Hyur:

1.) Familiarity. When you think of the many characters that we've met in the Final Fantasy series, the vast majority of them are human, which is basically Hyur.

2.) Cute running animation. Not sure why everyone is hating on the running animation so much...sure, it probably is a bit silly if your character is a warrior, but for mages or crafter (like myself), I think it fits nicely.

3.) Quite possibly one of the best human female phenotypes I've seen in an MMO. Usually, we're stuck with almost Barbie-like figures, but the models for FFXIV are well-proportioned without going over the top.

4.) Elezen can be pretty, but their stretched appearance is a tad irksome to me.

5.) Lalafell are simply adorable, but I don't want their cuteness to be blunted by overexposure. Plus being that low to ground all the time would be annoying.

6.) Playing a large, muscley Roegadyn would just feel weird.

7.) We're not miqo'te. Somebody really needs to call Bob Barker and let him know we have a situation here.