Are you for or against the addition of race-based bonuses?

[Yellow]

I wouldn't mind if stats were a little bit different. Not enough to be game changing, but enough to be different, e.g Lalafell doing a bit more damage with BLM, but don't have as much mana as a Hyur might have (making up less power with more spells -- as an example).

I remember in WoW.. races had racial abilities for Priest :P That was pretty cool.

[Jinrya-Geki]

Lalafel not physically stronger than roegadyns!? Uh what about the two awesome lalafel brothers from Ul'dah from the miners guild. I bet they would mess up any roegadyn that crossed their path.

[Luhy]

As we add more identity to our characters, people get excited. We finally have a ring for the Gods we chose over 2 yrs ago during the Character Creation screen. We have craft-specific hats which sell like crazy even though they suck for most jobs. Lots of people came back for familiar-looking Dow/DoM jobs over just classes.

Personally, I hated the huge STR loss for being Miqo'te in XI, but it still gave a sense of pride to overcome it. People like that sort of thing. A small racial difference would be nice. Either that, or maybe just racial traits like a bit more range for a miqo'te Archer or something.

[Hollow]

Personally, I hated the huge STR loss for being Miqo'te in XI, but it still gave a sense of pride to overcome it. People like that sort of thing. A small racial difference would be nice. Either that, or maybe just racial traits like a bit more range for a miqo'te Archer or something.

Exactly.

Now, race descriptions are obviously different ... for example:

"The Dunesfolk can be found on the scorching sands of Thanalan and other such arid areas. As the founders of the merchant city of Ul'dah, they are famous for their obsession with commerce. A natural inclination to transform ideas into action has served the Dunesfolk well in their business dealings."
So they should have some kind of bonus, let's say to CHR, or some kind of "race trait", capable to influence the commerce (in FFXI chr and fame made a slight difference on Npcs prices)

Or:

"Though many live the life of farmers, it is not uncommon to see Plainsfolk residing in Limsa Lominsa, holding positions in the navy or working in the fisheries."
Bonuses as DoL maybe?

"Compared to their Midlander brethren, the Highlanders are noticeably larger in build and musculature."
So how can highlander base STR be equal to a midlander?

I would like to see even little differences, maybe just to justify the clans ...
Or at least, It could be nice to remove the "points allotment" for different classes ... how can my Marauder with 500 str, 500 vit, 1 mnd, 1 int instantly become the super plus ultra white mage, or black mage?

[Jinrya-Geki]

I must have skipped over it, I don't remember being able to chose my guardian...

:c sadness x infinity = Johnnyutah (Newgrounds fans should get it)

Wish I could rechoose. The God of Destruction of course.

[Valmonte]

i'm tired of playing Neko Fantasy 14 and i think bringing back the old Race traits is a great way to even out the races either that or the developers can quit being horny toads and give the same details they give mi'qote, to all races.

[Nuru]

i'm tired of playing Neko Fantasy 14

Looks like you are playing the wrong game, you should really try out Final Fantasy XIV, version 2.0 will be out soon!

[Ruisu]

i'm tired of playing Neko Fantasy 14 and i think bringing back the old Race traits is a great way to even out the races either that or the developers can quit being horny toads and give the same details they give mi'qote, to all races.

Then they'll just give stats out in favor of miqo'te. So even MORE people will play miqo'te.

Because that's what happened in XI. I always heard the bullshit excuse that people played miqo'te "because they have good stats for the jobs I wanna play!".

That's a piss poor reason to pick a race. Pick a race because you enjoy it.

Miqo'te aren't the only race who get "detail". FYI.

[Colino]

i'm tired of playing Neko Fantasy 14 and i think bringing back the old Race traits is a great way to even out the races either that or the developers can quit being horny toads and give the same details they give mi'qote, to all races.

[Andrien]

I'm against it, but at the same time it doesn't bother me.

However regarding the guardian we choose while customizing our character. One of the newest quest made us pray, and I remember getting a ring from the guardian that I'm under. It seems each guardian deity has different stats on the rings. I'll like to know more about the direction the devs are going regarding the 12, because it would add more uniqueness if our guardian actually do something for us.