Why are lalafel never cast as hero?

[KiriA500]

One of my favorite characters in Final Fantasy XIV happens to be a Lalafell. They don't have to be the center of a battle cutscene to be incredible.

[Muted_Voice]

You never see one of us as the hero because well... we're to short you wouldn't see us. That and there would just be a mass of larger foes falling for no apparent reason until suddenly there is just a small figure barely visible above a field of fallen enemies.

[Fensfield]

In a way that would be all the more appropriate, because when Lalafell were originally introduced - along with Miqo'te - we were told that their roles were being inverted as of FF XI, with Lalafell intended to work as the dexterous rogue archetype and Miqo'te being by default more the 'magical catgirl'. It's something their base stats support, too, insofar as base stats differ in FF XIV.

Still, not a biggie I guess; there's something nice about playing a character from the race nobody expects anything from. 'S all the better when we pull stuff off.

[Raagnar]

That's right. Robel-Akbel was no joke. The man jumps up in the air & does a crazy black & purple Rasengan at one point during the Windhurst WotG storyline lol. Serious Business.

Shanttoto was cool and all... But if you want a total bad ass, no nonsense Taru/Lala, look no further than the Warlock Warlord here.

HAH you beat me to it. Robel-Akbel was the ultimate hero of Windurst twice over! he did it as 2 different people and can AOE burst. Backstory(spoilers): http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Robel-Akbel

[YuriSan]

He should be all serious and manly, just....tiny.

That's like, not doable dude.

That's right. Robel-Akbel was no joke. The man jumps up in the air & does a crazy black & purple Rasengan at one point during the Windhurst WotG storyline lol. Serious Business.

Shanttoto was cool and all... But if you want a total bad ass, no nonsense Taru/Lala, look no further than the Warlock Warlord here.

And this thing? well it just freaked me oout.

[Endu]

HAH you beat me to it. Robel-Akbel was the ultimate hero of Windurst twice over! he did it as 2 different people and can AOE burst. Backstory(spoilers): http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Robel-Akbel

Hell, he did it as two different people AT THE SAME TIME during one point late in the storyline lol. Like I said before; Serious Business.

[Ralliare]

They had their spot light with Shantotto.

Shantoto as a hero? Owa haa haa haa haa

[faris]

OP, this is the same company that didn't give us a tarutaru serpent general and instead gave us two humes.

They explained that! It was supposed to be the warp taru in Al Zahbi but he kept teleporting the Serpent Generals miles out of range...

That's right. Robel-Akbel was no joke. The man jumps up in the air & does a crazy Rasengan looking spell at one point during the Windhurst WotG storyline lol. Serious Business.

Shanttoto was cool and all... But if you want a total bad ass, no nonsense Taru/Lala, look no further than the Warlock Warlord here.

and GOD YES. No spoilers, but Him in wotg was like, one of the five times FFXI's made me cry. Total hero.

Other than that though, what about the two miner Lalafell in Ul'dah? They completely destroy the two humes about to beat on the Elezen THM.

[Riv]

The Hobbit comes out in a little while. Go get your kicks from midgets there.

[Magnesium02]

Bigger character = bigger canvas to display fancy skills and armours. A tiny Lala blcking that blade with his micro axe wouldn't be as impressive as the Hyur