I personally like characters that are plausible within the setting, have narrative justification for how they are (and for their uses of grey areas in lore), and are three-dimensional. While a character doesn't have to always be showing the many facets of their personality, interesting characters, IMO, have fears in addition to hopes, things they don't like to talk about, quirks, fatal flaws, and the like. They can have dark spots in their background or not; in XIV, that's rather more likely, frankly, for while "I am an orphan and..." is a bit cliche in most settings, in XIV, it makes perfect sense due to the Calamity. I also like characters that have lore-compliant, narratively consistent ways to work the mechanics of the game into their story, since the mechanics are, I feel, often a valid source of lore. I realize that's not an especially popular opinion, though. 
What I don't like are characters that are "special snowflakes" in the setting, bearing in mind that the setting of XIV does set PCs apart from the norm; I'm more referring to things that can't exist in lore as written or revealed through mechanics (half-faerie vampire werewolf cross-breed ninjas from the Naruto setting, to give an over the top example ), extremely "unspecial" characters to the point of lunacy ("I may have level 50 in every class and am walking around IC with an unglamoured Curtana Novus and full Darklight armor, but when someone stomps near me, I scream in terror, and even children can beat me up"), and characters who have absolutely no weaknesses or flaws -- which is different, IMO, from a character with weaknesses and flaws who comes up with a way to compensate for them to some degree. I'm also not a huge fan of characters who are extremely needy to the point of demanding the center of attention, which is part of why I don't really like child characters.
Honestly, the most attractive characters to me are those that are RPed consistently, have reasons for the things they do, and develop over time as they face challenges and new events in their life. If you can get those three things down, your character will be great, I think.
What I don't like are characters that are "special snowflakes" in the setting, bearing in mind that the setting of XIV does set PCs apart from the norm; I'm more referring to things that can't exist in lore as written or revealed through mechanics (half-faerie vampire werewolf cross-breed ninjas from the Naruto setting, to give an over the top example
), extremely "unspecial" characters to the point of lunacy ("I may have level 50 in every class and am walking around IC with an unglamoured Curtana Novus and full Darklight armor, but when someone stomps near me, I scream in terror, and even children can beat me up"), and characters who have absolutely no weaknesses or flaws -- which is different, IMO, from a character with weaknesses and flaws who comes up with a way to compensate for them to some degree. I'm also not a huge fan of characters who are extremely needy to the point of demanding the center of attention, which is part of why I don't really like child characters.Honestly, the most attractive characters to me are those that are RPed consistently, have reasons for the things they do, and develop over time as they face challenges and new events in their life. If you can get those three things down, your character will be great, I think.
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