(06-08-2013, 02:30 AM)Abodo Wrote:(06-08-2013, 02:13 AM)Luka Paluka Wrote: If I haven't been told that they were supposed to be a Miqo'te in 1.0, or even told they're going to change to Miqo'te, then it's a tad confusing.Â
I don't mean to offend you here, but if you can't just roll with it without being utterly baffled, you probably shouldn't be playing a game that involves large amounts of improvisation.Â
If I'm playing with a Hyur male in 1.0 and he shows up day one of ARR as Miqo'te male, I know it's because Miqo'te male wasn't available in 1.0 and this is how he envisions his character. If he wants to say "((hey, I prefer this race for my guy. Hope that isn't a problem.))" that's fine and most would consider it polite. If he doesn't though, I'm an adult and I can use my context clues to figure it out on my own.
I'm not saying there are zero instances where race is important. In LOTRO, I played a dwarf. My backstory involved me being a blacksmith, living under a mountain, and being proficient with axes. If I were an elf, I couldn't go around singing the Song of the Lonely Mountain as easily. But FFXIV is different. In this game, we are given a world that is more-or-less a melting pot. Sure there are more Wildwood than Highlanders in Gridania on average, but overall everyone is everywhere and does everything, so race should be much less important than it is in many other fantasy games.Â
Do what you want with your character. I won't judge you because it's your character.
Yes in FFXIV the races do interact with each other and live in cities together. That doesn't make them the same. The lore is constantly being updated and we are being told and shown by the developers how different the races and their history are, because they're supposed to be different. Miqo'te are not Hyur with tails and cat ears, and changing from a Hyur to a Miqo'te without editing the character/history is acting as though they are.
The thing is, and I said this once already, if someone didn't let me know that their character was always supposed to be a Miqo'te or doesn't warn me that it's happening, when I log in and they're acting all buddy-like with me as if we've known each other for however long we have IC, it's going to cause some confusion. If I'm warned in advance or even told when I begin RPing with someone that they're supposed to be X or Y, then I have no issue with it.
Miqo'te males weren't around in 1.0 for whatever reason SE decided. We didn't see any NPCs or PCs as them in 1.0, and presumably there's some (I admit, probably weak) lore reason for such that SE has yet to announce. Retconning to that you were one of the only ones around adventuring during the days of 1.0 feels off in my opinion.
If you want to play one of these new race/gender combinations that's great, but why do you feel the need to change your already established character that is linked to many different people's stories? If I was reading a book and one day the character was a Human and in the sequel she's an Elf because the writer decided he wanted her to be an Elf all of a sudden, I'd label that poor writing.
And, slightly off topic but I'll respond, saying "I don't mean to offend you here" followed by something clearly designed to offend someone is pretty shallow.
Edit: English fail. x)
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