What race and gender is your main character?

[Souljacker]

See the black part under her nose?

That just looks like a shadow to me. I just logged in, zoomed into my character's face and panned the camera to straight up her nose and I still don't see anything that distracts or detracts from her appearance. I'm standing right next to the lift attendant in Limsa who is also a roe and he doesn't have the shadow at all so I see what folks are saying, but it doesn't really stand out to me as that big a deal. I might try to adjust it and see if it's something with certain faces\character models because there's definitely roes out there without any shadow at all.

[Antonio_Xul]

If you look at the Hellsguards on the right, you'll see the black mark on the bottom of the nose. It's more prominent in the males.

[Reinha]

That just looks like a shadow to me. I just logged in, zoomed into my character's face and panned the camera to straight up her nose and I still don't see anything that distracts or detracts from her appearance. I'm standing right next to the lift attendant in Limsa who is also a roe and he doesn't have the shadow at all so I see what folks are saying, but it doesn't really stand out to me as that big a deal. I might try to adjust it and see if it's something with certain faces\character models because there's definitely roes out there without any shadow at all.

The dark nose is only on Hellsguard Roes, both genders. I think it shows the least on the face option you chose. Here's the same face as a Sea Wolf:



My main is Sea Wolf Femroe because I wanted to make a character that was similar to my previous main character; tall, strong and beautiful. The elves seemed too skinny to be strong, Highlanders felt a bit too girly but Roes seemed nice. I looked them up and liked Sea Wolf lore and player characters. I chose Halone as my deity and started as a lancer so it was also fitting to be a strong pale chick. If they ever bring mixed races I would probably try what Elf-Roe is like. Blue skin ftw

[Rowde]

This is kinda neat. Hope more ppl respond.
One thing that always bothers me in the Official Census is that it doesn't divide the races into subcategories.

[Elleia]

I play as a female Raen at the moment. Usually I like to play human females, making them resemble myself, but the Midlander animations (specifically their running animation) were pretty off-putting. I played a Seeker Miqo'te instead, but once Heavensward dropped I switch to Raen and never looked back.

[Zumi]

I play female Au Ra Raen. Mainly because I think they look really pretty. I like their white scale color. Why wouldn't you want to have horns and a tail. Dragon girl for life.

[MeeDeggiThePunisher]

Didn't really click with the races in FFXI but I love Black Mages so I picked Tarutaru for the INT and MP boost. After years of being a Taru I can't imagine playing anything else.

[Pompoen]

Started as a male Keeper, made an alt and that was also a Keeper (male) and changed him to a Lala for the lulz (and because I had other Lala alts and I really like them) have remained as a Lala since on the alt and also changed my original main (Ren) to a Lala and though I kinda miss him as a kitty, I'm pretty happy with how cute he looks like this.

[FutileMasquerade]

Wow, I'm surprised how many people have responded, and even more surprised about the number of poll votes. Thanks everyone!

I suppose I didn't answer my own question in the OP. I play as a male Keeper Miqo'te because I picked this game up with two friends. I liked the look of the Au Ra and the Miqo'te the most, and both of my buddies chose Au Ra so I thought I'd be the odd duck of the group and be a cat. The Miqo'te could also be made closer to my IRL height too, which was a plus. Max Miqo'te is like an inch or two shorter than I am. Minimum height Au Ra is almost like, a foot taller than me if I remember correctly o_o

I'm probably going to switch at some point in time though. Reading about the tribal names of the Xaela Au Ra in the name lore thread really makes me want to play as a Xaela. Though, there is a distinct lack of Elezen running around and they've grown on me since I got to Coerthas and started Heavensward... So I might go Duskwight. I am terribly indecisive.

[Antonio_Xul]

I actually enjoy the "rarity" of the Elezens. It just makes me feel a little different from most, although the "rarest" are the Roegadyn, in particular the Hellsguard. I was surprised to find so few Roes in the world as I thought they would be popular just on size alone. Who doesn't want to be a big bad brute? Apparently not many. Cats & midgets are the norm here.