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K'nahli · **12-23-2013, 08:52 PM**

(12-23-2013, 08:25 PM)Folken Wrote:
(12-23-2013, 07:47 PM)K Wrote: So as opposed to playing a tribal structure as the lore would dictate, many just came up with some excuse(don't read that as a derogatory plug) to play their miqo'te in a normal setting while simultaneously getting to be "the cat race". Had most miqo'te stuck to the lore then perhaps that statement wouldn't have been presented against the minority that still opted for the non-tribal lifestyle, but because there are rather few pursuing that setting its only natural to assume that some people decided to play a hyur('normal' character) with ears and a tail.

That is my take on what people with that concept meant but perhaps I am wrong.

Except that the majority of in-game lore and representation of Miqo'te shows they pretty much are Hyur with cat features. The cultures of Eorzea are homogenized. It's a cultural mixing pot that has been around each other for thousands of years.

I grow tired of seeing so many people latch onto this misconstrued notion that Miqo'te are still prominently tribal in nature because they aren't. The only tribe of Sunkeepers represented in-game are the exception rather than the rule. 95% of Miqo'te NPC population has nothing to do with tribes, including all prominant Miqo'te NPC's involved with the storyline.

So people who play Miqo'te as Hyur with cat ears and a tail. They're doing it right.

Thats precisely the point. The concept is that because both can be found in the civilized world, miqo'te are thought to be chosen rather often simply for aesthetics whereas few people(comparatively) decide to choose the race for the tribal aspect which presents an interesting lore.

Again, I can't say this with absolute certainty but I believe that people with this notion weren't suggesting that city miqo'te were 'doing it wrong', but rather they were saddened by the idea that so many people opted for the race purely for aesthetics and just ignored the lore opportunities.

However, was it stated somewhere that such a large percentage of miqo'te lived in the civilized world? I accepted that I was the minority but I didn't think it to be that grave.

Why are there any Midlanders?

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