What race are you going to be, and why?

[shaddix]

galka, want to be the best at something
taru in 11, I was always frustrated with hume/mithra tank hp

[Kawfee]

galka, want to be the best at something
taru in 11, I was always frustrated with hume/mithra tank hp

They've already said (and IIT it's been said I believe) that race selection will be cosmetic only in 14, and will not impact gameplay or balance issues.

[shaddix]

They've already said (and IIT it's been said I believe) that race selection will be cosmetic only in 14, and will not impact gameplay or balance issues.

oh, thanks for that info, thought I had read it just wasn't going to be as important as in 11.
well damn, perhaps hume then

[Zumi]

I never understood why Humans are so popular in online fantasy games and seem to always outnumber other races. I always find it boring to play a Human it would be my last choice. I have a lot more fun playing the races that aren't human.

[Kawfee]

I never understood why Humans are so popular in online fantasy games and seem to always outnumber other races. I always find it boring to play a Human it would be my last choice. I have a lot more fun playing the races that aren't human.

I think some people play to experience a sort of grand adventure, a bit more role-play oriented, in a fantasy setting.
Others, I think, often like to project a hero in their own image.

[Sup3rB4d]

I never understood why Humans are so popular in online fantasy games and seem to always outnumber other races. I always find it boring to play a Human it would be my last choice. I have a lot more fun playing the races that aren't human.

I may be mistaken but I believe M taru was the #1 race on my server.

[Lucavi]

I never understood why Humans are so popular in online fantasy games and seem to always outnumber other races. I always find it boring to play a Human it would be my last choice. I have a lot more fun playing the races that aren't human.

What race/species was 99% of all heros in past RPG/Adventures that ever picked up a sword and board?

Its ingrained in people's subconscious, including mine. My hume looked badass on the character select screen, Galka looked too oafy and had too many sluggish attack animations, Elvaan looked too fake with their overly aggressive swings and bow legs, mithra... well.. mithra, and taru looked like a gimmick with their tiny little pokes with a lance.

I'll be Hyur this time around because of Paul Walker, like I said before.

[SilverBreeze]

I may be mistaken but I believe M taru was the #1 race on my server.

Taru males were the most popular but Taru females were like #6, the combination of Hume Male/Female made the race have the highest population in FFXI.

[Lucavi]

Its the same in every game that has multiple races. The "default" race is always going to be the most popular.

Its the most identifiable. Put Mario, Yoshi, Toad, and Bowser in a game. Mario is going to get the most picks. Most identifiable.

[tsaroth816]

Don't pick:

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Anything but those ugly things

[Warudo Ecksu]

Taru males were the most popular but Taru females were like #6, the combination of Hume Male/Female made the race have the highest population in FFXI.

you couldnt tell the difference between M and F unless they weren't wearing a big hat, though. I hope they implement boobies on female tarus this time around, just tiny proportionate ones...... so we can tell them apart....... not for anything sexual i mean.....

[Lucavi]

Doubt they will. Most "cute" things in Japan are flat-chested. Its one of their big things.

[Warudo Ecksu]

TINY PROPORTIONATE

any way i realize they probably won't, but I can still hope, at least until we see what's up with character creation

[SilverBreeze]

you couldnt tell the difference between M and F unless they weren't wearing a big hat, though. I hope they implement boobies on female tarus this time around, just tiny proportionate ones...... so we can tell them apart....... not for anything sexual i mean.....

I hope for something that will let you tell the difference, even if it's not taru boobs, at least give us different emotes this time around.

[Kirb]

Or more defined walk, run and stop animations. With humans, male motions in a run cycle tend to be more outward while females tend to use inward, constrained motions. It's a subtle difference, but you can tell which is which. I can't remember exactly, but I don't think there were actually any differences in normal movements between genders in XI aside from combat animations.

[McGoonagle]

I still haven't decided.

I guess I'll start with what I have in FFXI: at least one of every race with a mule in every town. Then I'll see which one is most fun to play.

[Warudo Ecksu]

If FFXIV turns out to be really good, and I play it for a long time, I want a galka alt later on down the road

[Vacht]

Its so hard to choose... you cant go back! Its one of the reasons why i wish we had alts for different classes, but then again i really hate telling people who all my alts are.

[Warudo Ecksu]

That's why in WoW and Aion (and probably other games) there were guild notes next to your name so that you could write who alts belonged to

[Vacht]

Ahh clevah!

Well about those animations, SE said they are adding job specific emotes to ffxi. So hopefully that will be taken higher with XIV and we will have gender specific emotes. Girls will be getting the /makesammich emote, i think.