I WANT RACE BONUS REINTRODUCTION IN ARR!

[Zumi]

Racials do add some flavor to the game and it can be fun. However if you min and max some people will say they are forced to play X race because it gives them 1% more dps or something.

But I think it would be good to have some differences and racial abilities because it adds flavor in the game.

[Babydoll]

Oh..please SE, do not add race bonus again. I played a hume in FFXI because it was jack of all trades...

In FFXIV I want to be any race without being restricted >.<

[Mortechai]

I don't mind if bonuses are in or aren't. I'am gonna play whatever race I want anyway. And to top that off, I level capped every job in 11(A lot pre-abyssea) and already have a head start on the same in 14 XD. So if we get race bonuses back, cool, my race will be good at a couple of the jobs I have capped and less so at the rest. Woop dee! If not, I'll still have everything capped XD.

[Loggos]

Isn't an idea that makes FFXIV sort of special the fact that you are not restricted to one class like it is in many other games but that you can experience the multitude of different classes?
To add racial bonuses would add class restriction again from behind. That would be a paradox and screwing the whole idea of the initial class system.
Sure, you could be a black mage as a roegadyn but as others have stated before there is the trend to maximise your effective output and/or the trend of being expected to have it maximised, otherwise you are cast out. Which would lead to restricted classes again. Not technically restricted but community-wise.

[Uriahnool]

I have always thought it was more realistic for someone the size of the Hulk to be a bit tougher in a fight than someone the size of a shoebox. But that's just me.

[Phe]

I have always thought it was more realistic for someone the size of the Hulk to be a bit tougher in a fight than someone the size of a shoebox.

I have always thought it was more realistic

more realistic

realistic

I have always thought it was more realistic that killed monsters remain dead and don't disappear and maggots are crawling out of their flesh after some days.

[Uriahnool]

I have always thought it was more realistic that killed monsters remain dead and don't disappear and maggots are crawling out of their flesh after some days.

That would be awesome

[jwang]

Racials frequently screw up game balance unless they do nothing at all, or have corresponding answers from other races that "are the same but work differently." I find the necessity for one to be quite ludicrous though, since in the end the race you chose should be more that you enjoy the character design rather than it gives +1 to MP pool. Giving racial bonuses just force people into roles they rather not play simply because they chose a certain race in the beginning.

[Seirra_Lanzce]

i do not get the need to have racial bonus especially in stats. We train our body the way we want it to be, and walla, that is something different, but forcing down our throat on a race to be better in certain job is a no-no. Better to just give us customization stats to our own to build as we level than throwing in racial bonuses.

[Matsume]