I've been playing a female Highlander for years now, after dabbling with a few other races, and I don't think I could give her up at this point. She's got amazingly outgoing, energetic emotes that add a lot of character to her cutscenes. And even though I've given her a naturally butch look with maximum muscles and short hair, with everything from tank-top to tuxedo glamours, it doesn't take much for her to rock a dress if I want her to. But I have dabbled in every other race, and I've come up with a lot of designs I like, from a himbo male Roegadyn to a slightly punk female Elezen knight to a cool-as-ice female Lalafell butler/assassin to the most femme female Roegadyn I could manage. And I love them all. I think every race has something to offer, and everyone's going to find one that clicks for them -- or several! One reason I love this game.
I love playing as my seawolf Femroe. Went with max height and max muscle, and I also picked the slanted down eyebrows. I had a concept of an intimidating tall woman with short blood red hair and blue eyes. Seeing the emotes with her smile has been pleasing as it gives her a sharp or soft smile depending on the emote. Also it's fun for me to see my Femroe tower over a majority of npcs and players in FF14, especially the twins that are close to being half my Roe's size. That height also helps me find my character during raids too so that helps haha.
After going through a fantasia frenzy of trying multiple race/gender combos, at some point during Stormblood I settled on a Sea Wolf Fem Roe as well. She's got Face 3 with the straighter eyebrows, so she looks a bit gentler. Light green skin with white/blonde hair. I also made her shorter with lower muscle tone. Lol. So almost completely opposite of yours. But she truly has felt like the WoL for me. The Fem Roe expressions in cutscenes are super underrated!
I love my catboy. Played since Shadowbringers, and I didn't switch to a bunboy when he came out. I love the way the catboys bounce. He looks like he's always having fun. I like the little chin strap beard he's got. I love how he acts all cavalier about the scar across his eye, the one he got when "some [bleep] broke a sword on my face," yet his tuft of hair that refuses to stay in his ponytail is positioned to cover it up. Plus, Male Miqo'te have the best /groundsit animation.
Yesss!!! Your catboy sounds wonderful and I agree 100000% with you!! I loooove their animations so much. Bun boys lack the same charm catboys have for me, so excited to hear about your lovely catboy 💕
My first and only character's a female Duskwight Elezen who I designed with the headcanon that she looks gothy and scary but she's the world's biggest doofus and massive gentle giant. The MSQ feels like it's designed with my exact character in mind, and the elegant Elezen animations fit shockingly well into that. I'm incredibly attached to her, she's hands down my favourite character I've ever created in any MMO. I also get excited messages whenever I bump into another female Duskwight because there's so damn few of us, and it always makes my day.
Choosing Duskwight is so based, great choice! I make sure to dote all duskwight I see cause they are all so so lovely! I also love that goth goofball aesthetic, so adorable 😭
I'm a Viera main. Female viera just feels right, like that's me. Also, I can definitely tell the fembun faces apart. I love the bouncy ears and the bunny faces and the THICC assets they have, also, the stilted feet are just perfect. I wish they gave us more female viera soecific footware options.
Zara! You did amazing! You really do bring up a lot of good points! I still believe male Eleven were done the most dirty and ironically enough Ameryic is the best example. He's supposed to be Elezen rep, but his face is male Aura without the scales!
Thank you Squeaky!! >//u//< I agree Elezen were done the most dirty, at the very least they should have kept adding face options like they did to Hyur!! Elezen are wonderful and deserve more love but it feels like they were kinda neglected by square TnT
Besides the hair (once) I've played a female miqo'te, and never changed her for almost as long as ff14 has been out. I started originally as a lalafel with an evil grin, but he's now my WoL's right hand man (retainer) 😊
Nomming ffxiv race vids like xmas dinner. all the pets to all the catboys, my current and og (that first fantasia is still in a retainer's inventory somewhere)
As the rare person who has put an insane amount of time into my beautiful male Elezen, I thank you for seeing me. Wish I could show off my character, think you would be sooo impressed.☺️ After the work, I promise that he's as HOT as Aymeric(who is my favorite btw!).
@@zarawillow_ You've got my sub instantly! Thank you for your kind manner. While I adore my Draxx, I get so tired of the general attitude toward Elezens. Giraffe jokes are the bane of my existence though my guy only gets compliments. Someone even stopped me the other day and traded me a bottle of champagne just because they LOVED my character.🤣
Well some time ago i wanted to recreate my femboy self into a game instead of playing straight female and i tried all kinds of races too. I came to the conclusion that moon female cat is best fit. Nice boyish voice, found pale skin tone, chosed face 2, got dark green eyes like i have irl, big nose i ended up in character i really like. Short haircuts works sooo well on miqo, and im wearining a hairstyle from mogstation from a hw skin. I have a plaster on my character nose too, everything is so perfect about it. Even height is almost matching to mine irl, and skinny body but i also use a mod for flat chest and boom its all good hehe Its funny because i thought i would never play a cat girl but here i am, also i really love emotes and smiles and etc on miqo
I started as a male misquote then in HW became male hyur and I wanted to swap race again but couldn't decide if male or female and from shadowbringers to today I've been a male lalafell who cosplays as a female with the deep link voice :p
My main character is a female Wildwood Elezen, back in early Stormblood or late Heavensward I can't really remember I asked the FC I was in what race I should Fantasia into because I had an idea for female Xaela but everyone said don't change my character and the way the FC chat log flooded I got scared to drink the Fantasia and to this day I have Fantasia just sitting in my retainers inventory just sitting there.
I've been playing a Viera for some time now and I will not remove my ears ever again. Ever since I saw this game for the first time back in Shadowbringers, I liked them but my first char ended up being a male miqo. Then later a male Viera and now the bunny girl I play today. I don't mind the missing hats as much as I never liked most of them and I personally would like my bunny ears way more anyway. I later maxed out the ear length and height sliders and changed the ear type but everything else remained the same. As for why? I really don't know. I thought I'd stay a cat boi forever but the bunny council eventually got the better of me.
Before I go on to talk about character stuff, I just wanted to say this video was really good! It's the first of your videos I've watched but I really enjoyed it. I struggled with what race to play even after making my character because I always felt like I was missing out. I've been playing a Duskwight Elezen but I've got a few problems with them - I can't find many outfits at my level range that works with their height and proportions, their animations feel really off compared to other races, and there's always that feeling that I'm missing out when looking at other peoples' characters out and about or even just seeing my own in a cutscene. I don't have the heart to Fantasia out of Elezen though, I'm too used to them and I think I'd probably feel worse if I just up and changed them so suddenly. That being said, there's always this feeling of pure joy whenever I find another Duskwight Elezen, and that's a really nice thing that I don't know if I'd get with many other races.
Aww thank you so much!! I am glad you enjoyed it ^^ I understanding that feeling of losing out! It is what's lead me to have about 4 different alts haha I just wanna play so many of the other races! I love duskwight, but I totally understand your grievances! For me, tail clipping on catgirl has been a big one I have disliked for a while. Honestly my recommendation if you are ever unsure you could always try making an alt toon to see if you like them!
I run around as a catgirl with farce 3 mouth 3, wanting to switch to mouth 1 for cute reasons but your display has really tempted me to see how face 1 would look ;v;
Oh I know the feeling, before deciding on face 1 I waffled on face 1 and 3 for a WHILE. If you’re thinking about it I’d recommend making an alt and looking at all the expressions and how they feel for your character!
@@zarawillow_ ya that was the plan, since im still on FT, and my free Fanta use was to initially change my mouth and eyes only xD So i resigned myself to make different alts to test out the ingame lighting compared to the creation screen, with a different face/mouth i will want to test out expressions as well :> I assume you're using face paint to replicate face 3's cheek markings yes?
@@fluxwise I’m just a moon cat! Moon cat face 1 gets face markings! The face markings on all the faces are actually different between sun and moon cats, you should check them out!
I started as a middie because I cant stand clipping and ended up getting attached. I ended up swapping to Viera because i was tired of my friend bothering me about it but now that Im attached to both of my WOL im going bankrupt from fantasias
My current character is a male Miqo'te, though now I am trying to debate with myself if to go Viera or make another Miqo'te. This might help me decide. 😁
More facial hair options would be peak!! On male miqo you can get some extra stripes near the bottom of your face which are nice, but still not as good as real deal facial hair!
I've been playing a female Highlander for years now, after dabbling with a few other races, and I don't think I could give her up at this point. She's got amazingly outgoing, energetic emotes that add a lot of character to her cutscenes. And even though I've given her a naturally butch look with maximum muscles and short hair, with everything from tank-top to tuxedo glamours, it doesn't take much for her to rock a dress if I want her to.
But I have dabbled in every other race, and I've come up with a lot of designs I like, from a himbo male Roegadyn to a slightly punk female Elezen knight to a cool-as-ice female Lalafell butler/assassin to the most femme female Roegadyn I could manage. And I love them all. I think every race has something to offer, and everyone's going to find one that clicks for them -- or several! One reason I love this game.
Totally agree!! All the races are great and there’s so much to like about each one. We are a lil spoiled when it comes to choice haha
I love playing as my seawolf Femroe. Went with max height and max muscle, and I also picked the slanted down eyebrows. I had a concept of an intimidating tall woman with short blood red hair and blue eyes. Seeing the emotes with her smile has been pleasing as it gives her a sharp or soft smile depending on the emote. Also it's fun for me to see my Femroe tower over a majority of npcs and players in FF14, especially the twins that are close to being half my Roe's size. That height also helps me find my character during raids too so that helps haha.
Yesss!I love this! Your roe sounds so lovely 💕😭
@@zarawillow_ Thank you ❤️
After going through a fantasia frenzy of trying multiple race/gender combos, at some point during Stormblood I settled on a Sea Wolf Fem Roe as well. She's got Face 3 with the straighter eyebrows, so she looks a bit gentler. Light green skin with white/blonde hair. I also made her shorter with lower muscle tone. Lol. So almost completely opposite of yours. But she truly has felt like the WoL for me. The Fem Roe expressions in cutscenes are super underrated!
Fun fact: slamming a foot against the ground is a Thing rabbits do IRL when they're angry, so that's why viera do it also, is a nice lil touch
As an Aura lady I completely agree! If we could choose our face and horns would be wonderful!!
I love my catboy. Played since Shadowbringers, and I didn't switch to a bunboy when he came out.
I love the way the catboys bounce. He looks like he's always having fun. I like the little chin strap beard he's got. I love how he acts all cavalier about the scar across his eye, the one he got when "some [bleep] broke a sword on my face," yet his tuft of hair that refuses to stay in his ponytail is positioned to cover it up.
Plus, Male Miqo'te have the best /groundsit animation.
Yesss!!! Your catboy sounds wonderful and I agree 100000% with you!! I loooove their animations so much. Bun boys lack the same charm catboys have for me, so excited to hear about your lovely catboy 💕
My first and only character's a female Duskwight Elezen who I designed with the headcanon that she looks gothy and scary but she's the world's biggest doofus and massive gentle giant. The MSQ feels like it's designed with my exact character in mind, and the elegant Elezen animations fit shockingly well into that. I'm incredibly attached to her, she's hands down my favourite character I've ever created in any MMO.
I also get excited messages whenever I bump into another female Duskwight because there's so damn few of us, and it always makes my day.
Choosing Duskwight is so based, great choice! I make sure to dote all duskwight I see cause they are all so so lovely! I also love that goth goofball aesthetic, so adorable 😭
I'm a Viera main. Female viera just feels right, like that's me. Also, I can definitely tell the fembun faces apart. I love the bouncy ears and the bunny faces and the THICC assets they have, also, the stilted feet are just perfect. I wish they gave us more female viera soecific footware options.
If male midlanders could have the musculature of their highlander counterpart bro I'd win, let me be a short buff king god damnit
That would be SO sick!
the Male Au Ra /bow is CLASSY, love it
@@Sirtristepan yessss, their emotes are SO good
Zara! You did amazing! You really do bring up a lot of good points! I still believe male Eleven were done the most dirty and ironically enough Ameryic is the best example. He's supposed to be Elezen rep, but his face is male Aura without the scales!
Thank you Squeaky!! >//u//< I agree Elezen were done the most dirty, at the very least they should have kept adding face options like they did to Hyur!! Elezen are wonderful and deserve more love but it feels like they were kinda neglected by square TnT
Besides the hair (once) I've played a female miqo'te, and never changed her for almost as long as ff14 has been out. I started originally as a lalafel with an evil grin, but he's now my WoL's right hand man (retainer) 😊
@@2Deniya I am super biased but I just love them so much 😭all roads for me lead back to cat eventually haha
@@zarawillow_ and not to mention how many times you have to jump down and break your legs in Dungeons to progress, the WoL must be cat like... 🤔
Nomming ffxiv race vids like xmas dinner. all the pets to all the catboys, my current and og (that first fantasia is still in a retainer's inventory somewhere)
Excellent choice!
Lalafel best just for the running animations alone😁
LALA RUN IS THE CUTEST esp on ninja
I've played Male Miqo since I started in HW and there's a reason. We look great in everything and have the best /sit in the game!
As the rare person who has put an insane amount of time into my beautiful male Elezen, I thank you for seeing me. Wish I could show off my character, think you would be sooo impressed.☺️ After the work, I promise that he's as HOT as Aymeric(who is my favorite btw!).
@@annageisel4861 YEASSS id love to see him 🥺 i love male elezen so much
@@zarawillow_ You've got my sub instantly! Thank you for your kind manner. While I adore my Draxx, I get so tired of the general attitude toward Elezens. Giraffe jokes are the bane of my existence though my guy only gets compliments. Someone even stopped me the other day and traded me a bottle of champagne just because they LOVED my character.🤣
@@annageisel4861 awwww thank you ☺️ and as they should! I try to dote all the elezen lovelies, they’re so under appreciated
@@zarawillow_ You're the best, thanks again!🥰
I will readily admit that each race brings something unique and fun to the table, but overplayed as they might be, I just cannot stop loving miqo'te.
@@Tinandel oh saaame - I do have quite a few alts I pop onto from time to time as a result. I so badly wanna make an Elezen atm haha
Well some time ago i wanted to recreate my femboy self into a game instead of playing straight female and i tried all kinds of races too.
I came to the conclusion that moon female cat is best fit. Nice boyish voice, found pale skin tone, chosed face 2, got dark green eyes like i have irl, big nose i ended up in character i really like. Short haircuts works sooo well on miqo, and im wearining a hairstyle from mogstation from a hw skin. I have a plaster on my character nose too, everything is so perfect about it. Even height is almost matching to mine irl, and skinny body but i also use a mod for flat chest and boom its all good hehe
Its funny because i thought i would never play a cat girl but here i am, also i really love emotes and smiles and etc on miqo
@@Klaudiuszeg ooooh I love hearing how you customized your kitty! I absolutely love how versatile they are
I've found male Vierra also amazing for androgynous looks :)
I started as a male misquote then in HW became male hyur and I wanted to swap race again but couldn't decide if male or female and from shadowbringers to today I've been a male lalafell who cosplays as a female with the deep link voice :p
My main character is a female Wildwood Elezen, back in early Stormblood or late Heavensward I can't really remember I asked the FC I was in what race I should Fantasia into because I had an idea for female Xaela but everyone said don't change my character and the way the FC chat log flooded I got scared to drink the Fantasia and to this day I have Fantasia just sitting in my retainers inventory just sitting there.
that's a long video just to say FemRoe at the end.
FEMROE ARE INCREDIBLE MMMKAY
I've been playing a Viera for some time now and I will not remove my ears ever again.
Ever since I saw this game for the first time back in Shadowbringers, I liked them but my first char ended up being a male miqo. Then later a male Viera and now the bunny girl I play today. I don't mind the missing hats as much as I never liked most of them and I personally would like my bunny ears way more anyway.
I later maxed out the ear length and height sliders and changed the ear type but everything else remained the same. As for why? I really don't know.
I thought I'd stay a cat boi forever but the bunny council eventually got the better of me.
Before I go on to talk about character stuff, I just wanted to say this video was really good! It's the first of your videos I've watched but I really enjoyed it.
I struggled with what race to play even after making my character because I always felt like I was missing out. I've been playing a Duskwight Elezen but I've got a few problems with them - I can't find many outfits at my level range that works with their height and proportions, their animations feel really off compared to other races, and there's always that feeling that I'm missing out when looking at other peoples' characters out and about or even just seeing my own in a cutscene. I don't have the heart to Fantasia out of Elezen though, I'm too used to them and I think I'd probably feel worse if I just up and changed them so suddenly.
That being said, there's always this feeling of pure joy whenever I find another Duskwight Elezen, and that's a really nice thing that I don't know if I'd get with many other races.
Aww thank you so much!! I am glad you enjoyed it ^^ I understanding that feeling of losing out! It is what's lead me to have about 4 different alts haha I just wanna play so many of the other races! I love duskwight, but I totally understand your grievances! For me, tail clipping on catgirl has been a big one I have disliked for a while. Honestly my recommendation if you are ever unsure you could always try making an alt toon to see if you like them!
I run around as a catgirl with farce 3 mouth 3, wanting to switch to mouth 1 for cute reasons
but your display has really tempted me to see how face 1 would look ;v;
Oh I know the feeling, before deciding on face 1 I waffled on face 1 and 3 for a WHILE. If you’re thinking about it I’d recommend making an alt and looking at all the expressions and how they feel for your character!
@@zarawillow_ ya that was the plan, since im still on FT, and my free Fanta use was to initially change my mouth and eyes only xD
So i resigned myself to make different alts to test out the ingame lighting compared to the creation screen, with a different face/mouth i will want to test out expressions as well :>
I assume you're using face paint to replicate face 3's cheek markings yes?
@@fluxwise I’m just a moon cat! Moon cat face 1 gets face markings! The face markings on all the faces are actually different between sun and moon cats, you should check them out!
@@zarawillow_ oooooooh!! For some reason I thought you were a sunny like me xD I see :>
Thank you!
I started as a middie because I cant stand clipping and ended up getting attached. I ended up swapping to Viera because i was tired of my friend bothering me about it but now that Im attached to both of my WOL im going bankrupt from fantasias
My current character is a male Miqo'te, though now I am trying to debate with myself if to go Viera or make another Miqo'te. This might help me decide. 😁
Both are wonderful choices! Good luck deciding!!
Gee the person with the catgirl vtuber's opinion on the best race I couldn't possibly guess which one its gonna be lol
if we had lala or viera facial hair options on a cat boy my life might have looked significantly different
More facial hair options would be peak!! On male miqo you can get some extra stripes near the bottom of your face which are nice, but still not as good as real deal facial hair!
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hi mom
Male auras all want to argue about who's the strongest in Naruto.
Didnt need to watch, its lalafell ofc
It is the obvious right choice, I am with you on that one. We are just the cutest.^^
The face tracking on your model is superb!
Oh thank you!! ^^
Great video Zara, I had no idea this game had a variant on Ronso.
I love that they are an option!!
Idk if its only for me but the background music was a lil bit too loud. Overall great video !
I actually super appreciate this feedback cause I had issues deciding roughly where to balance it haha I can tone it down more next time!
Roegadyn is pronounced roo, not row.
Xaela are objectively the best c:
Yesss they’re soooo cool