(05-02-2015, 05:17 PM)Zyrusticae Wrote: Well, your feelings are formed on some kind of basis, so it's only fair that we question why you feel the way you do when we, ourselves, cannot find any rational basis for that particular feeling.
In which case, my preferred RP style is based around characters who are products of the world, ordinary people in extraordinary situations, for example. My character is a Highlander of Ul'dah, so according to the world's lore, he would have ancestral ties to Ala Mhigo, which he does. When my character encounters a Miqo'te in Thanalan, he expects them to be a Seeker tribal, because the game world presents very few Miqo'te characters as common citizens of Ul'dah. Likewise, if my character encounters a Sea Wolf, he'd expect them to be from Limsa Lominsa. If he encounters an Elezen from Ul'dah, he'd find that particularly curious, but perhaps mention that the Grand Flame Marshal is/was an Elezen. If my character encounters an Au Ra, he'd expect them to be from Othard. If he encounters an Ishgardian character, he wouldn't expect them to be Miqo'te, Roegadyn, or Lalafell (although most of the time they end up Miqo'te for whatever reason).
It just so happens that when my character encounters a Miqo'te, it can be Seeker or Keeper, and they can be literally anything from anywhere, regardless of lore portrayal. I perceive Miqo'te as more roguish, hunter style characters (so ROGs, PGLs, ARCs, etc.), but instead I get an axe-wielding character who tells me that character is as strong as my character naturally, despite me playing a race that is explicitly portrayed as a race with high musculature and a long military tradition.
And that's my problem. I still RP with anyone, however, because my ultimate rule is that I RP with anyone who doesn't break universal laws of RP, and any idiosyncrasies are dismissed IC by my character "WELL THESE 'VENTURERS ARE A STRANGE LOT YKNO". I find not everyone can grasp the desire to want to RP with everyone and simultaneously find enjoyment in critical discussion of roleplaying habits.
