Are you for or against the addition of race-based bonuses?

[AlexNiculaie]

Against. Character choice should be about aesthetics, not game mechanics. We had enough of that nonsense in XI. "What? You're a Galka? You can't be a mage, you idiot!" No. Thanks.

[darkm0d]

Against. Character choice should be about aesthetics, not game mechanics. We had enough of that nonsense in XI. "What? You're a Galka? You can't be a mage, you idiot!" No. Thanks.

That's largely why my post talks about non-breaking traits and abilities.

[AlexNiculaie]

Except the abilities given as examples would impact actual job choices. When it comes down to it, any "racial specials" are going to do such. The only way around that would be the abilities only affected items, and even that would wind up leading to some sort of abuse.

[Jennestia]

I'm for it, every MMO I've played had a racial/clan type bonus of some kind.

[Reiterpallasch]

I'm all for it, provided they can balance it properly and not make certain race/job combos absolutely necessary over something else. It could make the races a bit more unique without affecting desirability.

Against. Character choice should be about aesthetics, not game mechanics. We had enough of that nonsense in XI. "What? You're a Galka? You can't be a mage, you idiot!" No. Thanks.

Did you ever actually play XI? Race has a minimal impact at best. Nobody cared if a taru was a tank or a galka was a mage. Obviously certain race/job combos worked better together, but not enough to ever actually matter.

[AlexNiculaie]

Did you ever actually play XI? Race has a minimal impact at best. Nobody cared if a taru was a tank or a galka was a mage. Obviously certain race/job combos worked better together, but not enough to ever actually matter.

Actually, I did, and still do, kthnks. Whether or not the effects were enough to matter, people acted like it did. And I call BS on the claim that no one cared. I have witnessed many times people being made fun of/excluded for their race/job combination. I never did, because I understood how minimal those differences really were, but claiming that it wasn't a problem in the community is an outright falsehood.

[KiriA500]

Did you ever actually play XI? Race has a minimal impact at best. Nobody cared if a taru was a tank or a galka was a mage. Obviously certain race/job combos worked better together, but not enough to ever actually matter.

HP/MP pools would like word with you.

[Jennestia]

HP/MP pools would like word with you.

And yet Tarus were the best PLDs.

[Wynn]

And yet Tarus were the best PLDs.

Exactly, because of their huge MP pool so they could self heal more and keep hate. Kind of proves his point, no?

[Firon]

And yet Tarus were the best PLDs.

WTF no they was not Hum/elf was the best pld's by far who the hell was healing their self a lot when you was blink tanking, mp meant nothing the more hp the better.