I play a "city-cat" because when I created my character, there was absolutely no sign of tribal miqo'te in game. Â We did not even know for sure that they lived in tribes ever, let alone presently. We did not know about the tribal letters significance, nor anything at all about the males other than they "aren't seen but are rumored to live even in the city itself" or something, so said our sole source of racial lore in game at the time. I recall a miqo'te NPC woman speaking about her husband in 1.0. I recall being one of the few miqo'te players to come up with a "traditional" name for my character when I noticed the naming trends for her clan, and a reason for her not using it based on assumptions that turned out to be correct about them being hard to pronounce (those h's).
Even so, all that isn't even why I argue that I think the tribal variety are the less common miqo'te. I'm not going to go into it all because this isn't the place for it (and honestly, I don't let it bother me anymore either way - as I said above I acknowledge evidence on both sides and think that it's up to the RPer to choose which they want to play), but I do think it is much more than a "cairn of stones" - otherwise those of us who choose that interpretation would be grasping at straws when defending our view.Â
I'm sure that some folks RP non traditional miqo'te because they want to RP a hyur with cat ears, or because they're uncomfortable with the tribal rules presented for traditional miqo'te. But I believe the majority of those that play non tribal choose not to based on how they interpret the lore. I personally went this route because my character was already developed as an adventurer, there by being non traditional just in that alone, as well as my findings in 1.0 and ARR that lead me to my conclusions about the tribal vs non tribal population distribution.
Even so, all that isn't even why I argue that I think the tribal variety are the less common miqo'te. I'm not going to go into it all because this isn't the place for it (and honestly, I don't let it bother me anymore either way - as I said above I acknowledge evidence on both sides and think that it's up to the RPer to choose which they want to play), but I do think it is much more than a "cairn of stones" - otherwise those of us who choose that interpretation would be grasping at straws when defending our view.Â
I'm sure that some folks RP non traditional miqo'te because they want to RP a hyur with cat ears, or because they're uncomfortable with the tribal rules presented for traditional miqo'te. But I believe the majority of those that play non tribal choose not to based on how they interpret the lore. I personally went this route because my character was already developed as an adventurer, there by being non traditional just in that alone, as well as my findings in 1.0 and ARR that lead me to my conclusions about the tribal vs non tribal population distribution.
