Hi All,
I played the beta just a tiny bit, and I already bought the game and plan on playing it soon.
My main questions: Is there anyone here who played as Tarutaru on XI and has chosen to play as Lalafell on XIV?
This was my original plan, I played Elvaan on my first server and it was fun and had it's perks but I ended up strictly wanting to be a mage later on, when I made a new character years later on a new server I went with Taru and was very happy with the choice.. being a full time mage. I didn't have to worry about much +mp gear that was expensive through the lower levels etc.
My concern for XIV from my short experience on the beta is that:
A) It does not look like mages are even that effective in game since you can not easily restore your mp without using a /JA or going to the crystal thingy to restore it or some food/potion method. Does anyone have any feedback to this not being a big deal or being manageable?
B) From watching the video about fatigue it even looks like every job/class will be mixed so even all the Gladiator or Marauder will just have attributes of a Conjurer/Thaumaturge making the demand for a pure Conjurer/Thaumaturge quite low. If the demand or usefulness of a pure mage is low then I don't see the point in even going with Lalafell.
C) If mages are less important I would think there will be less of a benefit getting more MP by choosing Lalafell as compared to the MP boost as a Tarutaru, thus making me think choosing a different race would be better.
If there is any compelling reasoning that would tell me my thoughts are wrong? I guess that is what I'm really looking for. If the benefits of making the decision to be Taru on XI will be similar to making the decision to be Lalafell on XIV please let me know why.