The character you made

[MikkoAkure]

Oh wow, I'd live to see your midlander! Though, her looking very close to a real person is interesting- don't know if I have ran into that too much myself. I have seen the occasional character with modern clothes on as their glam.

It’s less that the character themselves look hyper-realistic but more that Midlanders in general look more familiar and less fantasy. I’m not at home but funny enough I did find a screenshot of my character wearing modern clothes on a friends’ discord:

And one in my normal glam during the time I tried a slightly more fantasy eye color:

[Local_Custard]

It’s less that the character themselves look hyper-realistic but more that Midlanders in general look more familiar and less fantasy. I’m not at home but funny enough I did find a screenshot of my character wearing modern clothes on a friends’ discord:

And one in my normal glam during the time I tried a slightly more fantasy eye color:

Very true- midlanders look a lot like humans because well- they are modeled on them. I guess a lot of players aren't entirely used to that being in the game (which is understandable given that a lot of races look a bit different from your average human! and hyur isn't the most popular choice per say).
I like your character- she looks very well put together! I always appreciate it when glams incorporate color!

[Local_Custard]

thread bump! I wanna love hearing about other's characters ^^

[Fyrebrand]

Yeah, the weapons from Castrum Abania are amazing! I ran that dungeon so many times just to get them all, especially the paladin shield. Relics schmelics, the shield from Castrum Abania is the best shield in the whole game.

[Local_Custard]

Yeah, the weapons from Castrum Abania are amazing! I ran that dungeon so many times just to get them all, especially the paladin shield. Relics schmelics, the shield from Castrum Abania is the best shield in the whole game.

ooh pretty! I am not sure if that is the best shield, but to be fair I haven't played with shields a in while. That is certainly a very pretty one! Taking a closer look, I appreciate how it has birds in the front with flowers. I love flowers and birds so it certainly is a win in my book. Though, I am curious, is there a dyeable version?

[Kaliesto]

I haven't done much RP with my character, but he started out similar to the Midlander WoL but with long hair (to pattern more of myself into the game), but eventually when I met Ardbert I was surprised how our faces looked similar minus eye color, and facial hair.

Eventually I changed over to the WoL hairstyle, but still with a similar face to Ardbert.

When I got to the part with Hades and Ardbert I popped a fantasia to make myself completely into Ardbert when that certain event happened (for my headcanon reasons).

When Endwalker happened, the only two things I changed was adding the new facial hair, and a scar on my cheek (yes the WoL in the Endwalker trailer has a scar on his face, but its faint and hard to spot).

So basically my character is the combination of the WoL & Ardbert.

[Local_Custard]

I haven't done much RP with my character, but he started out similar to the Midlander WoL but with long hair (to pattern more of myself into the game), but eventually when I met Ardbert I was surprised how our faces looked similar minus eye color, and facial hair.

Eventually I changed over to the WoL hairstyle, but still with a similar face to Ardbert.

When I got to the part with Hades and Ardbert I popped a fantasia to make myself completely into Ardbert when that certain event happened (for my headcanon reasons).

When Endwalker happened, the only two things I changed was adding the new facial hair, and a scar on my cheek (yes the WoL in the Endwalker trailer has a scar on his face, but its faint and hard to spot).

So basically my character is the combination of the WoL & Ardbert.

oh nice! I run into Ardbert-likes in dungeons from time to time. Usually they seem to know what they are doing (in my experience). I love running into Ardbert-likes

[PercibelTheren]

I love Dark Elves/Drow and will generally play one if given the option. I like the combination of purple skin and white hair a lot (which is why it makes me sad that 95% Duskwights are the pale skin tone that looks nigh indistinguishable from Wildwoods). I generally tend to play male characters in most MMOs because I want the armor to actually look like armor (though XIV is better about it than most games). That and I really, really don't like the "cutesy anime waifu" vibes of most of the female character options.

My story is that Percy and his twin sister (my alt) were found as babies my a Roegadyn sailor who adopted and raised them alongside his son (my little brother's character). I started out in Limsa, so it feels appropriate, but ever since I reached Heavensward, I consider Percy's true home to be Ishgard. I even got myself a small house in Empyreum.

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I love Dark Elves/Drow and will generally play one if given the option. I like the combination of purple skin and white hair a lot (which is why it makes me sad that 95% Duskwights are the pale skin tone that looks nigh indistinguishable from Wildwoods). I generally tend to play male characters in most MMOs because I want the armor to actually look like armor (though XIV is better about it than most games). That and I really, really don't like the "cutesy anime waifu" vibes of most of the female character options.

My story is that Percy and his twin sister (my alt) were found as babies my a Roegadyn sailor who adopted and raised them alongside his son (my little brother's character). I started out in Limsa, so it feels appropriate, but ever since I reached Heavensward, I consider Percy's true home to be Ishgard. I even got myself a small house in Empyreum.

I like the hair you chose! The white and black combo that fades reminds me of the moon. Also yeah, I don't see nearly enough darker skinned, gray duskwight NPCs! Though, when I do see a gray skinned duskwight player in roulettes I know I am in for a treat.
I like how this game has a lot of glam options. I can look delicate in game or go full on heavy armor! Or some inbetween. Gender locking isn't too common which is nice.
I hear Limsa is a fun starting city to choose. I think I've played an alt who did start out in limsa but it has been a while.

I picked a Viera at the beginning but got dissapointed he couldn't wear hats.
I got my free fantasia, my wife asked if she could make a character for me, and made this catboy. I wanted a Lala but I promised her I would play the catboy so I went in and... I ended up really liking his style.
I made a little RP headcanon that he's an orphan who was eventually found and adopted by a Viera (Hence why I still got a Viera name, too poor to change it lol). His wanderlust led him to leave his village when he grew up, combined with the fact he really never fit in, being a Miqo'Te living in the Salikawoods. He can't see his father anymore, but he writes letters to him to tell him how things are going.

I really like your catboy! Gold is a great hair choice for him! Do you have anything written and how he ended up being an orphan? Also yeah, hats are great, I hope SE eventually gives viera all hats as an option ^^ though that reminds me, speaking of hats and viera, the new power-ranger like hat that came from the moonfire faire that viera can wear kind of reminds me of betty crocker red rubber spatulas...
Have you explored the silly hats that have ear coverings that still show it the miqote ear shape?

So, for me, I wanted my character to look as strong and menacing as possible. I wanted people to think "Yeah, you don't mess with this one" when they look at my character. Yet, My character does share my IRL eye color which is a little part of me and that's the only think we have in common.

I didn't add fancy tatoo or anything like this, because it would be overwhelming on an Au Ra, so I rather keep it simple yet stylish.

All my glams are mostly Armors. You'll never see my character in anything else than something suitable for a fight. That's just how he should look ^^.

the ice blue eyes give him a colder look. His hair being frosty white also furthers this theme nicely. Yeah, he does look like someone you wouldn't want to mess with, especially with his tough looking armor! What armor is in that screenshot? It has nice detail work ^^
Do you have any other screenshots of him?

I'm a former WOW player and after I quit, I missed my blood elf terribly. So naturally when I started FFXIV, I gravitated towards elezen. My blood elf was male so I made my elezen male. I see my elezen as an extension of myself. We don't look alike of course, but I dress him similarly to how I would dress, and even his emotes are similar to how I would react. I started as elezen in HW, switched to bunny boy at the start of EW, but it just didn't feel the same. A few weeks ago I switched back to my elezen and it just feels correct now.

Edit: I guess I should post a picture. I broke tradition and grabbed this cute dress out of my FC chest just to clear up space. This is something I would have never considered having him wear. Not the best picture but it's the only one I have of him wearing this dress right now.

Oh nice! How are you liking the game?
The dress doesn't look bad, though he might look better in a different color! The tattoos look nice, don't think I've seen many characters with it. Maybe when you get a few screenshots of his usual style, would you be up to showing them?
What are your favorite emotes as elezen?

Yeah kinda sad. I like gray skin, but I also understand bluer shades can complicate making good color schemes. I haven't ran into many gray-skinned duskwights players in game. It is a treat when I do, though. I like your character's hair ^^ The white and black contrast nicely. Almost reminds me of the moon!

I want to apologize because my replies aren't saying as much as I'd like ^^; My brain won't fully working- kept waking up at night so my sleep quality wasn't that great

[TabrisOmbrelame]

the ice blue eyes give him a colder look. His hair being frosty white also furthers this theme nicely. Yeah, he does look like someone you wouldn't want to mess with, especially with his tough looking armor! What armor is in that screenshot? It has nice detail work ^^
Do you have any other screenshots of him?

I actually need to redo screenshot because i'm not entirely satisfied with the actual result. So you can see that later. The armor itself you have seen is Eden 4 Savage, colored in jet black, with Omega 10 Savage Gauntlet to stay in the "Silver" color that goes on the metal part.