I read that the heroes, our characters will have something on them to show that they were around for what's going on in FFXIV about the meteor that is falling out of the sky, and that after the events our characters skin or something will have something to prove that they've been in that era.

I'm not sure if this is true or not,

But I'm kinda hoping that if you do a race change your character still has the effect of the meteor, even if it's one of the newer race choices that are coming available in coming 2.0.

If not I'll be fine rolling my Miqo'te male anyways.