Once physical levels are gone, will racial stats start to matter?

[Jobeto-Rin]

Hey now, don't underestimate them! I've seen a Lalafell hoist a man and lob him straight out of a bar before!

Anyone see the cut-scene from Ul'dah story where the twins totally kicked butt and threw those two miners out of the bar. yeah don't underestimate us lalafell ^^

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxEse...eature=related

After seeing that...how can you not?

Do lalafells come in plushes?

[Radiator]

This is a subject people will never agree on and the community will be divided. I personally would like racial stats with the ability to have equal playing field through (high level) questable RSE. The RSE in FFXI was lacking if I recall. If you were a Galka mage you were gimp.

[Rhomagus]

Well, can I have a boat that doesn't use water to travel?

Edit:
Seriously, I'm taking lore & or fantasy into consideration.
Not that it's mentioned anywhere that a roegadyn is an almighty power creature...but,

Wouldn't a lalafell be like "I'd rather fight a mid-size hyur than one of those roegadyn's!"?

Haven't read the entire thread but in the beginning Ul'dah missions there are Lalafell twins that serve as bouncers. Size doesn't matter in Eorzea.

[Sypherblade]

how about racial abilities? no stats...just one or two decent abilities locked to each race

[Jobeto-Rin]

Haven't read the entire thread but in the beginning Ul'dah missions there are Lalafell twins that serve as bouncers. Size doesn't matter in Eorzea.

Nevermind, I guess I am starting to think too much into it.

[Forerunner]

Problem with XIV is stats aren't race based they are clan based. People go into the game thinking "lalafell should have higher mp because taru did" and technically from a stat perspective Keeper of the Moon miqote is better on mp. Now we could all just level past that initial stat bonus. But it would gimp some people, my boyfriend is a Hellsgard GLA, will he be gimped because he chose the more main friendly clan of Roegadyn. Things like they don't want to happen thats why they gave us the opportunity to "level ourselves" but what if the clans had different bonus, Mages clans have more mages bonus, tank/dd clans have more hp bonues, so even if you chose a different clan than your class, its just a bonus, and not an actual thing you have to deal with gimping you from playing classes. In XI it was hard to be a galka mage, but the few who stuck with it were broken (meaning great gear), and could out do a taru mage cause they were trying.

MY Taru NIN pulling Hate through pure Melee DMG alone? ELV PLD shoulda been crying. Shameful stuff.

"He can't tank, he's a taru AND a ninja, lets get the PLD too!" Pfft.

[CK11]

pointless to have different races then, It made sense in XI a little taru shouldnt have as much str as a galka, being different is good

Are you kidding, have to seen the opening story quest for Uldah, those lalafell were freakin awesome, threw those Hyur like they were children, lol

I just kidding of coarse, i just played threw that scene and i couldnt stop laughing, you comment here just made me think of it.

[JayvirDeforte]

I find it funny that people are like... "oh no! Don't implement racial stats!". What they obviously don't know is that they already exist

[odette]

preferencial racial stats, no thanks

[Rinsui]

how about racial abilities? no stats...just one or two decent abilities locked to each race

Yes... even if it's just a bit of superficial, but memorable stuff. Like, Lala's being able to feign their death once per 30 minutes or something. Or Roegadyn being able to throw... Lala's.

Basically, I am completely o.k. with all races being equal after they are geared/configurated in an appropriate manner. What I am not o.k. with is a LV 1 midget having almost the same HP and VIT as a LV 1 giant.