Which race deserves to be the main protagonist?

[MistakeNot]

Deserve? None of the races deserve it more than any other. Some might have an easier time than others at being the WoL, but that's a whole different thing.

[Antonio_Xul]

I'd say Hyur Highlander. They have the perfect build and scruffy face that screams Hero! Hyur is perfect since all races seem to branch off of this and Highlander over Midlander, because Midlanders are too scrawny. Roegadyn's are huge, but too cartoonish looking, Highlanders are just right.

[DRKoftheAzure]

I want Half Elezen/Au Ra hybrids to be WoL... And everyone is trying to figure how such hybrid would end up looking like so here's what I would want them to look like; Min-Max Elezen height for both genders, Au Ra body features(including scales and optional tail) the option to pick Au Ra horns or Elezen ears, and of course the optional limbal rings that the Au Ra can have for their eyes...

I'm also pretty sure that there are some role-players who want the ability to play as halfling races although that would require it's own kind of stat balancing for new characters...

[Reinhardt_Azureheim]

All except Au Ra. My opinion is based on the legacy warriors of light, the ones in the ARR opening trailer "Answers".

Job + race:

Midlander Hyur Warrior
Sea Wolf Roegadyn Paladin
Duskweight Elezen Black Mage
Seeker o.t. Sun Mi'qote Bard (or was it keeper?)
Plainsfolk Lalafellin White Mage

When regarding "protagonists" I usually go by what is labeled the "posterboy". The only one-off I could see for Au Ra would be based on HW's mentor of Dark knight which would be the Xaelan Au Ra Sidurgu. Alas, he is a full npc in the game unlike the original five warriors of light.

[Reinhardt_Azureheim]

I'm also pretty sure that there are some role-players who want the ability to play as halfling races although that would require it's own kind of stat balancing for new characters...

To be fair, race stats matter so little past lv49 that I could see SE just flat out baseline them accross the board to effectively remove them like they did with elemental resistances based on patron deity.

[DRKoftheAzure]

To be fair, race stats matter so little past lv49 that I could see SE just flat out baseline them accross the board to effectively remove them like they did with elemental resistances based on patron deity.

That's actually a good idea, here's to hoping that something doesn't go wrong when they announce half-ling/hybrid races(chances are something will go wrong because Murphy's Law said so; like say bringing back elemental resistances outside of Eureka to make up for no race stats or tanks losing all of their strength points on their accessories or the exact opposite and give tanks full strength on their accessories and merge Direct Hit Rate and Critical Hit into 1 stat so that way stats are bit more streamlined but that would mean that the devs finally learned how to balance stats :P )

[alimdia]

The way Yugiri acts before her face reveal puts Au Ra in the last spot as far as fitting goes, not only that but no one in the 1-50 MSQ even bats an eye to the fact that you're the only scaly person in most of the continent.

[ElHeggunte]

A FemRoe, no question. Bow down to your Amazonian Goddess.

[Spiroglyph]

A FemRoe, no question. Bow down to your Amazonian Goddess.

I'll put my vote down for this as well.

[Jandor]

1st choice. Miqo'te, because that's what my character is.

2nd choice. Hyur, because they're obviously the default race.