Quote Originally Posted by Pseudopsia View Post
In FFXIV 1.0 they didn't make much of a difference. I recall in FFXI there was a big difference. I hope in ARR there is no difference so players don't have to choose between race and stats.

I recall there was something said once on this subject, I don't remember what it was. Or I could have been dreaming.
There were (are as of november final save) Race and Clan differences in XIV's attributes. The problem was XIV's attribute system, is a mess and level correction is pretty much the only thing that matters in the long run it did nothing.

So with ARR there will most likely be Race and Clan differences in stats once again and it's such a minor thing that no one will notice since the only affect that will seen is in the first 10 levels that you blow through speaking with NPCs anyway.