It's kind of odd that the races in XIV have different starting attributes at all considering the differences are so minor that they only really matter in the early game and quickly become obsolete once you start gaining levels. As for my opinion on racial traits, I personally like it when they don't make a huge difference in gameplay, considering having them matter too much like in D&D (though recently 5E has been trying to move away from this) can lead to race pretty much locking you into a certain role.