I have to admit that while I agree with the spirit of Mtoto's post, I have some disagreements with point 2 and 3.
As far as point 2 goes, I would say that the limitations of the engine should not be seen purely as OOC mechanics. I believe theya re in place to set the normal minimum and maximum size physically possible in each species. Therefore a very tall character is best portrayed by pushind that slider all the way up and simply going with that. Pretend afterwards that you're taller than another character who also chose maximum height can cause conflict.
I think the examples given for point 3 are so-so... Garlean turncoats or spies is something I'd frankly not touch, but I respect people's choices to RP them. Everything else (aside from knowing a lot about magitech, maybe?) is not limited at all, as the game allows us to play any of those as part of its mechanics. Well, except Ala Migho refugees, which doesn't require anything special.
I will point out again however, that no matter how many players there are, the PC's are the minority in the world. We simply don't have computers powerful enough to account for how big Eorzea should be and how many people would live there, so we're limited with what is considered a reasonable amount of NPC's making it look like there's more advemturers than anything else.. which makes no sense at all.
Given that, Any kind of character that should be rare but is seen a lot in the player population can still be considered rare in the "reality" of Eorzea. It's part of our "job" as RPers to imagine those things.
Now half-breeds... well, they're not rare. They're pretty much unheard of. Only thing they have going is some dev said it's possible. And there's this Miqo'te who may or may not be one. It's like when Drizzt was the one and only nice drow and some time later, you had Good-aligned rows running all over the place, dancing naked under the moon and saving children from burning orphanages. That's when I run away from the Forgotten Realms.
In closing, the problem with Half-Breeds, or anything that challenges basic character creation options, is that it challenges other players' perceptions of the world we all share. When RPing in a MMORPG, it's important that we all share the same view of the world, or we may encounter or cause conflicts of immersion. That's why most RPers will frown at things that deviate too much from lore, sometimes to the point of becoming "lore nazis".
That said, I'm not saying Half-Breeds are wrong.
As I said before, they're risky, but it can be done, especially since we have official word about the possibility of their existence.
I wonder however if the character would be just fine without being a half-breed? Why this need to diverge from the option we're given?
As far as point 2 goes, I would say that the limitations of the engine should not be seen purely as OOC mechanics. I believe theya re in place to set the normal minimum and maximum size physically possible in each species. Therefore a very tall character is best portrayed by pushind that slider all the way up and simply going with that. Pretend afterwards that you're taller than another character who also chose maximum height can cause conflict.
I think the examples given for point 3 are so-so... Garlean turncoats or spies is something I'd frankly not touch, but I respect people's choices to RP them. Everything else (aside from knowing a lot about magitech, maybe?) is not limited at all, as the game allows us to play any of those as part of its mechanics. Well, except Ala Migho refugees, which doesn't require anything special.
I will point out again however, that no matter how many players there are, the PC's are the minority in the world. We simply don't have computers powerful enough to account for how big Eorzea should be and how many people would live there, so we're limited with what is considered a reasonable amount of NPC's making it look like there's more advemturers than anything else.. which makes no sense at all.
Given that, Any kind of character that should be rare but is seen a lot in the player population can still be considered rare in the "reality" of Eorzea. It's part of our "job" as RPers to imagine those things.
Now half-breeds... well, they're not rare. They're pretty much unheard of. Only thing they have going is some dev said it's possible. And there's this Miqo'te who may or may not be one. It's like when Drizzt was the one and only nice drow and some time later, you had Good-aligned rows running all over the place, dancing naked under the moon and saving children from burning orphanages. That's when I run away from the Forgotten Realms.
In closing, the problem with Half-Breeds, or anything that challenges basic character creation options, is that it challenges other players' perceptions of the world we all share. When RPing in a MMORPG, it's important that we all share the same view of the world, or we may encounter or cause conflicts of immersion. That's why most RPers will frown at things that deviate too much from lore, sometimes to the point of becoming "lore nazis".
That said, I'm not saying Half-Breeds are wrong.
As I said before, they're risky, but it can be done, especially since we have official word about the possibility of their existence.
I wonder however if the character would be just fine without being a half-breed? Why this need to diverge from the option we're given?
