Having your character talk during cutscenes

[Shougun]

Also awesome. A secondary reason why I played a Taru in FFXI (second to adorable sexiness) is they were the only race that had seemed to have truly expressive faces. I'm not the only one that thinks little stuff like that is what really sets FF apart from other MMO's, am I?

I played a Taru for that reason alone. FFXI has great animations but the Taru just really had 10/10 all the time animations. It really brought that character to life. Lala's are great too but I just decided in FFXIV to be more similar to myself this time around (6'1'', rather then 4' 0'' lol).