(04-15-2015, 04:16 AM)Seriphyn Wrote: So why not play an Elezen? You can play the exception, fine, but is there a reason you did not pick the main race? That is the question I am putting forward!Â
I'm just going to touch on this one question here.Â
The reason why I have a lancer miqo'te? Because back in beta I rolled my miqo'te boy as a lancer because I do like the lancer class.Â
Why not Elezen?Â
I do -not- like the proportions. I'm sorry but I think they're off visually, I do not find them to be something I can tolerate on an artistic level. Boy have I tried to like them, but I just can't get into them. I know some people may like it, and that's all well and fine. I don't have a problem with whatever people play. Everyone has their own views. But that's the reason why I won't roll an Elezen.Â
I could roll a hyur; but I rarely play human-based classes only because I'm a human IRL. I enjoy fantasy races more. It's just my preference. I don't play myself as a character or anything, but I do prefer to have a fantastical race.
Does it bend lore? Probably a bit. But I've seen much worse bent lore-wise.Â
There are a lot of miqo'te around; and I realized that after I took a break... Man are there a lot of miqo'tes... BUT. I'm not going to let that ruin my enjoyment of the race.Â
It's sort of like; "Oh man, everyone loves that series now and the fans have mainstreamed it, so I'm not going to watch it anymore!". Just because something has become popular isn't going to be the changing point for my like of a race.Â
I've always liked the miqo'te even from when I played 1.0, and I'll continue to play them very likely. Just as I'll every so often play a Roe-female as I like them as well, a lot.Â
So yes. I rolled a lancer-miqo'te because I -like- the lancer class and I -like- miqo'te (which I have heavily read into lore wise). If people don't want to rp with me because one of my tertiary characters is a miqo'te-lancer then so be it. When I did rp Kai'to more than I do now I never ran into rude people demanding to know why I'm playing something that wasn't in-the-vein. And if I got a rude message I'd honestly just ignore it and continue to play what I enjoy.
This being said I -do- rp straight-on the mark characters as well. My main, an alchemist; while she is miqo'te she is a traditionally based tribal miqo'te.
To add on; if for some reason I wish to make Kai'to a dragoon that will be decided later on with heavy reading into lore and consideration of how to make it plausible. For now though, the kid's a lancer and one that is learning still.
Nohni Vhaze || Khad Dotharl
