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

[Wynn]

And yet Tarus were the best PLDs.

Exactly, because of their huge MP pool so they could self heal more and keep hate. Kind of proves his point, no?

[elreed]

I prefer having passive traits that are not a game breaker, about stats i would prefer having little differences so you can choose the race and type of your liking without worrying about the stats on the jobs you prefer playing.

[Biggs]

I am galka and still all for it. I miss the racial bonuses and took pride in maging well in xi with an mp gimp. Why have different races if they arent going to be different? I thought that by making 2 types of each race with the clans solved the problem of what to do if you wanted to be a Galka mage or a Lala tank. Just have one clan spec more for melee and one for mages. Problem solved.

[darkstarpoet1]

i'm not for or against it. the only thing i am against is adding bonuses later on in the game where the class you hae been using for over 2 years becomes less good because of them. i just don't like the idea that we play for 2 years and then all of a sudden youe lala tank becomes weaker than another tank with less experience or gear.

if he adds it to where early in the game this race is better at this job then i'm fine with it as long as by the time you reach cap you are on par with every other race.

[Rubieus]

I have thought long and hard on this subject, dating back to when the game was first released and I say yes, however I believe RSA should be limited to flavor and not strength. The following is just an example.

HYUR:
Active: Quick-Learner; increases exp bonus by 10% for 10 mins. Only when not in a party (CD 60 mins)
Passive: Metabolism; extends food timers by 10 minutes (Only works with food)

MIQOTE:
Active: One with Chocobo; Increase run speed on chocobo for 10mins (60min CD)
Passive: Gem Finder; increase shard drop rate by 5%

LALAFELL:
Active: Bravery; Regen/Refresh effect 1min only when not in a party. (CD 60mins)
Passive: Minimal Threat; Smaller threat radius

ROEGADYN:
Active: Treasure Hunter; monsters drop 5% more gil for 10 mins (60min CD)
Passive: Battle-forged; reduce durability damage by 5%

ELEZEN:
Active: Tunnel vision; Stops aggroed monster from linking with others, 10 mins (60min CD)
Passive: Born to Travel, +1 Anima Regen per tick (5 instead of 4)

[Denmo]

Against. Character choice should be about aesthetics, not game mechanics. We had enough of that nonsense in XI. "What? You're a Galka? You can't be a mage, you idiot!" No. Thanks.

He's not talking about detriments though. I'd be happy with a small bonus that only gives slight advantage, like a 5% increase trait or something. But nothing more than that.

[Firon]

And yet Tarus were the best PLDs.

WTF no they was not Hum/elf was the best pld's by far who the hell was healing their self a lot when you was blink tanking, mp meant nothing the more hp the better.

[Rubieus]

WTF no they was not Hum/elf was the best pld's by far who the hell was healing their self a lot when you was blink tanking, mp meant nothing the more hp the better.

If you are blink tanking then why do you need more HP? You should never be getting hit. /facepalm

[Firon]

If you are blink tanking then why do you need more HP? You should never be getting hit. /facepalm

Cause some attacks ignore shadows <.<. AoE spells would like to have a word with you.

[Platinumstorm]

This isn't changing, but I'm very much against it outside of fun abilities.

Tangent:

All these threads about changes to 2.0 when we're literally a month [give or take weeks] away from internal testing won't change a thing. I don't understand why they're littering the entire forum.