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RE: No </3 Roegadyn female? - Folken - 06-30-2013
I still had the client up running the Character creator so I went ahead and took some shots of the female highlander hairstyles.
Should give you a good idea at least.
http://imgur.com/a/UGVPe
RE: No </3 Roegadyn female? - Rinh Hallani - 06-30-2013
I made one last weekend.
![[Image: b63fb4.png]](http://i42.tinypic.com/b63fb4.png)
RE: No </3 Roegadyn female? - Macey - 06-30-2013
(06-30-2013, 07:06 AM)Shippuu Wrote: I still had the client up running the Character creator so I went ahead and took some shots of the female highlander hairstyles.
Should give you a good idea at least.
http://imgur.com/a/UGVPe
Thanks a bunch! I like these hairstyles better. Maybe they might add some similar ones to Roegadyns later. What's the height difference between a highlander and a Roegadyn? Anyone know?
RE: No </3 Roegadyn female? - Folken - 06-30-2013
(06-30-2013, 08:08 AM)Macey Wrote: Thanks a bunch! I like these hairstyles better. Maybe they might add some similar ones to Roegadyns later. What's the height difference between a highlander and a Roegadyn? Anyone know?
Who knows, we'll have to wait until patch 2.1 after the game releases for them to add the barber shop and new styles. So it's anyone's guess how many new ones or cross-styles they might do then.
Also, for heights, you might want to check out this thread for some rough ideas.
http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=1737&highlight=measurements
RE: No </3 Roegadyn female? - Khaze'to Zhwan - 06-30-2013
I think someone would like a word...
![[Image: ffxiv_20130621_234331_zps9830a619.png]](http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn8/Tulcaondo/Final%20Fantasy%20XIV/ffxiv_20130621_234331_zps9830a619.png)
RE: No </3 Roegadyn female? - Koninbeor - 06-30-2013
(06-14-2013, 08:48 PM)Shippuu Wrote: I love female Roe. But it's pretty obvious why they'll be under-represented. Male Roe were too for the same reason.
Color me oblivious. Why were the male Roegadyn under-represented? The only reason that I can fathom is the size curse in PvP.
RE: No </3 Roegadyn female? - Folken - 06-30-2013
(06-30-2013, 05:48 PM)Koninbeor Wrote: Color me oblivious. Why were the male Roegadyn under-represented? The only reason that I can fathom is the size curse in PvP.
There was no PvP in 1.0 so that has little to do with it. But it's the same reason in most games the large ugly-ish race is always underrepresented. Also the fact that they were only able to be males also limits them. Galka in FFXI were the least populous race, as were Roegadyn in 1.0.
They attract certain people, but they're not as universally aesthetically pleasing like the majority of the other races. It actually pretty much boggles my mind that anyone could not see how obvious it is as to why they're less popular.
They're not humans, they aren't pretty elves, they aren't catgirl/boy tropes. Even lalafell have higher populations because of their abundance of cute stereotypes. So the gritty hulking race is clearly going to be the least played out of the bunch.
RE: No </3 Roegadyn female? - Azthran - 06-30-2013
(06-30-2013, 11:08 PM)Shippuu Wrote:Even some races that are large and have some aesthetically pleasing features tend to be under represented. Aman from TERA have the appeal of being dragonkin but were under represented they were by no means the least popular race though.(06-30-2013, 05:48 PM)Koninbeor Wrote: Color me oblivious. Why were the male Roegadyn under-represented? The only reason that I can fathom is the size curse in PvP.
There was no PvP in 1.0 so that has little to do with it. But it's the same reason in most games the large ugly-ish race is always underrepresented. Also the fact that they were only able to be males also limits them. Galka in FFXI were the least populous race, as were Roegadyn in 1.0.
They attract certain people, but they're not as universally aesthetically pleasing like the majority of the other races. It actually pretty much boggles my mind that anyone could not see how obvious it is as to why they're less popular.
They're not humans, they aren't pretty elves, they aren't catgirl/boy tropes. Even lalafell have higher populations because of their abundance of cute stereotypes. So the gritty hulking race is clearly going to be the least played out of the bunch.
TERA also has a pretty big pvp crowd so Aman do tend to stand out when the field is full of people half your size. >.<
RE: No </3 Roegadyn female? - Koninbeor - 06-30-2013
That makes sense. I suppose that I have a different view of what's aesthetically pleasing in a character. The Roegadyns are my favorite race in the game precisely due to their hulking, gritty appearance. While it's not overly surprising to hear that they were the least populous, especially with the lack of playable females, I would not expect them to be so few and far between as to call them underrepresented. But with a history of creating characters that would not be considered pretty by human standards I suppose that I've missed the boat on this one. Thank you for clarifying for me.
RE: No </3 Roegadyn female? - Folken - 06-30-2013
(06-30-2013, 11:21 PM)Azthran Wrote: Even some races that are large and have some aesthetically pleasing features tend to be under represented. Aman from TERA have the appeal of being dragonkin but were under represented they were by no means the least popular race though.
TERA also has a pretty big pvp crowd so Aman do tend to stand out when the field is full of people half your size. >.<
Aman weren't the least popular because TERA was an example of a game that had another race that took it even further in the Baraka. The Roegadyn are FFXIV's version of TERA's Baraka. It's just how it is.
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(06-30-2013, 11:24 PM)Koninbeor Wrote: That makes sense. I suppose that I have a different view of what's aesthetically pleasing in a character. The Roegadyns are my favorite race in the game precisely due to their hulking, gritty appearance. While it's not overly surprising to hear that they were the least populous, especially with the lack of playable females, I would not expect them to be so few and far between as to call them underrepresented. But with a history of creating characters that would not be considered pretty by human standards I suppose that I've missed the boat on this one. Thank you for clarifying for me.
And that's fine. You're part of the demographic that finds Roegadyn to be awesome. There's nothing wrong with that, but unfortunately you're part of the minority. I'll direct you towards the "Post your character" thread and simply take a look at what's all posted. You'll find a lack of a few things, male Roegadyn, Male Highlanders, and maybe one other. While not an accurate representation, it still gives the a somewhat decent picture of how things balance out (Mostly, cat people, cat people everywhere.)
RE: No </3 Roegadyn female? - Koninbeor - 06-30-2013
Ah, the male Highlander. My second favorite choice...
I'll concede to being in the minority. Now that I think on it, the "pretty" races are the most populous in every game I've ever played. I guess I assumed that enough guys would like the Hulk that not everyone would want to be Legolas.
RE: No </3 Roegadyn female? - Folken - 06-30-2013
(06-30-2013, 11:43 PM)Koninbeor Wrote: Ah, the male Highlander. My second favorite choice...
I'll concede to being in the minority. Now that I think on it, the "pretty" races are the most populous in every game I've ever played. I guess I assumed that enough guys would like the Hulk that not everyone would want to be Legolas.
If only. What a perfect world we'd live in if that were the case. But sadly it will forever remain a minority. While the cat people run around in masses.
RE: No </3 Roegadyn female? - Koninbeor - 06-30-2013
Humans and elves I can see. But I will forever be perplexed by the fixation on cat people.
RE: No </3 Roegadyn female? - Khaze'to Zhwan - 07-01-2013
I think sometimes there are other reasons as well as the obvious not as pretty races. Â The lore and location is what drew me to the Keepers of the Moon rather than any cat person thing going on. Â I normally mock my friend playfully for his insistence of playing the pretty races in games. Â I also have played the big rugged races in many other games that I play and being 6'4" people have often thought that I'm heightist (their word) so for me at least I decided to not just play the big race this time round. Â Also I like to think that I've at least tried to make my cat-boy a little bit more rugged and worn than the average pretty boy.
Doesn't mean I'm not going to enjoy hitting people with the axe with my lady further up on the page...
RE: No </3 Roegadyn female? - Black - 07-01-2013
I have seen other polls st other sites and yeah, generally the Roegaydn race are the least popular.
They don't seem "ugly" to me; just "different". In my experience, people go for the "beautiful" or even "cute". I don't really think this goes for just races that are "large": I think there is an element of appeal and of self-identification of a sort.
Let's look at the WoW-races and other MMOs:
You got the "Humans" and they, IMO, tend to be the most chosen race around on many levels: It is easy to be immersed by them, even if one is not RPing.
After that you got the "near-human" races, especially the elves. Dwarves, Gnomes, and Halflings do apply, but they, again IMO, tend to be "the short humans" or "the tall humans" and so on. It's not too much a step to identify with them. In general, I tended to see more Alliance-based players than Horde ones, especially initially when people were getting used to the game at launch.
In contrast, when the Blood Elf race got released, many people swarmed to them because well...they are "beautiful".
I am kinda thinking, since so much of time is invested in playing an MMO or even a single-player game, most just choose an archetype that is "them", even if they do not RP as one. I'd probably contend "size" doesn't have as much impact as aesthetics because, I don't think too many people are playing goblins in WoW although, that is more a hunch of mine. Goblins are small, but ugly-ish.
In any event, while I do plan on an alt or two, I am glad I chose Roegaydn as my main. Makes me feel more unique-special.
