(09-01-2015, 02:00 AM)Calliope Cloverbloom Wrote:(09-01-2015, 01:58 AM)Flashhelix Wrote:(09-01-2015, 01:53 AM)V Wrote: That's an interesting point, actually, and one that was touched on by another poster in an older version of this argument. The vast majority of Ishgardian NPCs you can speak to (especially in the ARR areas) will refer to you in a condescending manner. But they do not do this by citing your race, but rather by calling you either an "outsider", or in less common cases, "unbeliever".
Right, it's xenophobia rather than racism.
Which returns to the issue of whether or not things like being a dragoon should be limited to specific races, when the evidence in the game based on NPC treatment suggests that as long as the player has a plausible reason for their character to be a respected resident of Ishgard (not an outsider, in other words), their race shouldn't matter at all.
But then we're just getting into an entirely separate argument of "Is there a plausible way in which a non-hyur or non-elezen could become a respected resident of Ishgard" and thus ten more pages of worthless non-argument.
roleplay?
