I rolled miqo'te for two reasons that relate to FFXI.
1) My main in FFXI was a mithra named Lurial and I have a lot of fond memories of my time in that game. So for old time's sake, when FFXIV 1.0 came out, I made a miqo'te named Lurial that looked similar. (Though with a completely different backstory and personality to suit the new game.)
2) Male mithra and famale galka were not playable in FFXI even though players really, really wanted them. (Well, maybe not the female galka since they didn't even exist according to lore.) So when 2.0 came out and male miqo'te and female roegadyn were playable, some part of my mind went "AT LAST, AFTER 10 LONG YEARS. I CAN FINALLY ROLL A MANTHRA AND A LADY-GALKA."
What didn't help matters was that Tiergan was originally an elezen back in 1.0, but when 2.0 came out, they updated the graphics. The updated graphics are AMAZING, but unfortunately, Elezen-Tiergan went from looking really angry and awesome all the time to really... bloody bored. In every cutscene he appeared in, he just looked as though he could not summon up an ounce of emotion other then boredom - Ascians and beastmen be damned. So Tiergan became Lurial's twin brother at that point.
To be perfectly honest though - I often regret that Lurial and Tiergan are miqo'te and not highlanders. I ended up not liking the miqo'te naming conventions and the lore behind the miqo'te tribes (no offense to anyone that does! Different strokes for different folks and all). Their backgrounds really suit highlander characters infinitely more then cats. The only reason why I haven't altered them is that I've already done too much RP with both of them at this point for them to suddenly race-swap and Lurial doesn't have any fantasia potions on her anymore.
1) My main in FFXI was a mithra named Lurial and I have a lot of fond memories of my time in that game. So for old time's sake, when FFXIV 1.0 came out, I made a miqo'te named Lurial that looked similar. (Though with a completely different backstory and personality to suit the new game.)
2) Male mithra and famale galka were not playable in FFXI even though players really, really wanted them. (Well, maybe not the female galka since they didn't even exist according to lore.) So when 2.0 came out and male miqo'te and female roegadyn were playable, some part of my mind went "AT LAST, AFTER 10 LONG YEARS. I CAN FINALLY ROLL A MANTHRA AND A LADY-GALKA."
What didn't help matters was that Tiergan was originally an elezen back in 1.0, but when 2.0 came out, they updated the graphics. The updated graphics are AMAZING, but unfortunately, Elezen-Tiergan went from looking really angry and awesome all the time to really... bloody bored. In every cutscene he appeared in, he just looked as though he could not summon up an ounce of emotion other then boredom - Ascians and beastmen be damned. So Tiergan became Lurial's twin brother at that point.
To be perfectly honest though - I often regret that Lurial and Tiergan are miqo'te and not highlanders. I ended up not liking the miqo'te naming conventions and the lore behind the miqo'te tribes (no offense to anyone that does! Different strokes for different folks and all). Their backgrounds really suit highlander characters infinitely more then cats. The only reason why I haven't altered them is that I've already done too much RP with both of them at this point for them to suddenly race-swap and Lurial doesn't have any fantasia potions on her anymore.
