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How Tall? - Averis - 07-14-2013
I always have a problem picking height when a game gives the option. Too tall and you stand out, too short and you might feel awkward. How you want your character to come off can sometimes be portrayed by how they look. People might assume a short character is cute or innocent and a tall one is powerful and commanding etc.
So I'm curious, what height will you set for your character?
I would have liked to split the poll down to race and gender, but that would not fit.
So if you'd like to reply with your race/gender etc, that would be interesting.
RE: How Tall? - Aysun - 07-14-2013
I'm one of the numerous Miqo'te set at "shortest" which I guestimated was around 4'8" or so. She's just a very petite character all around, and it does make her slightly awkward how much she has to look up at other characters, but it suits her.
It was exceptionally funny because her best friend was about 6'1". xD
RE: How Tall? - Nox - 07-14-2013
I'm making a male Seeker Miqo'te and he will be at 58 on the slider, but I figured he's like... 5'6". This is an interesting thread. I just picked this out because it looked the best to me, for my character. Strange that I'm so tall in real life (6'2") yet play mostly short characters.
RE: How Tall? - Elicoidali - 07-14-2013
I currently have my elezen at 0 for his height which for me equates to him being below the average height for elezen. Might make it a biiiit higher come phase 4/launch.
RE: How Tall? - Aysun - 07-14-2013
This thread has some useful information for those who want to assign numbers to their heights and don't know where to start, too.
It gives average, shortest, and tallest for each race and gender, using an average human male's (caucasian I believe..?) height for the average Midlander Hyur male as a standard.
RE: How Tall? - Caysen - 07-14-2013
My Miqo'te male from phase 3 is I think 47. In phase 4/launch he'll be either 47 or 48. If average is 5'5", he's probably around 5'4" or 5'4.5".
RE: How Tall? - Zyrusticae - 07-14-2013
T'ranu's always been approximately 5' tall, but since I didn't have a frame of reference I just put it all the way to the bottom, this inadvertently making her 4'8" tall.
I don't plan to rectify this for launch.
RE: How Tall? - Rhio - 07-14-2013
Rhio is always a bit shorter than average. In FFXIV this works out to her being the tallest possible miqo'te, which is still shorter than most everyone else. It's a point of irritation for her.
RE: How Tall? - Alothia - 07-14-2013
Alothia is the tallest Miqo'te.
RE: How Tall? - Y'sehr - 07-15-2013
I used the lovely thread Aysun linked and figured that 71 was about 5'5" for a male Miqo'te (assuming I was paying attention and mathed correctly), which sounds like a good height to me. It's what I'm still planning on anyway. For now.
RE: How Tall? - Clover - 07-15-2013
If only I could understand the American metric system ;_;
I'll follow ingame numbers then (100 max). My hyur was 28 in the beta, while my Miqo'te was at minimum.
RE: How Tall? - Martiallais - 07-15-2013
Since Zarek's supposed to be a Midlander/Highlander mix, I have him at the tallest (100) level for a Midlander.
RE: How Tall? - Xeon - 07-15-2013
Well id like to describe Lorric as slightly above Hyur midlander average so around 60-70 is what i got it set to ingame.
-Xeon
RE: How Tall? - Asyria - 07-15-2013
(07-15-2013, 10:01 AM)Clover Wrote: If only I could understand the American metric system ;_;
I'll follow ingame numbers then (100 max). My hyur was 28 in the beta, while my Miqo'te was at minimum.
Metrics is all 10's so it's easier to convert between mm, cm, dm, m and km... I find inches and feet and miles weird because the numbers just seem a bit random. ^^;
Anyays
1" = 2.5cm
so 1' = 12" = 30cm
so 6' = 160cm = 1.8m
As far as my characters go...
My Legacy characters I really don't remember so I didn't vote.
I think my Miqo'te was rather short.
My Roegadyn girl is at like 80.
And my Elezen I believe I set at 70 or 75.
RE: How Tall? - Dreke Lamorte - 07-15-2013
I always roll really short, because I'm short. Generally either the shortest, or in the 20-35 range. I'm 5'10" with shoes, so I relate to a character who's almost always shorter than other males, and on par with females.
I've rolled a couple exceptions, and while they have been fun to RP, or short-term non-rp fun, they never last. Dreke the wildwood elezen is the most long-lived character I've played that was tall, and he was right around 70.