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 Bahamut.Negan
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By Bahamut.Negan 2019-03-18 16:07:08
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I didn't want to derail DaneBlood's awesome thread, but it got me wondering.

Why do ppl like to be Humans in fantasy/sci-fi games?

Identity/RP?
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By Ragnarok.Corvinus 2019-03-18 16:25:13
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I'm Negan. I'm utterly, completely, stonecold Negan. I was Negan before I even met you. I just needed to meet you properly. You know, I'm Negan.



Jokes aside, I chose Hume for the all around stats before ffxi adjusted race stats.
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 Bahamut.Negan
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By Bahamut.Negan 2019-03-18 16:26:44
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I completely whiffed on stats... completely forgot. thanks!
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By Phoenix.Dabackpack 2019-03-18 16:36:11
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Bahamut.Negan said: »
I didn't want to derail DaneBlood's awesome thread, but it got me wondering.

Why do ppl like to be Humans in fantasy/sci-fi games?

Identity/RP?

I find that humans are a good grounding mechanism in fantasy stories. We are easily able to transport to a strange new world if at least we are able to carry over expectations about ourselves over there.

This is why most fantasy in general features humans instead of other exclusively "new" races.
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By Bahamut.Agerine 2019-03-18 16:42:49
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Because I am one being and not many...
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By Cerberus.Senkyuutai 2019-03-18 16:44:56
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Bahamut.Negan said: »
I didn't want to derail DaneBlood's awesome thread, but it got me wondering.

Why do ppl like to be Humans in fantasy/sci-fi games?

Identity/RP?
I usually play androids or aliens but mostly androids.

I find humans bland in general and it takes a specific character design to make me want to be one.
In most video games, they're frail, they're willingly bland as ***, I don't find this appealing.

On the other hand, I find the role of a robot pretty interesting.
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By Odin.Senaki 2019-03-18 16:54:41
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I personally didn't chose Elvaan, my father created the character for me when I was a kid and I have remained the same forever; so it become a part of my identity in-game :).

So I cannot comment on XI, but in other games I do tend to play Human.

Typically speaking, you know what you're getting for Humans. Humans tend to be the most well-rounded, highest populated NPCs, and the most prominently cultured race in a lot of MMORGs. Whereas other races might be a wildcard.

I actually think FFXI did a good job, lore-wise, in making humans interesting. Instead of just giving them their own city, they have to share the town of Bastok with the Galka, and deal with the social dynamics that surround that.
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By fonewear 2019-03-18 17:50:40
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I'm not sure if I"m human or a dancer.


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By Bismarck.Nickeny 2019-03-18 18:11:57
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They dont have a hedgehog race...
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By Afania 2019-03-18 18:23:19
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Bahamut.Negan said: »
I didn't want to derail DaneBlood's awesome thread, but it got me wondering.

Why do ppl like to be Humans in fantasy/sci-fi games?

Identity/RP?


Because I don't want to be short, fat, nor a Dhalmel. I don't like tail either. ;(
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By Phoenix.Dabackpack 2019-03-18 19:55:17
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As a kid I used to wonder why so many dudes chose Mithra, but a friend of mine explained it to me:

"If you're going to spend 10 hours a day staring at a character's ***, why would you pick anything BESIDES Mithra?"

Like, yeah...
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By Asura.Saevel 2019-03-18 20:07:46
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Did you just assume my racial identity?
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By Valefor.Endoq 2019-03-18 20:58:10
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Most of my mules were Hume because they make good slaves for the Elvaan Master Race
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By Asura.Cambion 2019-03-19 00:42:52
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At the time, I thought they had the best character model. I didn't want to be a female character so no Mithra, I thought Elvaans looked dumb and tall, Galkas were big and clunky, and tarus were too "cutesy" and I wanted to be something cooler than a little tiny child.

Now after however many years of being in game, Gear looks the best on Tarus all the time. Elvaans still look dumb and tall, I'd much rather look on my character than any other attribute I think and being female wouldn't phase me... but... if I could go back, I'd be a Galka for that sweet, sweet HP. No matter what I do in this game, I always come back to wishing I had more HP when it matters.
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By Asura.Vienner 2019-03-19 01:21:42
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I always thought hume women looked like evilminded stuckup ***. So I went Mithra, I dont have the need to identify with what I'm like irl.
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By Odin.Senaki 2019-03-19 02:14:32
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Asura.Vienner said: »
I always thought hume women looked like evilminded stuckup ***. So I went Mithra, I dont have the need to identify with what I'm like irl.

You can be a cat-girl/cat-boy irl too. :3
*Puts on cat eats*
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By Shichishito 2019-03-19 03:56:34
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hume = normal people (by FFXI standards...)
elvaan = stuck-up homosexuals
mithra = fem furries
galka = butch furries
taru = closet paedophiles

or something along those lines.
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By AliceEternal 2019-03-19 04:19:26
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fonewear said: »
I'm not sure if I"m human or a dancer.


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LOL same
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