Hydaelyn Role-Players

Just looking through avatars and forum postings, I am seeing a trend.... Many of us seem to be leaning toward the Miqo'te Moon-loving kitties. My gaming partner, Dranmarth, will be, we think, Roegadyn. I see a few other races, but lots of Miqo'te.

So, I wanted to ask a question to the community and explore our reasons for the race we choose. A little something to do besides troll for lore and try to develop my character's story having never been in the Hydaelyn world, or any FF world.

What is attracting us about the race we choose? Looks? Ability? Lore? Story?

Why did you choose your race? I know the answers will be different if you are a big FF fan and know the world. That knowledge gives you insight us rank beginners won't have. So, um tell us why you choose your race!

My short answer:

For me, fantasy rpg has a lot to do with going outside my own experience. A reason that I would steer away from Hyur, too human. And that may be the very reason another player chooses them. I love Elves, but geesh I been a LOT of them, wanted something different. The Roegadyn are fierce, but not until we get female models, not for me.

I don't play cross-gender, so I always play female (but that is so a personal thing! Play the gender of your choice, I say. But if you want to share, why do you choose to play male/female?) And I SO wish a game would give me a third choice: a real androgynous race! I dig wearing my rough boots with my long robes and mixing up the stereotypical gender clothes and attitudes. But I digress...

I chose Miqo'te because I do cat rescue, and love the cats who keep me company. I love the other critters on my farm, but feline grace wins, and ok, the tail....having a tail, and ears....I also like their lithe athleticism and aloofness. And I am into dualities, so the Sun/Moon thing works for me.

Enough said: others chime in. Want to hear from you!
Mia

Cat people are hot.


EDIT: That is the reason I think people pick them anyway.

I usually don't play humans. I was torn between all the non elf races for this one. (I don't like elves) I ended up going with hyur because the character in the cutscenes looks exactly like me. /shrug.

Yeah, I saw in the cut scenes that the Hyur seem to have the most expressive faces too. Can't wait to see all the variations in game.

Personally I chose Hyur cuz I enjoy playing as a 'human' in a strange world. Sure, I'll play other races but I still prefer playing as a human, (In an RP perspective it is a bit easier to think as a human.) I suppose you could say it is closer to home then anything else. Although, if there is a minotaurlike race, screw the humans. I'm going to be a friggin' MINOTAUR!!!


*coughs*

Honestly, I chose a Hyur male because he is an alternate version of my Hume male from XI. In XI, I chose Hume, because he was actually a character in the back of my mind that I wanted to play but didn't have a place for.

For ten years, he's grown from a thief and vagabond of Celtic origin to a knight and leader of a secret guard. I'm kind of proud of the way his story has metamorphosed.

Anyway, I've had yearnings of playing a cute Miqo'te or graceful Elezen, but in the end, I like him perfectly fine as an Ishgardian Hyur.

Kier,

That sig of yours rocks--so much that I am breaking my rule and using an emoticon-thingie :approve:

Mia

I chose to be a female Taru PLD in FFXI because it messed with people's heads. No one really expected it, so it was really fun : ) Nupopo in FFXIV is an extension of that with an actual background and such to make her suitable for RP.

When it comes to RP though I almost always pick female characters to play and when I have to choose a race, I try to pick one that isn't geared for fan service or one that has a background that I enjoy. I'm also picky about looks... one of the reasons I rarely pick guys in MMOs is because they often look so screwed up in comparison to females (though even female models can be ick if the developers decide all women are >< and have giant breasts -.-. I'm still trying to decide on a race for my second toon, but I'm pretty sure I won't make her/him a lalafell.

Edit:
Ex. of "ick" female avatars see TERA -.-

Lunavati Wrote:Kier,

That sig of yours rocks--so much that I am breaking my rule and using an emoticon-thingie :approve:

Mia

Thanks!

I have always played a mix creed of many races, though I am mostly known for playing male characters over females (Though RL I am female).

I chose males over females, because I came to learn, if most players believe you are a guy, they will allow you to cut up and joke with them easier, they will tend to listen to your orders, and give you more respect. If you on a female, sure they will give you free items, but they tend to buck your orders, treat you like you don't know what your doing, and tend to try and do everything for you---
Which drives me nuts at times.

I love playing Miqo'te and Mithra back in FFXI. Mostly cause I am a big cat person and my favorite big cat was the Tiger, followed by the Panther. This is perhaps the only female race I will play, and because of its following on FFXI, most people figured if you were a Mithra, you were 80% chance of being a male. Most of the time, I was thought to be a male cause I was "To good of a tactical person." or "Your to logical."

Love stereotypes...

The next race I played are elves, mostly cause I am a large mythology nut. Though the only game I break the rule of playing a 'elf' is with istaria, cause it has dragons as playable races. Can't go wrong with Dragons!
Then if not dragons, lizards, if no lizards, then elves. You can start to follow the logic.
If its mythological based, I will most likely play it at some point.

I just recently started to play anything that is "Human", but mostly I dislike playing what I am. My thoughts are: "If I really wanted to stare at a human, I go outside, go sit on the street side, and watch cars and people go by."
But when I have played a human race, it is always male, as the females always come across to me as.. well.. to be frank.. sluts.

I guess I'm just strange person, or maybe I am removed from reality as my Dad likes to bark about, or perhaps I just hate humanity at times and use video games to just ignore the world for a bit in order to recollect myself.
Maybe its even an artist thing? I really don't know.

I just know I love mythological creatures, fantasy, and aliens.

There are a LOT of reason why I'm going Keeper of the Moon Miqo'te.

I almost went with Hyur but didn't feel like playing Human (which is of course what Hyurs are) this time
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I'm tired of Elves, which is pretty much what Elezens are, because they are in every mmo I played, except Fallen Earth ("if you see an Elf, kill it. There are no Elves in Fallen Earth" was actually a Tip Of The Day in that game).

Lalafells don't particularly appeal to me.

Roegadyn don't particularly appeal to me.

I kinda like catgirls but this is the first game I ever played (never played FF XI) where they actually exist, and I never ever RPed a "catgirl" in a mmo that didn't actually have them. So... kinda had to.

Why Keeper of the Moon?
Frankly, I don't think there's a majority of Keepers, I see a lot of Seekers around, too.
I picked Keepers because I love the moon and the night more than the sun and the day. I'm just that kinda person.

I'm gonna go ahead and say that I didn't chose Miqo'te because they're hot. Huyr and Elezen females can be just as hot in my opinion, as well as male from various races... (Sorry, Lalafells might be cute, but not hot in my book).
I chose Miqo'te because it seemed to fit the personality I had in mind and because I thought their design and lore seemed interesting.

I was originally going Keeper of the Moon, but realized that Seeker of the Sun fits Seraj SO much better, so I changed that.
I usually stay away from playing catgirls, but seeing as they're actually in the lore, I figured it should be possible to play a relatively reasonable one this time around, so I guess it was also a bit of a challenge to myself, to overcome some of my own prejudices

Quote:What is attracting us about the race we choose? Looks? Ability? Lore? Story?

Why did you choose your race? I know the answers will be different if you are a big FF fan and know the world. That knowledge gives you insight us rank beginners won't have. So, um tell us why you choose your race!

I'm playing a Seeker of the Sun Miqo'te. They are characterized by S-E as being more lively, outgoing, and playful than their Moon Keeper counterparts, which to me seem far too serious. My Mithra in FFXI was also quite playful, and I enjoyed that part of the game.

I also like the backstory of the Miqo'te, what little of it we know. Their dual natured worshiping of the sun & moon, their reputation as hunters, their occultism, is all something I'd like to explore more of in my character.

I admit though, this time around what with their 10 year old voices and their overly cutesy looks, I was tempted to scrap my Miqo'te idea and make an Elezen or Hyur instead.

Aveline Wrote:I admit though, this time around what with their 10 year old voices and their overly cutesy looks, I was tempted to scrap my Miqo'te idea and make an Elezen or Hyur instead.

QFT

The original lalafell models made me feel the same way about the smaller-folk. Who knows? Maybe if people complain enough they'll change them a bit : )

Aveline Wrote:I admit though, this time around what with their 10 year old voices and their overly cutesy looks, I was tempted to scrap my Miqo'te idea and make an Elezen or Hyur instead.

This is actually what worries me about the race, since I have not seen them live, in-world yet. They have high-pitched girlie-girl voices? That may do my choice in for sure. And like I said, what is up with no really interesting, odd facial/body choices? Do we all have to look like thirteen-year-olds? The Miqo'te seem like a people who would rever age and wisdom. Gives usss more options, I say.