(07-06-2013, 10:36 PM)growly beast Wrote: I'm extremely turned off by the idea of mixing clans and races. The creators clearly intended for them to be separate, and I'm not really a fan of pushing clearly past the limitations they've set for us. It feels like an unnecessary complexity. I personally enjoy working within the constraints given to me.Whilst they might have made it separate they have made examples in lore of the clans intermingling at least a little and have stated that when it does happen they get exiled. Â It would be interesting for you to keep that view point in game and actively role playing that side of the tribal bias and hate of inbreeding.
Also, romance probably doesn't work the same way at all for miqo'te as it does for us as humans. Seekers, especially, are polygamous and monogamy seems to be unheard of. Just another lore-breaking item, taking away key things that make miqo'te who they are.
(07-07-2013, 02:48 AM)Aysun Wrote: My own opinion on half-breeds of any sort has always been that they would take the main traits from one parent. That is, a Hyur and Miqo'te couple could have a Hyur or a Miqo'te child, not a mixture of the two, and when instances of combining clans occur they'd appear as a Seeker or a Keeper. That sort of thing. That's just based on the lack of mixing of traits that I've seen in game (except for that silly Seeker in trailers who has Keeper markings due to SE changing their mind on something and not being able to adjust her appearance because the CS was too far in development xD). But it obviously DOES happen sometimes: F'lhaminn is a Keeper of the Moon by all appearances (skin tone, eyes, fangs), but has a Seeker of the Sun name.I think you might get children heavily following one parent or the other but I don't think a complete lock out of one sides genetics would happen. Â I also think that you could have both sides of the family represented in the children so some are more from keepers say while others have a seekers looks.
The fact that the different species can mate throws open a whole lot of interesting questions. Â Could it be that long ago we all looked the same and have diverged from that pattern, if so what did the base stock look like. Â Also with out any lore set in stone about it other than that they can breed we could have a situation on our hands where the offspring or their offspring are infertile and couldn't mate at all. Â There is also just the logistics of such a paring, some just would not work from a biological role point (lala/roe). Â Sorry for going off on one but I study behaviour and biology so this is really interesting to me.
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