So Long, and thanks for eating all my fish!! (Race Bonus thread)

[Valmonte]

FFXIV is in dire need of some form of Racial Activity's/Bonuses to allow Diversity in Eorzea. i do not know if this is planed for 2.0, but it needs to happen on launch of 2.0.

i cant walk an inch with out running into a spawn of cat girls or taru's, its bothersome to me but i cant quite figure out why...is it cosmetic or is the fact there are just so many.

if anyone can trump my forum crawling skills and post a link to any information regarding racial information i'd aprrreciate it.

[Niqote]

I would actually prefer not... it was a pain in FFXI and it would be a pain here... one whom devotes herself to a job should be as proficient as that of another.

The problem my dear is the lack of race choice along with a lack of custom features. I know several people who would opt for other classes if only 'they had better hair' or 'if they had a tail' and the like.

[vageta666]

ik what u mean OP. like in xi where sandorians dispised bastok and bastok despised every1 and windy was hippy town where no1 cared. and u felt and saw all that while playing. especially the hatred of galkas in bastok. ik what u mean brah.

[Valmonte]

I would actually prefer not... it was a pain in FFXI and it would be a pain here... one whom devotes herself to a job should be as proficient as that of another.

The problem my dear is the lack of race choice along with a lack of custom features. I know several people who would opt for other classes if only 'they had better hair' or 'if they had a tail' and the like.

Dress it up how every you like cat girl is still a cat girl, my issue is the sheer amount of people rolling cat girls...and why wouldnt you they have the best animation set ive seen so far for combat. the galka's look like there in post mordom, the male elves are more feminine than the females, High landers are left handed , Tarus are too small to see what there doing, and Midlanders are like OMG back to basics.

[Arcell]

Dress it up how every you like cat girl is still a cat girl, my issue is the sheer amount of people rolling cat girls...and why wouldnt you they have the best animation set ive seen so far for combat. the galka's look like there in post mordom, the male elves are more feminine than the females, High landers are left handed , Tarus are too small to see what there doing, and Midlanders are like OMG back to basics.

You can't control how many people roll a certain race or not, however they are giving us more choices with 2.0 so hopefully people will distribute a little more diversely. However race specific stats, foods, etc... is not the way to go. Animations, sure but outside of aesthetic changes I can't agree with any of it.

[Valmonte]

You can't control how many people roll a certain race or not, however they are giving us more choices with 2.0 so hopefully people will distribute a little more diversely. However race specific stats, foods, etc... is not the way to go. Animations, sure but outside of aesthetic changes I can't agree with any of it.

an incentive to roll somthing else besides Taru's and cat girls would be nice.

exactly people are rolling a race for asthitics. thats not going to net you any diversity, even more so when a game looks as good as this one.

[Arcell]

an incentive to roll somthing else besides Taru's and cat girls would be nice.

exactly people are rolling a race for asthitics. thats not going to net you any diversity, even more so when a game looks as good as this one.

I'd rather have people choose the race they want as opposed to the one they feel obligated to create due to bonuses. That's ridiculous and bad design. People shouldn't feel that they are gimped on some class or another just because of the race they chose, that's stupid.

I dunno about you but the group I play with is pretty diverse race wise in-game. There's at least one or two of every race/gender represented and it's not exactly a huge group. I don't feel like it's really an issue either way though, let people make what they want to make, forcing them to do otherwise is not good for anyone.

[Wirritosama]

Dress it up how every you like cat girl is still a cat girl, my issue is the sheer amount of people rolling cat girls...and why wouldnt you they have the best animation set ive seen so far for combat. the galka's look like there in post mordom, the male elves are more feminine than the females, High landers are left handed , Tarus are too small to see what there doing, and Midlanders are like OMG back to basics.

And soon it will be crawling with cat guys. 88% of guys playing miqote will go maleqote including myself. The only reason I picked miqote was the way armor looked on them. All gear looks good like it fits. Sure heavy gear looks great on a galka but cloth just looks retarded and so on.

[Valmonte]

And soon it will be crawling with cat guys. 88% of guys playing miqote will go maleqote including myself. The only reason I picked miqote was the way armor looked on them. All gear looks good like it fits. Sure heavy gear looks great on a galka but cloth just looks retarded and so on.

I doubt it, people may rerole just for a change in scenery, but that's my whole point. the race with the best cosmetic/animation sets will always win out over those without. sure each race carries its own unique flavor but that's obviously not enough to diversify Eorzia. that's why i had wanted information or suggestions on Racial Bonus, Racial Quests, or Racial Incentives.

like everything else on these forums however it was blown out of proportion by the Don't want like game X/Do want like game Y people. i dont care about what people roll, i do care about 90% of the server Being either Lalafel (likers of this race say they lag less) or miqo'te (Likers of this race say they like the animation skill sets and cosmetic looks?) and thats all fine in well. it doesnt ruin the game it doesnt cuase me harm in any way, it doesnt make anyone better than the next. but what it does do is ruin my immersion. i bought FF14 not Neko/Loli fantasy 14.

i want diversity, there are more than just 2 races. whether that's achieved by a handicap, a skill set, a set of race specific quests, doesn't matter which so long as it happens.

[Starlord]

If I recall.. I believe Yoshi-p said that That Races will have their own starter gear and Race stats... Now if I can just find the source....