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

[SuzakuCMX]

Lalafell: Natures Touch -- Soothes an aggressive monster for 15 seconds, 15 min CD.

Ridiculously bad. If you have a WHM or BLM you can already spam Sleep/Sleepga until the enemy resists it, and this would likely be resisted in the same way....if not, well, still not all that useful considering 15 min CD.

Mi'qote Hunters Prowess -- (10%) Increased damage against all prey-type enemies.

Ridiculously OP. Automatically makes Miqo'te the best DDs in the game since other races cannot make up 10% extra damage in any way.

Hyur Indomitable Spirit -- Reduces damage taken by 10% when HP critical (red).

Ridiculously OP. Automatically makes Hyur the best tanks in the game.

Elezen Spiritual Attunement -- Grants 500 MP to a target unit, 30 minute CD.

Almost useless. MP boon is nice but WHM rarely run out of MP when being played properly and BLM will just run out of MP right after.

Roegadyn Beast Hunger -- Able to consume raw meat's from prey for temporary buffs.

So basically they can eat food.

It's a nice idea but incredibly hard to balance. If it's powerful enough to make a difference then it's too powerful to implement. If it's not powerful enough to make a difference, why have it there in the first place (Roegadyn, Lalafell). Especially the ones you have, 3/5 races can hardly make use of their ability and 2/5 have ones that automatically make them 10x better at roles than the other races.

[darkm0d]

I agree mostly, it's not easy to come up with the right fit to things. It is just speculation and idea's to get the community thinking. The 10% dmg for Mi'qote against prey, I'm thinking rats, squirrels and perhaps avians. I don't consider it -that- game breaking, but of course, if say someone decided to parse it, and they killed birds or rats all day long then yes they'd have more damage overall. I will say I judges these against my own feelings and deemed it alright.

The -10% DR for Hyur I would agree may be a little OP, but the way I see it, lets say you have 3000 HP, and go red at like, 750 (I don't know what the % range is for red), at 750 HP, I mean, it will stack up eventually but I would hope it would not be too relied on, though I can see how it might be. I was thinking of giving them a crafting bonus, because in my head humans and industrialization, etc. But I felt that would be RMT/OP heaven.

I ultimately wouldn't want anyone to choose a race for a racial over a race they'd rather play, but I do want it to be a subtle little thing you can have fun with.

Your input is totally appreciated though, perhaps you could come up with some idea's?