Which race deserves to be the main protagonist?

[Reinhardt_Azureheim]

I'm also pretty sure that there are some role-players who want the ability to play as halfling races although that would require it's own kind of stat balancing for new characters...

To be fair, race stats matter so little past lv49 that I could see SE just flat out baseline them accross the board to effectively remove them like they did with elemental resistances based on patron deity.

[alimdia]

The way Yugiri acts before her face reveal puts Au Ra in the last spot as far as fitting goes, not only that but no one in the 1-50 MSQ even bats an eye to the fact that you're the only scaly person in most of the continent.

[ElHeggunte]

A FemRoe, no question. Bow down to your Amazonian Goddess.

[Jandor]

1st choice. Miqo'te, because that's what my character is.

2nd choice. Hyur, because they're obviously the default race.

[NolLacnala]

Lalafells of course. Keeping Eorzeans fed and battle ready, one baked potato at a time.

[Nabril]

Well I'm not sorry to disagree, Nabril, but I would also (as an elezen and highlander main) say au ra... But xaelas specifically. Because yes, they have that unique point of view, but, at the same time, they're pretty religious, and not that violent nor that stupid. They're pretty much less violent than Ul'dah or even Limsa are, they live peacefully eleven months a year, and they have one of the most developed lores in the game...

Plus, it fits every event in the MSQ, from the opening cinematic to the whole doman/mhigan liberation. It also makes much more sense for the nadaam, for the cold reception you got in ishgard and so on.

And they look cool. Less than elezens, but hey.

Even the faction of Au Ra that believes that they all grow stronger in death was finally realizing that death is taking too much of them. Every year they slaughter each other and every year they grow weaker. You know it's bad when the ones who aren't afraid of death finally start to fear it. Remember? One even warned her that they can't take too many more deaths until they get their population back up. They'll all be extinct soon since it takes a couple centuries to increase your fighting force yet the ritual happens to the death every year.

[Corue]

Human. Everything else is objectively wrung.

[Felis]

Yoshida choosed a female Lalafell as his main character.

[Tizzy_Tormentor]

Nemazu, the only true answer, yes yes!

[Zsolen]

It obviously IS lalafell, though. We are the one true race, the rulers of the realm. He who controls the money controls the world.

A 'he' wouldn't control the world then. U'ldah's merchants have nothing on Rowena!

A female midlander the Warrior of Light?