Race differences

[Ragology]

What's benchmark for the uninitiated?

Its a program you can run that takes your current game settings an plays a long cutscene. At the end it determines how well your machine can run the game and gives you a grade for it.

[MagiusNecros]

Kinda wish the races had racial traits but whatever slightly altered stats is the only real difference between them all.

[Dergensaur]

Kinda wish the races had racial traits but whatever slightly altered stats is the only real difference between them all.

Flavor is nice, but they at least look decently varied.

[Katra]

Another difference could be riding animation. I know for the Ahriman mount, my Lalafell looks like he is holding onto him for dear life, while my Miqo'te is much more casual in comparison. For the Unicorn mount, I believe female Elezen rides differently from Miqo'te as well. Its a little touch, but at least it is some difference between the races.

[DevilsDontFly]

I'd recommend you to make alts and check it out, Gryneth. Even if you have a subscription allowing one character, it's one character per server, so if it's just for testing you can make a character on a different server and check it out. People can give you some feedback but sometimes small things can make the difference on how much you like a particular race.

Plus now that you can skip the whole first cutscene, making an alt won't take you 2 minutes.

[DWolfwood]

If you spam the /disappointed emote on female highlanders, you flap your arms while making an :O face.

[revonine]

If female Midlanders had Miqote run animations I would be in heaven. The light jog they have looks so much more natural. The "princess" run drives me mad xD

[Lemuria]

Kinda wish the races had racial traits but whatever slightly altered stats is the only real difference between them all.

For my part, I rather preferred the FFXI system. Tarutaru had low HP but insane MP, making them superior mages (which was canon in-game), Galka had low MP but insane HP, making them superb at tanking. Granted, it wasn't the most balanced system. Having a Galka as your white mage often made you groan before the fight started, as they really had to manage their MP and had the weakest cures, but it did make for a diverse roster.

[Cinno]

For my part, I rather preferred the FFXI system. Tarutaru had low HP but insane MP, making them superior mages (which was canon in-game), Galka had low MP but insane HP, making them superb at tanking. Granted, it wasn't the most balanced system. Having a Galka as your white mage often made you groan before the fight started, as they really had to manage their MP and had the weakest cures, but it did make for a diverse roster.

I for one am glad they didnt keep this system. As someone that plays multiple classes, i would hate to have one job be severely gimped..

It would be nice if the races did have SOME distinct feature to differentiate them, and the stat differences would make sense (obviously getting punched by a Roe monk would hurt a lot more than getting punched by a Lala monk) but it would cripple the flow of this particular game..

Imagine if you went in with a race and class combo that wasn't the -most- efficient.. you would get booted out of nearly every run, as this community demands the most efficient teams, for the fastest runs possible.

[16bitBounty]

Jump animations are different between the races as well. Miqo'tes jump like cats, Highlander females jump like Lara Croft.