Quote Originally Posted by Vencio View Post
FFXI had it & it resulted on such horrendous pre-determined job/class selection based on race & that influenced player’s mindset to enforce “Meta” which was truly awful

(E.g Elvaans had unusual low accuracy in enchange for higher charisma & strength/ Mithras higher dexterity & Agi i think over intelligence & Galkas very low MP in exchange for HP…..you could sort of make senses what jobs may ought to resonate best with certain races).

On the other hand I embrace ESO’s racial traits in which it doesn’t undermine or outperform other jobs but just a slight bonus (without repercussions) to their respected racial identity.

This I can sort of foresee to be a cool assest to serve as a minor bonus without having one over the other branded as a “Meta” by elite players (without disrespecting) as FFXI & WoW similarly did.
FFXIV 1.0 had this too but it was less relevant and that choice of Guardian deity better influenced stats (via elemental attributes), which worked just as poorly. Between that and the aforementioned problems that FFXI's racial differences had, and you can see why Yoshi eventually scrapped the remnants of this here in FFXIV, and for good reason. It just doesn't work in practice because players choose the best outcome as the meta naturally, something Yoshi has been actively trying to eliminate or avoid in ARR.