How about racial traits, skills, stat bonuses ect...

[nasomi]

I never had an issue rolling Elvaan, but after years playing as a Thief I decided I'd finally play a mage...why should I be punished for that?

Should be punished for rolling elvaan in general... but maybe that's just my thoughts.

[Deltara]

Ya, I like the differences in stat bonuses. I'd like them to be substantially different, since it makes sense that different species have different advantages and disadvantages.

I am also against the idea that everyone can be a master at everything. So the idea that everyone has every job at max level (and thus expects you to have every job at max level) is a little disheartening. There is no choice you can make with your character that has any real individualizing effect on your character. This person is a mage, nope.. he's everything; that person is a ranged melee, nope... he's everything.

For me, being able to play a role in a party/situation is what is so rewarding about MMORPG. The idea that only people who specialize in my class/job can do this is what makes the class/job exciting. If anyone can switch to it immediately it feels like it cheapens the experience.

I try to be patient and understand the people who want to enjoy every aspect of the game, but I really do think it takes away from the overall experience when every character walking around in the game-world is exactly the same.

[Kuroyume_Black]

For racial stats XIV is NOT the way to go... one of XIV's charms is that you can play all the classes on one character without feeling a limit because of your stats or anything, if they added racial bonuses then that would mean if you wanted to be a certain class well you had to be a certain race.... it just doesn't suit FFXIV we don't want the Hellsguard being Paladins and all the Seekers of the Sun being bards etc. etc. ...

[Nakiamiie]

Has anyone thought on the idea of racial skills and stat bonuses and if they would help to expand the diversity of ones character and job when jobs are implemented?

Or has this already been brought up in a previous thread and i am just blind

I brought that over many times when they were thinking of getting of physical level. Physical level could have been used to develop racial traits and bonuses instead of class stats. But, obviously, it was ignored. So, it will be ignored again now. :s

[Cyonos]

Well it doesnt have to be a stat bonus. It could be racial abilites or emotes just something to set the races apart from each other besides the way they look.

[Nikita]

I prefer it the way it is personally. I like that I can pick whichever race I want without being hindered in some aspect. SWTOR has racial emotes and I never saw them being used at all. Most if not everyone I know prefers it this way, especially coming from XI. In fact, you are the first person in a very long time I have seen suggest this at all.

[ApplePie]

wtf is an ect

[SuzakuCMX]

No thanks.

They're already there but slight enough that it doesn't matter. It also helps that stats don't do much anyways.

If they're big enough to be noticeable, elitists will jump all over it.
If they're not big enough to be noticeable...well, you see how it is now.

As for me....well, looking different is good enough.

[Biggs]

Many of you crying about how unfair racial stats are are forgetting one thing XIV has that XI didnt: clans. If you wanted to be a Galka mage, pick hellsguard, if you wanted to tank or DD, pick Seawolf. They could easily do this with each race and find a nice compramise.

[Arcell]

No to substantial racial stat differences. All that would do is create community bias against certain race/job combos. Essentially you'd be creating a system in which certain races simply can't play certain jobs because they'd be terrible in comparison to others and no one would invite them to groups anyway. In a game where you can play every class on a single character, this is an awful idea. Maybe in a game where you choose one class and stick with it that would be fine but this isn't that kind of a game. I play every class to a degree and I would like to play them all well without paying an additional $3 for each class type.