FFXIV Random Speculation/Question thread III: Where's my beta invite?

[Meresgi]

As long as male Miqs are more macho than the travesty in FFXI, I'm fine with whatever they throw at us.

Not to compare with WoW, but this is what they did wrong with the blood elf males. They were supposed to be smaller and more magic based and people were like "No way brah, I want some muscles on my character man!" Now they look strange and don't fit at all.

[Gadritan]

And the fact galka's aren't as popular makes em all that more awesome imo

Exactly why I'm sticking with it, lol. I swore originally I'd never pick galka again, but like I said in the poll thread...I just got really fond of being the big dopey minority.

Edit: Though I'm really going to miss having a tail. ;;;;;;;;

[Kachi]

Inaccurate? If Vana census has shown galka are about 5% of the population...and Roe are nearly twice as popular...and account for about 11% of the poll...ya. Gewd maf.

I'd still have a hard time imagining even 1/10 of those players choosing female realistically. Which would leave it at an abysmal % of the total population. The only reason manthras would be a popular choice is because the majority of the player base is male, thus further reducing the number of people likely to choose a female character to begin with.

Not having female Roe as an option leaves it a moot point though.

I'm not sure what has you confused. They made very minor cosmetic tweaks to Galkas to create Roegadyn, and in doing so made them twice as popular. Particularly when they make race a purely aesthetic choice, it all comes down to how much people like the look of it. If people liked the look of a female Roegadyn, it would be popular. And I assure you, uglier races have enjoyed popularity.

So I reiterate, you have a hard time imagining it being popular because you have a hard time imagining it in an appealing way.

[Gadritan]

I'm not sure what has you confused.

That you said the poll was inaccurate when it actually validates the fact that they're twice as popular.

I'll concede that if they found an appealing way to do so it'd be a lil' more popular. A lot of people would do it for kicks I suppose.

[mintyice]

let's not even worry about it because they aren't going to add either anyway.

[LD]

Not to compare with WoW, but this is what they did wrong with the blood elf males. They were supposed to be smaller and more magic based and people were like "No way brah, I want some muscles on my character man!" Now they look strange and don't fit at all.

Fucking what? They look like wusses with an unearned sense of accomplishment (how they're supposed to look.)

[Sirenia]

If SE was smart they would come out with male miqo'te about a year after game release and charge people 25$ for sex change. :D

[Ryn]

Fucking what? They look like wusses with an unearned sense of accomplishment (how they're supposed to look.)

Get more mad, DO IT!

[omegaB]

when you look at the fact that rodagaen has no female race at all, its actually pretty popular, its splitting with all the people who want to play males.

[Kachi]

That you said the poll was inaccurate when it actually validates the fact that they're twice as popular.

I'll concede that if they found an appealing way to do so it'd be a lil' more popular. A lot of people would do it for kicks I suppose.

I was referring to the fact that you were using a poll on BG about Roegadyn in XIV to make a guess at how many players played Galka in XI, while there's a perfectly good census with infinitely more accurate data.

But I don't see how that poll shows that Roegadyn are unpopular anyway. The least popular, sure, but nowhere near as unpopular as Galka were.

It's not like they would have to "find" an appealing way to do it. Lots of games take ugly races like orcs, demons, and ogres and make the female version into a sexy ass bitch that you'd probably give your left nut to sleep with. And it doesn't have to be taken to that extreme-- I'm just illustrating that female versions aren't limited to putting long hair, lipstick and tits on the male version.

[Lazytowner]

I was referring to the fact that you were using a poll on BG about Roegadyn in XIV to make a guess at how many players played Galka in XI, while there's a perfectly good census with infinitely more accurate data.

But I don't see how that poll shows that Roegadyn are unpopular anyway. The least popular, sure, but nowhere near as unpopular as Galka were.

It's not like they would have to "find" an appealing way to do it. Lots of games take ugly races like orcs, demons, and ogres and make the female version into a sexy ass bitch that you'd probably give your left nut to sleep with. And it doesn't have to be taken to that extreme-- I'm just illustrating that female versions aren't limited to putting long hair, lipstick and tits on the male version.

All debate over Roegadyn's/Galka's popularity or lack thereof is irrelevant. You either pick this race and become manly as fuck, or prepare to be laughed at by players with bodies that make Zeus scowl in envy.

[omegaB]

I was referring to the fact that you were using a poll on BG about Roegadyn in XIV to make a guess at how many players played Galka in XI, while there's a perfectly good census with infinitely more accurate data.

But I don't see how that poll shows that Roegadyn are unpopular anyway. The least popular, sure, but nowhere near as unpopular as Galka were.

It's not like they would have to "find" an appealing way to do it. Lots of games take ugly races like orcs, demons, and ogres and make the female version into a sexy ass bitch that you'd probably give your left nut to sleep with. And it doesn't have to be taken to that extreme-- I'm just illustrating that female versions aren't limited to putting long hair, lipstick and tits on the male version.

quoted for truth, no other race looks like the other in a wig...... except lalafel...... and maybe elezn...... but humans look different! id imagine female galkas as the super volutpious demoness type of chrs, that is a bodyt type thats not really in ffxi at all. and makes some sort of sense with the monsterish look of galka

[Alderaan]

As much as i hate anything and everything about mithras in XI, the new ones in XIV actually look pretty good.

[Lunarhawk]

Has anyone datamined the beta client yet?

[Kachi]

A little bit, but I don't think anything of much interest has been shared yet.

[Alderaan]

Are there any vids anywhere that shows the player using a keyboard and mouse to play?

Every Youtube alpha vid seem to played using a controller and scrolling through abilities.

I'd like to see one where abilities are hit directly and i don't have to listen to the annoying scroll clicks 500 times a battle.

[Urza]

Alpha mouse was umm, painful, to say the least. It was keyboard only, or controller only, if you valued your sanity. Beta feels like the mouse is more normal, but that has yet to be completely proven since its only the loading screens to see if its choppy so far.

Once I started doing it, keyboard only was actually kinda nice. Could pick 1 skill to start casting, use the enter key to repeat cast the aoe ability. Hotkey a different ability off of 1, so I could use 2 hands to cast 2 different skills depending on what I needed to do. Obviously I prefer a mouse, but the aoe spells required the Enter key so the mouse had to be set aside.

[Null]

About the Galka thing. What I'm thinking, is if races don't get bonus stats then that race will be even less wanted. Most people I knew that picked Galka was because it had high HP and good STR.

[Hyan]

They should give roegadyn higher hp and STR and make all other races equal.

It would just make sense.

[Jinko]

They should give roegadyn higher hp and STR and make all other races equal.

It would just make sense.

No thanks, you seem to like climbing hills with rollerskates.

Makes no sense to make one race stand out from the others just because they are larger, Tanaka has already said that they don't want the stat difference to be a barrier for players anymore.