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

[Fiosha_Maureiba]

this doesn't make any sense. under what logic does any race bonus\Incentive prevent anyone from creating the character they want to. just because a Lalafell might have a better affinity towards Magic doesn't mean people are going to stop going DD on them, just because mi'qote can Dodge and evade better doesn't mean people are going to stop playing mage on them, just becuase a galka or whatever there called in 14 has a better affinity towards DD Doesn't mean people are going to stop playing EVA based jobs.

they'll be better at what they do and in no way does it stop or hamper your choices.

It doesn't stop a player from creating the character. But it does alter the community's perception and tolerance for races on certain job combinations. And that hinders a player's ability to find parties using the race and job they want to, which may impact a player's enjoyment of the game.

It has happened before in other games, where racial incentives have shifted preferences.

The FFXI community may have discriminated against a Tarutaru tank, because he doesn't have HP, amongst other things, to survive enough attacks to be healed properly. If this were true here, we might see less Lalafell Paladins or Warriors here accepted into parties.

Or discrimination against a Galka mage, because he doesn't have the MP to continue healing or dealing damage. We might see less Roegadyn White Mages and Black Mages here, because their MP pool, healing potency and magic damage will be significantly weaker than any other race's mages.