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Dis · **07-24-2015, 01:45 PM**

The original concept for Glioca was very, very close to the Sidhe fae.Â Tall, willowy, pointed ears, fair skin and fair hair, mostly.Â Most games who had elves didn't have the ability to make them very tall, unless they were certain types.Â And if they did, they always looked too hawkish, with certain features too pronounced, never human enough.

In XIV, my first concept for her was Highlander, but their emotes were very rough and Glioca is definitely more subdued than that.Â Then I saw the Elezen and tinkered with this one specific face.Â After that, it all just kind of clicked into place, and I was content with it.Â I also just really like the Elezen in generally, and their lore.Â It's probably why my other main Elezen character is an Ishgardian Duskwight (discounting Glioca's son, of course).Â

I always tend to play at least one elf in every game setting I'm in, and that's in part because of Tolkien, and in part because I just love humanoid, but non-human races.Â I'm also very fond of halfling, and I really like Lalafell, but I could never solidify an idea in my head enough to make it really take off, you know?

FallenVanguard · **07-24-2015, 02:46 PM**

When I first started playing FF XIV none of the races appealed to me THAT much. It wasn't that I disliked any of them, just that none of them really grabbed my attention. Since I'm quite often a human in nearly every other video game I play (not MMOs, just video games in general) I tend to avoid them, so Hyur was off the list right off the bat (or so I thought)
In retrospect I probably would have gone with a Duskwight Elezen had I looked a bit closer at them, but I think I saw the Wildwoods and was sort of unimpressed. I can't remember why, because I'm actually rather fond of Duskwights now, but Elezen as a whole didn't strike my fancy.

Lalafell...I enjoy seeing them, and seeing others play them, but unless I got a character idea that specifically required a character to BE a Lalafell I'd have no real desire to play as one. They're the race I'm least likely to make a character for.

The Mi'qote seemed fun back then and they seem fun now. I thought of being a badass cat dude, and I won't lie and say I don't like Mi'qote women but I dunno, it wasn't enough of a grab.

As for Roe, well, they are badass, but I never liked making characters THAT buff. And I knew for certain I wanted my first character to be male because I was a male. That's usually how I roll, make on main male character and then a couple females later on, maybe one more male.

So I cycled back up to Hyur and discovered Highlanders, and picked one. Highlanders reminded me of Scottish Highlands, which is quite literally what helped me make that decision.

Of course, this was before the introduction of the Au Ra. A reptillian/draconic race that still looks somewhat human and has scales, tails, and horns? Yeah, sign me up for that. Au Ra are easily my favourite race now, and my first RP focused character will indeed be an Au Ra male.

Momo · **07-25-2015, 01:22 PM**

Ever in the interest of advancing Lalafell rights and racial equality, I will post here too!Â As I have said before, I spent many years playing a Tarutaru on XI, and it was natural progression to further be a Lala in XIV.Â I really don't know why I love Lalas or why I liked Tarus (though I suspect that always being a mage, I picked Taru because they had a veeeery slight advantage being mages in XI), but at this point it will likely never change!

A few great things about Lalafell:Â

~We are cute, like really, if you play a Lala and always do, you know this, when you create a character, you acknowledge a base cuteness and work from there!

~We can be evil, adorable, sweet, tough, all of the above and none of the adove, and to me, it doesn't seem strange, nor does it seem all that strange to others from what I've noticed (particularly since most of the Lalas in the MSQ are pure evil anywho).

~We have a great community!Â I don't see a lot of races band together the way that Lala mains do, we have LSs and we always make a point to acknowledge one another in group settings. I think we just have a natural gravity to us, and though we are short, we seem to command a pretty fair amount of attention from the taller races as well. Respect!

Other than XI, I don't tend to pick short races, all the ones in WoW are waaay too cartoony, and in most other games I just play elves of some kind, or an animal race, but I am also in the "No thanks on being a human" camp as I am (believe it or not) a human irl, so in a fantasy realm I would like to try being something else.

For me, at this point because of playing first person a lot:

Roes-Hhhhnnnngggg, so beefy and hot, but too tall! ( I dunno why, but many of them seem to be sweet and handsome too personality wise)
Elezen-So soÂ elegant and full of such grace, buuuut too tall!
Hyur- Midlander are just a no for me altogether, Highlander....too hot for words (I even like their lack of eyebrows personally!), but...too tall!
Miqos- Hot, sweet, looks suuuper great in a leaopard print speedo, great company to have, nice tails, but slightly too tall. (seem to be full of themselves at times in some cases)
Auri- Also look great in speedos because lets be serious...dem thighs (and scales)!Â But again waaaay too tall!

Sense a trend?

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