FFXIV Random Speculation/Question thread II: Let's Speculate the Speculations

[Metafox]

I havn't been following this thread too closely so apologies if this has been asked already and I'm sure it has somewhere.

Are there any inherent racial bonuses for the playable races yet?

I don't mean to be a know-it-all or something, I just wanted to mention that they'd said they want to make the racial differences less significant than they were in ffxi. I'm not sure where they said that, so if someone has information otherwise, I won't try to argue it.

[Illek♫]

I don't mean to be a know-it-all or something, I just wanted to mention that they'd said they want to make the racial differences less significant than they were in ffxi. I'm not sure where they said that, so if someone has information otherwise, I won't try to argue it.

If anything I think it will depend more on what tribe you choose rather than race. For example Raegyden (or w/e galka are now) can choose the hellsguard tribe which seem to be more magic orientated.

Although races will most likely share some base stats as well. Character creation seems alot more thought out this time round.

[Nash]

The way you guys describe TP nowadays, it makes it sound like Rage from WoW, simply with a much larger pool for storage.

Resource decay isn't all that bad, I've found, though it really depends on how well balanced the system is around it.

From what I noticed on Marauder your abilities used all of your TP even if they only cost 1000, for example I had 1500 TP and used an ability that cost 1000 and I lost all of my TP upon use.

[Purrrfect]

I hope racial differences are back, and on par with XI. I've grown tired of other games since that make different races all have the same stats. It makes no sense, and involves no player thought/intention outside of looks.

[Sign]

From what I noticed on Marauder your abilities used all of your TP even if they only cost 1000, for example I had 1500 TP and used an ability that cost 1000 and I lost all of my TP upon use.

So it was like the XI TP system? You need the min. amount of TP based on the cost but anything over adds damage etc.?

[roippi]

So it was like the XI TP system? You need the min. amount of TP based on the cost but anything over adds damage etc.?

I'm looking at GhostSix's bats vid and weaponskills do not consume the entire TP bar. At 0:45 he uses Puncture (and misses, heh) and it only uses 1500 of his ~2.2k TP. Interestingly the tooltip says that it's supposed to take 1000TP so that might need a bug report.

[King Zuca]

I hope racial differences are back, and on par with XI. I've grown tired of other games since that make different races all have the same stats. It makes no sense, and involves no player thought/intention outside of looks.

i want them to make racial attributes too, but this time i hope they make more sense. i will never get over the fact that anorexic elves were physicaly stronger then galkas.... wth? lol.

[Jinko]

Not a fan of Racial differences myself I don't want to have to make two characters one for melee and one for magic.

Whats the point in having racials anyways when you have stat based leveling ?

[Rokku]

I hope racial differences are back, and on par with XI. I've grown tired of other games since that make different races all have the same stats. It makes no sense, and involves no player thought/intention outside of looks.

They were pretty specific in saying that the statistical gaps between different races would be much, much smaller in XIV than they were in XI.

[Corrderio]

They were pretty specific in saying that the statistical gaps between different races would be much, much smaller in XIV than they were in XI.

Yeah, and they mentioned there being a difference about male/females stat wise which I'm curious about.

[Vacht]

Not a fan of Racial differences myself I don't want to have to make two characters one for melee and one for magic.

Whats the point in having racials anyways when you have stat based leveling ?

heres a point, or two


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...3071454a-2.jpg


ill be here all night

[Rokku]

Took me a second to notice the hands, but lol

[Katlan]

Not a fan of Racial differences myself I don't want to have to make two characters one for melee and one for magic.

Whats the point in having racials anyways when you have stat based leveling ?

Why? There were plenty upon plenty of Taru PLD's and Galka casters. Nobody didn't pick a galka caster because they were a galka, it didn't matter if u knew how to play. I don't know anybody who made a diff character just for a specific job in XI, thats retarded

[King Zuca]

Why? There were plenty upon plenty of Taru PLD's and Galka casters. Nobody didn't pick a galka caster because they were a galka, it didn't matter if u knew how to play. I don't know anybody who made a diff character just for a specific job in XI, thats retarded

its true some players did'nt let race stats ultimately decide their choice in jobs, but there were also players that would make a character specificaly with their stats in mind. that's not really retarded, because no matter how you slice it, that taru war had nothin on an elvaan of equal talent.

i just think racial stats adds to the lore of the game and gives some logic.

[Jinko]

Why? There were plenty upon plenty of Taru PLD's and Galka casters. Nobody didn't pick a galka caster because they were a galka, it didn't matter if u knew how to play. I don't know anybody who made a diff character just for a specific job in XI, thats retarded

Well there were many times I was in a party and say for example when the choice between a Galka mage and another race were both looking for party the non galka would be the first pick.

Skill and knowing how to play your role doesn't come into it really, if someone doesnt know you they won't know how good you are.

The reason I don't want racial difference though more than anything is because personally I don't want to be bound to a gimp mage or melee character if I choose to play one or the other. (starting as a mage and ending up a melee)

The only retarded choice from making a second character is losing your achiements and area passes.

[Katlan]

I would never of called a taru war gimp, or a galka caster gimp. I think your taking it way to drastically. I've known plenty of taru wars that were amazing dps, and galka casters that were amongst the best on the server.

When I played XI I would always merit w/ my good friend who was a taru monk. Dude was amongst the best monk's on the server. I knew a Galka that would always go to dynamis as a WHM and ppl would specifically ask me to put him in their grp, because he was that awesome. I knew a taru war that would out parse Elvaan's, ect... unless that other person was bringing their A game and was geared to the teeth. And even then, they were baically equal or he was a TINY bit behind. So I really don't see your point.

saying the race is "gimp" is lolworthy.

[loyaltrekie]

I would never of called a taru war gimp, or a galka caster gimp. I think your taking it way to drastically. I've known plenty of taru wars that were amazing dps, and galka casters that were amongst the best on the server.

When I played XI I would always merit w/ my good friend who was a taru monk. Dude was amongst the best monk's on the server. I knew a Galka that would always go to dynamis as a WHM and ppl would specifically ask me to put him in their grp, because he was that awesome. I knew a taru war that would out parse Elvaan's, ect... unless that other person was bringing their A game and was geared to the teeth. And even then, they were baically equal or he was a TINY bit behind. So I really don't see your point.

saying the race is "gimp" is lolworthy.

Your missing the point entirely - just because you knew someone who knew someone who knew their great grandmothers dog, means nothing. While on your server a galka may have been the best mage on the server(which I highly doubt in the first place) but that is hardly true on all fronts. If you take a look across the board at the 'best players' with their 'best played' jobs, you'll see most fit the race with the job.

A taru blm with the same merits/gear/skill as a elvaan blm will outperform in every possible situation. It will allow a lot less 'work' in choosing gear, 'micro managing' and everything across the board.

Why? There were plenty upon plenty of Taru PLD's and Galka casters. Nobody didn't pick a galka caster because they were a galka, it didn't matter if u knew how to play. I don't know anybody who made a diff character just for a specific job in XI, thats retarded

Getting a little ahead of yourself now to say that no one chose not to play a mage because they were galka - I'm 100% sure that there is tons of people who chose either not to level or play consistently a mage job on galka due to their racial issues.

[Guitarman]

I would never of called a taru war gimp, or a galka caster gimp. I think your taking it way to drastically. I've known plenty of taru wars that were amazing dps, and galka casters that were amongst the best on the server.

When I played XI I would always merit w/ my good friend who was a taru monk. Dude was amongst the best monk's on the server. I knew a Galka that would always go to dynamis as a WHM and ppl would specifically ask me to put him in their grp, because he was that awesome. I knew a taru war that would out parse Elvaan's, ect... unless that other person was bringing their A game and was geared to the teeth. And even then, they were baically equal or he was a TINY bit behind. So I really don't see your point.

saying the race is "gimp" is lolworthy.

this. galka whm, avalanchor, best whm i've ever known in what, 8 years i've been playing 11 now? I'll take the 800 mp badass over the 1100 idiot 10 out of 10 times.

[Corrderio]

I would never of called a taru war gimp, or a galka caster gimp. I think your taking it way to drastically. I've known plenty of taru wars that were amazing dps, and galka casters that were amongst the best on the server.

When I played XI I would always merit w/ my good friend who was a taru monk. Dude was amongst the best monk's on the server. I knew a Galka that would always go to dynamis as a WHM and ppl would specifically ask me to put him in their grp, because he was that awesome. I knew a taru war that would out parse Elvaan's, ect... unless that other person was bringing their A game and was geared to the teeth. And even then, they were baically equal or he was a TINY bit behind. So I really don't see your point.

saying the race is "gimp" is lolworthy.

Pretty much this. I can see it being a pain in the ass at lower levels however at 75 if you think race matters you're an idiot.

[Eyedea-Seraph]

I would never of called a taru war gimp, or a galka caster gimp. I think your taking it way to drastically. I've known plenty of taru wars that were amazing dps, and galka casters that were amongst the best on the server.

When I played XI I would always merit w/ my good friend who was a taru monk. Dude was amongst the best monk's on the server. I knew a Galka that would always go to dynamis as a WHM and ppl would specifically ask me to put him in their grp, because he was that awesome. I knew a taru war that would out parse Elvaan's, ect... unless that other person was bringing their A game and was geared to the teeth. And even then, they were baically equal or he was a TINY bit behind. So I really don't see your point.

saying the race is "gimp" is lolworthy.

agreed.....but galka mp was gymped!! but i agree