty princess incoming!

I found lalas to be the most versatile. Yeah, they look super cute (I look like a girl when wearing a hooded garment) but they also look incredibly badass in heavy armour.

I thought I would have a serious problem deciding as I always have issues with odd running or walking. Tried female elezen but found her run a bit odd. Tried roegadyn but female run is just too masculine looking for me. Lalafell just have the oddest waddle. Yep I'm being picky but hey I have to watch her run around for hours at a time so it matters. Cats have lovely moves but as said before there are sooo many already. Wish all you cat lovers weren't here lol. Hyur? Midlander is a bit 'dainty' running although fighting looks great. So I guess that leaves Highlander. lol.

I'm an altoholic so one day I'll probably have all 8 character slots filled, but right now my main is a male Roegadyn.

I was expecting to be a Miqo'te because I love cats and they're the reason I became interested in the game, but I could never customize one in a way that I liked, and then I messed around with Roegadyn customization and just. Fell in love.