Do roegadyns ever celebrate a holiday?

[DevilsDontFly]

I suspect it has something to do with the visual appeal of certain of the races.

While I understand that, at the same time I don't. It's pretty obvious that a lot of people like Roegadyns and Highlanders, but most people just don't/can't identify themselves or be comfortable enough being one, which doesn't mean they don't like to appreciate people who play Roes and Highlanders. Every race has it's appeal. I just think there's a misunderstood agreement that suggests that, because the majority plays Miqo and Lala, the other races are non-appealing or "ugly", which is not the case at all.

I play Miqo'te and occasionaly AuRa, but I love Roegadyns, Highlanders and Elezen. I simply can't play as one because of multiple reasons.
I wish SE to realize that this game isn't TERA and the reason to why certain races are less or more played is simply due to comfort and not because those races are loved/hated or have gamebreaking mechanics like small/bigger hitboxes.

[Kosmos992k]

You got something against Hellsguard? :u

Nope, not at all. It's just that among my friends who play Roe, they are all a green hue of some sort. It was also easier to think up some green themed examples on the spur of the moment.

While I understand that, at the same time I don't. It's pretty obvious that a lot of people like Roegadyns and Highlanders, but most people just don't/can't identify themselves or be comfortable enough being one, which doesn't mean they don't like to appreciate people who play Roes and Highlanders.

Clearly. Part of what I was getting at is that certain races in the game are more easily aligned with cute. As much as I think Rogadyn (or Highlanders or Elezen) look awesome, they will never have what I would considered as 'cute' as a quality they possess. When you look at the NPCs involved in these events they are drawn from all races of Eorzea, yet the concept art frequently favors other races because of the visual appeal that they offer. It may not be fair, but it's fairly typical of the real world to lean on visual appeal.

I wish SE to realize that this game isn't TERA

I'm certain that they realize this isn't TERA, female gear in this game vs TERA is a clear indicator of this.

and the reason to why certain races are less or more played is simply due to comfort and not because those races are loved/hated or have gamebreaking mechanics like small/bigger hitboxes.

Player comfort, or player preference? I think it's perfectly OK for people to talk of player preference, and because of the way SE designed FFXIV, none of the races have specific advantages over the others, meaning that it all comes down to player preference, or comfort (as you said) - a lot of which comes down to appearance - aka visual appeal. And it should be crystal clear that there is a wide range of what people consider visually appealing when you consider the huge range of appearances of our characters in FFXIV.

[Antonio_Xul]

While I understand that, at the same time I don't. It's pretty obvious that a lot of people like Roegadyns and Highlanders, but most people just don't/can't identify themselves or be comfortable enough being one, which doesn't mean they don't like to appreciate people who play Roes and Highlanders. Every race has it's appeal. I just think there's a misunderstood agreement that suggests that, because the majority plays Miqo and Lala, the other races are non-appealing or "ugly", which is not the case at all.

I play Miqo'te and occasionaly AuRa, but I love Roegadyns, Highlanders and Elezen. I simply can't play as one because of multiple reasons.
I wish SE to realize that this game isn't TERA and the reason to why certain races are less or more played is simply due to comfort and not because those races are loved/hated or have gamebreaking mechanics like small/bigger hitboxes.

I'm the total opposite of you. I main an Elezen and have 2 Highlanders & 1 Roegadyn alts. I couldn't ever play as a cat, lizard or a midget. It's just that they don't appeal to me.

[Kikoten]

Because sex appeal.

[AdventZero]

You want larger races present on event posters.

I want short cute girls shown in heavy armor more often.

Simple fix: we trade spots for a while. The next event poster will have a big strong Roe woman front and center, and the next epic desktop wallpaper art will have a cute Miqo'te PLD (DRK would also do) front and center. Seems like a fair trade to me.

[Inori-Yuzuriha]

Au Ra and Miqo'te master race

deal with it 8)

[Clethoria]

While indeed, this isn't TERA, it's still got Japan to consider first and foremost. What will sell more at an event? Kawaii uguu cat merch? Or manly mcbuff stronk Roe stuff? I also get that westerners are paying customers too, but we aren't the highest priority either.

[Kosmos992k]

While indeed, this isn't TERA, it's still got Japan to consider first and foremost. What will sell more at an event? Kawaii uguu cat merch? Or manly mcbuff stronk Roe stuff? I also get that westerners are paying customers too, but we aren't the highest priority either.

The apparent desire for "manly mcbuff stronk Roe stuff" instead of "Kawaii uguu cat merch" from male players in the west is somewhat counter intuitive to me. Oh well.

[Galaktica]

While indeed, this isn't TERA, it's still got Japan to consider first and foremost. What will sell more at an event? Kawaii uguu cat merch? Or manly mcbuff stronk Roe stuff? I also get that westerners are paying customers too, but we aren't the highest priority either.

To be fair, I don't think it's just a Japanese thing. The "waifu races" dominate every region by an incredibly large margin. Any art and screenshots on the subreddit for this game consists almost entirely of miqo'te and au ra. Roegadyn are probably way more common in the West than in Japan, but they're still far from what I would call popular.

While I do think SE is mainly giving players just what they want, I'm still somewhat convinced (I say this kinda joking, but also kinda serious) that they just aren't big fans of the race themselves.

[Tint]

there actually was a roegadyn in the artwork for this years moonfire faire:

http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...oonfire_Faire/