New use of Physical Level

[Wynn]

While I like the spirit of your idea in trying to make use of the physical level system, I don't see how racial traits have anything to do with attribute growth through classes. The only thing I can see this particular idea doing is to effectively pigeonhole players of a race into specific job roles again since we all know that game communities equate "absolute best" with "the only viable option" no matter how small the difference. You're a Roegadyn conjurer? Gimp. GTFO. L2P. etc. etc...

[Lienn]

While I like the spirit of your idea in trying to make use of the physical level system, I don't see how racial traits have anything to do with attribute growth through classes. The only thing I can see this particular idea doing is to effectively pigeonhole players of a race into specific job roles again since we all know that game communities equate "absolute best" with "the only viable option" no matter how small the difference. You're a Roegadyn conjurer? Gimp. GTFO. L2P. etc. etc...

That's exactly what is concering me. We going back to that disgusting situation FFXI had where if a race isn't good for the class it would often be excluded even if having very decent gear and being a skilled player in that role.

Who never said an "Ewwww!! Galka WHM! Just grab the taru/elvaan!"

[KorPoni]

While I like the spirit of your idea in trying to make use of the physical level system, I don't see how racial traits have anything to do with attribute growth through classes. The only thing I can see this particular idea doing is to effectively pigeonhole players of a race into specific job roles again since we all know that game communities equate "absolute best" with "the only viable option" no matter how small the difference. You're a Roegadyn conjurer? Gimp. GTFO. L2P. etc. etc...

Racial traits centerfocused around specific classes would be a problem. Unique traits for each race would be nice, but gotta keep it balanced so that each race doesn't end up favoring one class over another. Of course can't have racial traits copy/pasted from one race to another or it's not really "Racial" or even "Clan".

Oh, an idea I thought about related to your idea Lienn was a +% bonus to HP or MP, maybe both, from physical level instead of traits. Such as a PL50 character can get +50% HP and MP or +50% divided between the two as the player chooses.

[Reika]

I don't want to see FFXI's *This race does this job best* crap again. I like that lalafell gladiators can do just as good as Roeg gladiators. Best to just call it 'Character Traits'. Going racial means going in that direction.