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RE: The JP fan fest discussion thread~ - Kismet - 12-20-2014

Just wanted to say that the piano concert at the end was utterly lovely. Looking even more forward to The Primals' concert tomorrow than I already was!

RE: The JP fan fest discussion thread~ - Blue - 12-20-2014

Astrologian will make all them Yu-Gi Oh fans happy.

As for machinist, ehhhh I had hoped for Musketeer till the very end, but I suppose this will do. Long as it gives me single-handed guns and not shotguns. Blue has finally her own class!

And now I need to decide who of my 8 characters gets to ICly die so I can have an Au Ra.

So wait, where's the Cash Shop Only icon that's supposed to pop next to each of these things?

RE: The JP fan fest discussion thread~ - Foxling - 12-20-2014

Two things i'm now interested in for when the expansion drops, because I clearly have strange priorities...

Whether the Au ra race is going to be the new Miqo'te. - In the sense that they're everywhere and every other race is a rare sight to find. Looking at you Elezens. It would also be interesting to see whether the game just becomes primarily between those two races or whether the majority of Miqo'te players make the switch.

The state of the DF. - Sure, when DRK was announced a lot of hype went to that but since the announcement of Mechanist? Just going to be interesting to see whether a little re-balancing of those wait times occurs, whether it stays the same as it is now, or whether it somehow manages to get worse.

RE: The JP fan fest discussion thread~ - K'nahli - 12-20-2014

Hyur are just as popular as miqo'te, in fact they are even more popular.



In relation to everyone who is complaining about Au Ra's differences across gender, consider the point within this post which I found on tumblr:

Quote:Ok I can see how a lot of people are upset that the female Au ra are really cute and small for being part dragon but- we have a strong muscle-y female class and literally no one plays them compared to the other races- like I’m looking at the ffxiv census and in both JP and EU/NA data centers Roe usage has actually gone down to 5% in both cases with the lead being Hyur and Miqo at 35%/33% how can people expect SE to make another class like that when no one plays em?


RE: The JP fan fest discussion thread~ - Foxling - 12-20-2014

Never would have guessed that Hyur are popular, I have to say. Which i'm going to assume is based on individual server differences since the ones I tend to frequent appear to be incredibly Miqo'te heavy.

Either that or I simply keep missing them due to timezones. Which isn't an impossibility.


My interest still stands though on whether servers are going to be overrun with Au ra upon release.

RE: The JP fan fest discussion thread~ - Kailia - 12-20-2014

The dimorphism in the Au Ra, isn't that bad. At least it's not:
http://oi41.tinypic.com/bjhis5.jpg

and

http://www.blogcdn.com/wow.joystiq.com/media/2010/12/2worgentoo.jpg

In fact, when I first saw the race, I totally fangirled out. I am totally making a female one to turn into a dragoon and/or possibly a dark knight. As for the astrologian, not sure what char I'd make into that. But Mechanist, I am totally gonna make a former Garlean ironworks alt for that!

RE: The JP fan fest discussion thread~ - Oscare - 12-20-2014

machinist hype

have all my money, Square Enix

RE: The JP fan fest discussion thread~ - K'nahli - 12-20-2014

I can't speak for individual servers, but on both Japanese and the combined populations of North American & European servers, Hyurs are slightly more popular.

Anyways, I only felt obliged to comment because it's one of those things that seem to carry a negative stigma towards miqo'te, much like the misconceptions about Seeker lore; so I wanted to try and dispel that notion a little for anyone that saw your comment. Perhaps some servers do have this large, miqo'te imbalance that hasn't been officially shown on a census, but some people say it about Balmung and I have to say that I never saw a whole lot more miqo'te than any other race, so I find the statement pretty odd... and I honestly swear that at least half of the people whom say such things only copy with the person before them said to be part of a group, haha ;


Anyways, I'm sure you're right. In fact I bet there will seem like a massive influx since it's a single, new race with nothing else to "water" down it's effects for at least a few weeks after release.

RE: The JP fan fest discussion thread~ - Foxling - 12-20-2014

I'm just going to say that in the context of this site, fairly certain that only newcomers would read too much into my statement. It's a well established fact that miqo'te are popular and they do seem to attract the most attention due to the 'cat person' stereotype. I think we can all agree that that popularity does make them seem more prevalent than they actually are according to the census.

And while I can understand wanting to dispel a negative idea, sometimes and observation is just an observation. I admittedly haven't been on Balmung for a long while, haven't been on there since Mythology tomes were tossed out in fact, so i'll add that my personal observations come from an obviously different server stand point.

RE: The JP fan fest discussion thread~ - K'nahli - 12-20-2014

(12-20-2014, 12:00 PM)Foxling Wrote: I'm just going to say that in the context of this site, fairly certain that only newcomers would read too much into my statement. It's a well established fact that miqo'te are popular and they do seem to attract the most attention due to the 'cat person' stereotype. I think we can all agree that that popularity does make them seem more prevalent than they actually are according to the census.

And while I can understand wanting to dispel a negative idea, sometimes and observation is just an observation. I admittedly haven't been on Balmung for a long while, haven't been on there since Mythology tomes were tossed out in fact, so i'll add that my personal observations come from an obviously different server stand point.

I didn't suggest that it was your intent.

RE: The JP fan fest discussion thread~ - Naunet - 12-20-2014

There's nothing wrong with a bunch of people wanting to try out a new race, and there's nothing wrong with a race being popular amongst players. Maybe frustrating for those trying to find a particular race to RP out a cultural flavor, but there's no reason to look down upon the more popular races.

RE: The JP fan fest discussion thread~ - Foxling - 12-20-2014

No one is suggesting that it's wrong for people to try out the new race. 

Wondering whether a lot of them will turn up at once or whether people will stick with what they know is, as I said in my first post, something interesting to look forward to. 

Some people are looking forward to the new jobs, some people are looking forward to the new setting, i'm looking forward to seeing how the popularity of certain races will change.

RE: The JP fan fest discussion thread~ - Naunet - 12-20-2014

It's pretty much a guarantee that there will be an influx of <insert whatever new race> in any MMO. It may or may not level out in time. Same with new classes.

RE: The JP fan fest discussion thread~ - K'nahli - 12-20-2014

(12-20-2014, 12:08 PM)Naunet Wrote: There's nothing wrong with a bunch of people wanting to try out a new race, and there's nothing wrong with a race being popular amongst players. Maybe frustrating for those trying to find a particular race to RP out a cultural flavor, but there's no reason to look down upon the more popular races.

Exactly, but sometimes I feel that this miqo'te popularity is the reason why people who aren't "fans" of the race make weird and harsh comments about them. Not that I find it personally insulting or anything, but it's one of those stupid things that annoy me for being so arbitrarily... stupid, haha ;   Especially since hyurs don't get any flak despite being more prevalent across all datacentres.

It could be a fair argument to say that I have been reading too much liveletter, stream comments and shout chat debates, ahaha.


Edit:
Foxling wasn't suggesting it was a bad or unusual thing. She was simply wondering if they'd become the new popular race in place of/alongside miqo'te.

RE: The JP fan fest discussion thread~ - Merri - 12-20-2014

So, bunny suits are a thing, now.

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FFXIV is going full japan mode.