Everyone hates the elf race?

[Haxaan]

I love the Elezen. I have been every race, male and female, and I always come back to Elezen Male for my main. They can be awkward at times and are honestly really hard to do well because a lot of glam just plain doesn't look great on them, but when you do find the right glam it always looks better on them than any other race. Their proportions are tricky but I love being a part of a race that isn't completely saturated. It gives me more of a sense of rarity.

[stormygabe]

*Looks at user pic* I dunno why people would want to play as a Fridge but more power to you.

This is like...the emperor...of clap backs.

[Skivvy]

I normally like elf races but I just can't make an elezen that I like in this game. I tend to call them discount elves because there's just something that feels off about them.

Give the vierfa elf ears instead of bunny ears and they'd be good elves imo.

Same. I've tried a few times myself, but the fantasia never lasts long. As I see it, I paid my dues as a female Elvaan in XI. I've had enough of their unique body shape to last me awhile. Nothing against those who do actually enjoy the look, it's just not for me.

I am super excited that Viera are coming as it's a tall race with proportions more to my liking

[Elkanah]

Most of (my) elf race issues comes back to FFXI, where Elvaan were straight up arsholes in the narrative or culture. The players themselves were fine. But the NPC's made hating tarutaru and Elvaan much more likely for the players. And so far, there's maybe only 2 I really liked in FFXIV and 1 of them is (SPOILERS) dead. Otherwise, all the other Elezen seem to be on the same path as XI's culture, which is why seeing elezen players is somewhat rare on aether data center (between party finder and duty finder)

[Roda]

1, what's up with all these necros lately?

2

This is like...the emperor...of clap backs.

Idk, femroes would be terrible fridges. They're too hot. :T

[stormygabe]

Idk, femroes would be terrible fridges. They're too hot. :T

Maybe they could be oversized ovens then. Kilns?

[MagiusNecros]

Either way it's more a compliment. Either I'm a fridge that houses delectable food and drink or an oven to make a tasty pizza. Can't really go wrong.

[Tint]

Small elves are best elves o.o/

Now when I think about it... I think, I am a fairy! Yes, Lalafell are fairies! :O

[Bonbori]

1, what's up with all these necros lately?

I'm genuinely impressed. General alone has like... 2464 pages as of this moment. How does one even dig up something from 2014? Who would browse the archives so greedily and so deeply and get so lost in time? @.@

But what amazes me even more is how there's never been a forum cleanup. I've never seen a forum that kept threads from 6 years ago. Just imagine... years from now, all the silly stuff we say today will still be around, a treasure trove of blackmail material someone will be a quick search away from using against us. Huh... I guess the internet never does forget.

But on-topic, I don't think I'd have become interested in FF14 at all if it hadn't been for catgirls... which I was surprised to find out were actually a rarity in the MMO space. This was the only one that had nekos that weren't also some kind of loli or furry.
I'm pretty sure there isn't even an alternate universe in which I play an Elezen character in this game if Miqo'te, Lalafell or Au Ra also exist. Or even one in which I play this game at all if it exists without Miqo'te.

What I'm trying to say is: I don't "hate" Elezen, I just don't find them as interesting as the other options we have available. I feel like elves in a lot of fantasy settings have kinda become as ordinary and generic as humans. I guess you could call it Tolkien fatigue.

[Sated]

Hate all you want; more elezen for me ♥