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RE: Why Did You Choose Your Character's Race? - Jerciex - 07-23-2015

Multiple reasons... and they are
  • I love Gridania, and wanted to be native of Gridania
  • Elezens are sort of arrogant (there is little bit arrogance in Jerciex. He talks always about "outsiders" if someone isn't local. Not trying to be rude.. but that is who they are!)
  • I tried hyur male first, but didn't like emotes... Then I used fantasia, tried emotions.. And found out.. this is for me! Big Grin
  • Wanted to be tall character, but not skyscraper!
  • Elezen women.. I like them.. There is something in them.. Oh.. nevermind!
  • I guess I liked ears too (I do love miqo'te ears too, that why I made Delni first.. before I started RP.. And I might like Au Ra's horns too. they are interesting..)
There is some points Tongue I am sure there is more behind but can't remember anything else.

RE: Why Did You Choose Your Character's Race? - Cailean Lockwood - 07-23-2015

I have always loved dark themes and demonic beings. And the Au Ra, though not demons, do have the look of a demonic being, especially the Xaela with the dark scales and horns.

Along with dark themes and demonic beings, I have a thing for the goth-punk-emo style, I have a thing for vampires and blood, and love crimson red hair...

Putting all that into a bowl and knead it together, and voila! Vachir was born! Big Grin

And no, he's not a vampire or a demon/voidsent. Don't worry. Tongue

RE: Why Did You Choose Your Character's Race? - Virella - 07-23-2015

Started the game as a hyur, found elezen ugly as hell.

However then I saw the majestic nation of Ishgard, and that elezen actually looked good outside no clothes and their horrendous starter gear. So elezen all the way from there on!

RE: Why Did You Choose Your Character's Race? - Qhora Bajihri - 07-23-2015

I like cats.

I actually originally went with Hyur because eeeeverybody was being a cat.

Then I had a crisis and decided to blow that character up, and then thought, hey, who cares if everyone's a cat, I wanted to be a cat, I should be able to be what I wanted to be, so I made the cat I'd made in the beta and hugged her and loved her as she should have been all along. Sort of. But I did decide not to let everyone else's decisions influence mine anymore.

RE: Why Did You Choose Your Character's Race? - Kismet - 07-23-2015

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I often play at least one human in every MMO, so Astrid was easily Midlander for that purpose. Back in 1.0, I never planned on RPing, so I chose Miqo'te because it was cute. Once ARR rolled around, I said why deviate? And I shifted the character into Y'raja. I had fun crafting her family tree and backstory, something that Seeker lore lended itself to.

As for my Au Ra... They're shiny and new, don't get on my nerves, and have brought plenty of potential for interesting RP developments. So I said why not?

RE: Why Did You Choose Your Character's Race? - Amielle - 07-23-2015

Actually, what I tend to do when I start an MMO is create one of every race, come up with a vague background and then play them, and see if the character resonates with me.

Ami did, so I stuck with her! I do also like tall characters.

RE: Why Did You Choose Your Character's Race? - Threndual - 07-23-2015

Because when I started playing, just 2 weeks ago,  thought Au Ra would be a really rare race in RP since people wouldn't want to abandon their pre-existing characters. 

I was mistaken.

RE: Why Did You Choose Your Character's Race? - Parvacake - 07-23-2015

Lili is almost always an elf given her original race was a Sin'dorei in WoW. I nearly made her a miqo'te here but unfortunately I couldn't make her look old enough for my tastes so it never stuck. Went with Hyur instead!

RE: Why Did You Choose Your Character's Race? - TheLastCandle - 07-23-2015

Heavy armor looks best on Elezen and Highlanders, IMO. I don't get the hate. But mostly I chose Elezen back in 1.0 because my brother, who got me into the game, chose it for his race and we usually choose the same last name in games that allow for it even though he doesn't actually RP.

RE: Why Did You Choose Your Character's Race? - Corelyn - 07-23-2015

Corelyn is a highlander because she is technically Garlean and that's the closest to a Garlean pure-blood you can get with player models.Why Garlean? Corelyn is a character I have in all universes, in all games. She's my baby and I love seeing how her story will go in different worlds and settings. She's always the super tech-oriented genius, and where better to be from than the nation built on tech? I also like the dynamic of playing a character who is a race that is generally hated and viewed as "bad." For that little bit of "don't judge a person by their people" kind of thing.

Dail'a is a bit simpler than that. I just wanted a miqo. =-B

RE: Why Did You Choose Your Character's Race? - Askier - 07-23-2015

Every time I play a game that let's me pick a race clearly not human, I pick it. My thinking is, why look like something I look at everyday.

Since Realm doesn't have a completely not human looking  race, went with miqo'te cause their tails and ears make them as un-rl world human as I could get.

Plus tails. Things I can do with that tail.

Oooooh mmmaiii.

. . .

I mean rping emotions like happiness and sadness through it. >.< lol

RE: Why Did You Choose Your Character's Race? - Berrod Armstrong - 07-23-2015

*shifty eyes*
*PROFUSE SWEATING*

I usually go 'human' in games that allow me to select them among different races, and Hyur was closest to that. I also like 'em swole, so Highlander was the clan of choice.

RE: Why Did You Choose Your Character's Race? - Nero - 07-23-2015

I originally chose Midlander as a flex pick because I had no idea what kind of character I was going to write when I joined.

Then things happened.

Au Ra, on the other hand, I chose for a few reasons. They were visually appealing with good animation, and were more exotic than a normal human (and are now more prevalent in-game than Miqo'te if anecdotal experiences, my own include, manage to substitute for statistics). Lore wise, I wanted to write a character with an innate foreign-ness so as to explore certain themes while I roleplayed. So Xaela naturally fit into that quite well; also because writing my own tribe has been terrific fun as far as filling in the details went.

actually i just wanted to play a horny character don't tell anyone
heh it's a pun

RE: Why Did You Choose Your Character's Race? - Hammersmith - 07-23-2015

Hammer is a very large person.

So?

Roe master race.  

Because Huge. HUGE. HUGE.


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RE: Why Did You Choose Your Character's Race? - Flashhelix - 07-23-2015

I've never liked elves in any MMO I've played, c@s have a lot of lore I don't care for, Roe was my first choice as in most MMOs I do play a big guy character, but I came to like Midlander's character creation options the most.