Quote Originally Posted by Lauront View Post
For me, elves are undoubtedly my go-to choice, but they have to be a particular breed of elf. I especially liked the Aen Elle of the Witcher cosmos, the Altmer and Dunmer of TES, the drow elves of the Forgotten Realms, the Eldar and Dark Eldar of WH40k, or above all others, the blood elves, Naga and Highborne of Warcraft. Generally, what I like about them is their existence as an ancient, long-lived, ethereal race of beings that refuse to simply fade away and continue to vie for their position in the world, be it one of dominance or mere survival. I also have a thing for races which turn to dark powers in pursuit of these aims, so I'd add the Man'ari Eredar of Warcraft to that list, and it is thus little wonder why I like the Ascians and the ancients in XIV. As I enjoy arcane magic in fantasy settings, the elves' common affinity for that further seals the deal. I'm not too fond of the vanilla D&D elf aesthetic and I like games which depart from it a bit, as Warcraft & Witcher did with their elves... blood elves were more or less ideal to me.
Same. This is one thing i love about the Warcraft universe yet. The OG races are so well done, and have such rich lore. When i first started playing WoW, the Blood Elves just lept out at 11 year old me, and have hooked me to this day 14 years later. Still love my Blood Elf DH, it was my gateway into melee classes. When we got Reaper here and i started getting into it, i was just like "Wait a minute....this is literally just DH with a scythe, i got an inner demon, and enshroud is basically metamorphosis, just missing eye beam. Easy to play like DH to boot, lol!"

Ironic, i think, that i'm considering dropping healer as my main role after being unsatisfied by it this expansion, and picking up Reaper as my main job. Just as i did in WoW with my mage when i switched my main to DH. Not sure if i will, but i've been having fun as reaper, and have been dragging my feet leveling my healing jobs.

XIV doesn't really have the expansive lore for races like the warcraft universe does. Especially since it seems like everybody's spread out everywhere and nobody has roots. There's not many places that are comprised of just one demographic that gets expanded upon. There's garlemald, the viera, the xaela of the steppe, a couple of seeker tribes, and i suppose the raen under the ruby sea.