Female Au Ra are the love of my life

There's one race in FFXIV that isn't trash, and that's the chocobo race

Every time I see a Lalafel sprint past me, I always feel this need to chase them. Like “Ooh look, a Lalafel! Where you going, little fella?! Where you going?!”😂😂😂 It can’t be just me

As a fellow Au Ra simp I agree, that being said THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS TOO EDGY. EMBRACE THE MALE AU RA IN ALL THAT THEY HAVE TO GIVE 😈

My character that I've gone through all the expansions with is my Male Roegadyn White Mage. Really loved the idea of a gentle giant healer, and I haven't had the heart to fantasia him, I've gotten so attached lol

It's funny, when I started playing I was planning to make a male Miqo'te, then I looked at Lalafell and thought "...you know what'd be funny??" It has been funny, playing Lalafell was the third best decision I've made in this game Second was playing Summoner and first was picking up the game in the first place Everything is 10 times more fun and adorable because Lalafell

He said: "Female au ra are the love of my life!" And I felt that.

I just started playing FFXIV and chose female Au’Ra and it’s so fun really enjoying the conjurer class/role

Not very far in the video, but I just wanna approve of the Hyur part. I just really like the idea that, in a world where everything is possible and whatnot, you choose to be a human, which I think is special in it's own way. That aside, I just like them in general. There's nothing particularly special, but also not much wrong with them, which is pretty nice.

7:42 Getting some serious "I want a girl that'll actually just kill me" vibes here.

I'm 5' 10", which I'm well aware is above average height for a woman, so when I was choosing my race as a new player, it was between fem Roe, fem Zen, or Viera. My sister was a fem Roe at the time and I didn't want her to think I was copying her (except, she is a fanta addict and soon changed to a female Au Ra), so I considered Viera. But their starting Victoria's Secret lingerie wasn't my style, and they had really limited hairstyles and couldn't wear headgear. So I went with female Elezen, and I haven't fanta'd since. I only used my ARR fantasia to make myself max height and change my voice (I initially picked voice 7, which is, uh... bad). My experience as a femzen has been a rollercoaster. On the one hand, I get genuine compliments for being pretty and having nice glams. On the other, I got bullied in my old FC for being an "ugly giraffe". As an introvert, I don't like being the center of attention, so playing one of the races that most people gloss over is good for me. A couple months ago during an Orbonne run, the male Duskwight dragoon in my party rather suavely asked for my digits (I was playing monk, he only gave me dragon sight) and I was like... wait, you mean me? He flirted a bit more and I was just... so flustered. Anyway, thanks for not shitting on Elezens like most other people who do the ranking thing do.

i usually play Human in fantasy settings, sure, i'll play one of the more fantastic races later, but i'm a big fan of the "Badass Normal" trope. so if my character is about to face some mysthical creature, all i can say is, prepare to be defeated by the race version of oatmeal and water! i almost take pride in the fact that, despite all the weird and crazy things i could play as in games, i'm content with being plain and boring by comparison. also yes, i also like the Bunnies. but i need my big bushy beard, so i stay a highlander hyur.

We once cracked a joke at someone in our FC, because she fanta'd from female Hyur into a female Mi'qo because she didn't want to be generic anymore. The joke being that we laughed at her for fanta-ing into what is literally the most picked and most generic race/gender combination and that she would struggle far more to stand out as a female Mi'qo than she would as a Hyur. I fell out of touch with her about a year ago, but last time I saw her, she was still a Mi'qo so at least she stuck to her guns. One of our other running jokes is that if we lose a Mi'qo in the FC, we can always pick up another 'stray' from 'literally anywhere in the game where players like to gather'. They're a dime a dozen. They are very pretty and their emotes are excellent, but you see so many of them, after a while you just kinda stop thinking they're special. Sorry, fem mi'qo players, but you know it's true. If you're anything like my former FC mate, you won't give a shit and just keep doing you if that's what you love to play.

9:22 The funny thing about Female Viera being taller is that it also makes sense based on their pre-existing race lore in other games they exist in. The women are supposed to be the ones out there being badass amazon warrior women while the dudes hold down the home front, so it makes sense that the average Viera woman is taller than, and is generally stronger than, the Men of their race, who tend to spend more time at home taking care of the kids/community they live in compared to being out and about doing the fighting on the front lines. This attention to lore details is something I appreciate, especially when it leads to very cool diverse races like this.

Our man's dying of thirst in general. I admire how he's sharing the love.

2013: Make Highlander (F) character 2013-2021: Be annoyed at animation issues 2021: Fantasia to Midlander (F) and change name 2022: Fantasia to Wildwood Elezen (F) 2022-2023: Be happy.

My opinion on all races: Midlander Hyur Male: They are very cool, can fit almost any scenario and are generally good looking Midlander Hyur Female: They are very cute, they can fit almost all scenarios and look very good in glams. Highlander Hyur Male: They are muscular men, great for the tank/melee fantasy. Highlander Hyur Female: They look really good in a lot of glams, are more visually interesting than their Mid counterparts and their animations are great and lively. Elezen Male: They have a lot of facial diversity and great RP potential and one of the faces can be seen as very androgynous, especially with longer/feminine hairstyles. Elezen Female: They give a royal vibe, their emotes are beautiful and elegant. Some of their faces are more androgynous and look very good. Lalafell Male: Small and cute, very popular for their size and can fit very well in a more mage-y aesthetic. Lalafell Female: Small and cute, very popular for their cute glam potential and like the males they can fit a more mage aesthetic. Miquo'te Male: They are the small and cute boys that everyone loves. Their facial diversity is good and they have one of the best /sit in-game. Miquo'te Female: They are very pretty, can fit and look good in a lot of glams and their faces are really nice. Their animations are very cute and lively! Roegadin Male: They are the biggest and strongest. They are perfect for a more berserk/tank-focused fantasy. Roegadin Female: Love them, their models look amazing, their animations are expressive and cool and they are one of the best-looking females in the game. Au'Ra Male: The spikiest and edgiest of them all! They look great and the horns and tails are really cool looking. Definitely a good choice for an anti-hero fantasy. Au'Ra Females: They are on equal standing with Miquo'te Females, they are almost indistinguishable. The way to tell them apart is one is a cat girl and the other is a lizard girl. They look great in glam, but their animations are more reserved and restrained, unlike the cat girls. Viera Males: They are the most beautiful male models in the game. Looking amazing and cute in games and their emotes are good. Viera Females: The most beautiful female race in the game, looking amazing in all glams and having the best starting gear out there. Their emotes are just ok. Hrothgar Male: Adorable big lion dudes that look like they give the best hugs. They are precious and have the cutest sitting pose in the game! Hrothgar Females: Are not yet in-game, but when they will I will update this post.

As a non edgy Au Ra male thanks for seeing what I see in them.

As someone who started out as a Midlander Hyur when I began... I never expected that I would end up being a catboy. But then I got more into the lore of the world in which FFXIV is set... and both Y'shtola and G'raha Tia turned out to be excellent ambassadors for the Miqo'te race. It was G'raha Tia who finally had me sold on the idea that this race is cool. Then when it came to what I Fantasia'd into... I ended up thinking of a cat I once had... he was one of my favourite pets I had ever owned. As a Russian Blue, this determined the dark blue colour of my catboy's hair. In Fire Emblem Three Houses, Seteth is my favourite member of the Church of Seiros, so it certainly helped matters that there was the option for my catboy to have a beard like his. I wanted my character's name to be lore friendly out of respect for the lore and story I have come to respect so much... so I looked into it. I was able to come up with J'vehf as his first name... it kind of sounds like my IRL first name, and the J Tribe, apparently mostly residing in Gyr Abania lent itself to some headcanon I could lean into... since Gladiator was my original class at the start, I could concoct the backstory that he came from Ala Mhigo to Ul'dah, hoping to follow in the footsteps of his hero Raubahn, who made his fortune fighting on the Bloodsands before it became apparent that Hydaelyn had other plans. Tia being his second name... well a male Seeker of the Sun Miqo'te is either a Nunh or a Tia. Since my guy is not the leader of his tribe, he's obviously a Tia. Yes I'm a nerd. No I'm not ashamed of it. Nobody should be ashamed of being a nerd.

I feel called out by the entire Lalafell bit The "pet the lalafell" part caught me off guard 😂

Ah, I remember entering the character creator for the first time back in March. Debating between the potato and the catgirl, I was sold the moment I saw scales. Also I did a complete 180 in concept for my night-themed fem Xaela from planning some edgy personality to turning her into absolute gremlin by just giving her the highest voice available. Now Glitter is my most treasured baby. Gotta love the cute feral Paladin.

Viera master race? Alright, checks out.

I gravitated super hard to Roegadyn when I started FFXIV, the concept of playing what is essentially a Jotunn ripped straight out of Norse mythology is just _peak_ for me. I was kinda sad to see how few there are compared to the others, I plan on an alt for each race, gender, and clan (gotta try a lil' bit of everything, y'know?) but honestly I might make more than one Roegadyn. They just have a certain feel to them that I absolutely adore. Also Merlwyb is the only Grand Company leader to consistently _get shit DONE._

"Hyur the white people food of races" took me out lmao

I play male bun but I agree with hrothgars they aren’t only good players but they are actually the nicest people ever I have never came across a rude one if I wasn’t so awkward I would befriend every hrothgar I meet lol

Hrothgar main. I always feel like I'm playing like shit at all times when I play 14, but apparently I'm actually going off.

The useless racial bonus joke had me dying hahaha

I play a male elezen, min height with the soft boyish face. He's the sweetest healer and I adore him, and I can't imagine ever changing him from being my main. Originally I played a male Miqo as my first character, but I'm glad I made Esmont instead, he's far more unique to me. Though I laughed at your mention of finding your NPC dad as a Hyur, this happened to me too! There's a new NPC in Ishgard housing that looks just like my boy save a few tweaks and a bit of hair dye.

I came in with eyes narrow and left with a smile. Was an honor to be one of your featured midlanders 💕

"Tall women beautiful" jump cuts to my twink bunnyboi in pink gear while you say "only bottom people play male viera", Kou you spoil me as you describe me and my bunnyboi perfectly XD

Thank you for affirming the Hyur love! I tried going bun boi when it dropped for Endwalker but it just didn't feel right so I went back and was immediately happier having my long time character back.

I have a theory about male au'ra. They have wider hips and chests so their center of gravity is lower (sort of like women). And my theory why they have that hour glass figure: Because they have fought so much their bones are denser. They protect pretty vital organs so they're just harder to break. It also explains the scale placements, they're on easy to break places.

This video should be renamed to 'What races are my kink' :')

The balls on this guy for showing he plays Koikatsu. A man of culture 😂 As an all around Au Ra enjoyer, really loved the video! Loved seeing the classy Au Ra 👀 I approve of the statement made about having the option to change the male run…please Yoshi 🥺

As a wise man once said “Catgirls are the basic beaches of ffxiv”

As a Lalafell who runs savages I can confirm that it's way easier to see safe spots. Smaller character, better visible hitbox.

I used to play a basic ponytail female miqo'te, but then I came to my senses and fanta'd into a male miqo'te. I straight up made him look like an Original Character Do Not Steal right out of Deviantart and I love him for it. While he has the basic pvp hair his lion tail and dark blue skin makes him unique. (Seriously though, why does NO ONE use the lion tail, it's so fucking CUTE!)

I think you mispronounced Lalafell when you said something about "master race"?

Like no lie, the first race I picked after fully activating my sub for FF14 was a Viera. And haven't once thought about changing.

When I started the game, I was drawn to Miqo but refused to pick one because I knew everyone views them as the most basic of basic... so I picked a Duskwight Elezen woman. She was fine but considering IRL I'm a cat mum of two and I'm also cursed with the human version of The Zoomies™ (ADHD), I eventually re-started the game as a tanned skin, ginger haired Moonkeeper Miqo. And I ADORE her. The feisty little grin that shows her teefs, the way her lil' ears droop down when she's sad, the huge intense pupils that shine when she's gazing at Aymeric... I mean at Haurchfant... I mean at G'raha.... ugh. She's just so cute. But still manages to look pretty badass in damn near all her outfits, as well as when she pops an LB. I guess it's all about what characters fit the way you want to envision your WoL! I love all the races though. My husband is a Bun Boi, so hearing that he's a bottom...heh. I will have to investigate >w>

Hyur here, been playing as one since I first started a year ago. And so far I love being the odd one out of all the other races

tried bunny boy and i felt dirty

In seriousness, I am a major fan of Vieras as well. Love the aesthetics of them. Male Au Ras get nothing but love from me, especially if they are played legitimately and are well designed. Thank you for repping the FemRoes and Vieras, especially the males. :)

I think every race in ffxiv is great. Honestly if youre in depth with how you would be as a character, then ya bound to pick what you feel is right. For me it's all about the energy/vibe/personality...and i believe Fem Thighlander has one of the best personalities out of most races....also the default dance is THEE BEST DANCE IN THE GAME!!!!...i even made a music vid about it. haha

"If you're a Huyr irl hit me up" Damn, I'm a Lala irl :(

Demon Slayer looks gorgeous, the animation is superb, and the music slaps but the story is just a typical shonen plot

I like Thighlander women for the decently big tall, but also those goddamn emote animations. They're so full of personality and I fell in love with them the moment I saw them doing that silly little dance of theirs

I started as Au Ra because they're like special. Idk maybe because it's not like everyday I'm going to see scale characters (with less scales) that are beautiful and bunny and cat girls were overrated 🤣 as for Lalafel a lot of rpg games have smol potatoes. But after HW until end of ShB I was among the fantasia addicts, I kept changing (to all) races more than I should have in a month which led to almost 3 months of sub lol. But I sticked to Hyur the longest because she was beautiful and I was broke to change race Until I finally put my hands up and saying well I met Aymeric as Au Ra so Imma go back to as Au Ra lol 😆

I got into this game to play as a manly colorful male viera until I realized the lalas are really the master race. They're too powerful.

There's only one master race, and that's elezen. Haurchefant, Estinien and Aymeric exist to prove my point

Yeah the only reason I've never race changed to viera is actually pretty simple. My glamour chest for hat slot is COMPLETELY FULL! I have a hat collection that makes some developers probably shriek in fright. Nearly ALL of them can't work with viera...😭😭😭 So...staying Au ra raen until Squeenix gets rid of the hat limits on viera.

Amazing Video Kou ! Still waiting for the Beat-Up you promised.

Hrothgar needs more hairstyles and i'd probably stick to that race, they have my favorite body proportions for various outfits..

I went with a female Roegadyn and I think she looks sooo good. Was a bit surprised that they are pretty much non existent :-(

I thought we were going to get past the male Au Ra without mentioning the run cycle animation, and snuck in right at the end! Elezen are such a rarity that either you only see one, or you see twenty because they all know one another and have to stick together, I love that about the players.

I originally picked Lala because I wanted to try and make my character as much like vivi as possible and wanted to be as different from myself as possible so I chose short. Best decision ever he was a blast to play for years, there is nothing more entertaining then a Lala tank with a party of Ros, happened once and only once but it was my best memory. Recently though I finally got board of my appearance and decided to switch races. Was really hard to pick but I chose Giraffe girl. I'm honestly loving how elegant and stylish she is. I think I set her hight to my irl hight and she's on the shorter end.

I main a max height male Hellsguard Tank, and have since the day I first started playing the game. Occasionally I consider switching to a Wrothgar, but every time I see this absolute unit in a cutscene, decked out in platemail, it just.. it FITS. I try to play him as a dude who bases his opinion on others entirely on their merits and actions, he doesn't scoff at a Lala for not reaching his knees, or female Aura for having almost no muscle mass, and he's always ready with a smile, a laugh or a joke. Serious when he needs to be, but mostly just a big, cheeky goblin. And people seem to appreciate that. I'm still a Sprout, haven't even been playing for a full year, and I've almost hit 500 commendations. The first few, I'll grant, were during ARR when people saw the symbol next to my name and gave them to me as encouragement, but now I notice then when there's an opportunity to interact with a group, to joke or tease or be cheeky, that's when I get the most. Basically, I think this is just a longwinded way of agreeing with your assessment. I don't have Culinarian as my character, but just being a genuine dude and enjoying what you do when you're size of a barn door and by all rights could throw everyone else around like a caber, seems to make people happy, and that makes ME happy :)

We need a playable canine race

me being a bottom and purposely made my male Viera be able to top me because im a bottom? Yeah. Bottoms play male Vieras there's no two ways around it lol

As an Elezen player, I take exception to being called a giraffe. The proper term is “Dhalmel”, as giraffes as we know them do not exist in Eorzea!

"Jojo Part 4 is the best" yeah, thats just facts "Demon Slayer is mid, SpyXFamily is top" Yeah. Still facts. That's just objectively right.

I had someone come up to me in game and DM me "Glad to see someone else who plays female Elezen, there's not enough of us, we're dope" and I've never felt so seen. I also designed my character sight unseen as a gentle, stoic giant who looks way scarier than she is, and the fact that the game then makes you basically limited to nodding at people and smiling meaningfully felt like it was designed for me specifically

bRoes across the world need to unite

I've stayed Miqo the longest, but switch it up occasionally to Au Ra and Viera. I just can't stick with one forever cause I love them all. But... once female Hrothgar is released, I am absolutely upgrading from cat girl to lioness woman cause OMG how could I NOT?!

I didn’t finish the video but I was heart broken to hear that the Xaela race was being used for edgelords and went I choice that race I was like “I’m gonna be a dragon, call me a dragon borne”. I’m definitely gonna try my best to add more color to my precious dragon boy also I agree on that running animation, I was like “does all characters run like this, it looks weird” so I do hope that they changes some things slightly for that animation.

I actually do like hyur a lot. Especially middies are so cute and adorable, I honestly prefer them over any fem'ra or miqo. I think it is because about 90% of them run around without barely wearing any armor, if you get what I mean. And tall buff femroes? absolutely adore them

This was a great video to watch. Been waiting for the day to be uploaded and I couldn't stop smiling the entire time. Also was a great pleasure to be the edgy Highlander in the background during the Hyur part.

I just want to say thank you from a midlander hyur through and through. And honestly I think there's not many of us out there. I always see other races but hyurs are kind of difficult to come across.

I've used fantasia to look like Godbert before I've started Heavensward's Manderville quests. Maybe not 1 to 1 clone, but close enough (especially glasses). But oh boy, had a best laugh in a while to see 'twin brothers' in one cutscene (slightly shorter than the original tho).

Lalafell player here, I don't use voice 1 I tend to use Voice like...12? It's shared with the Elezen. That aside, a fun summary and I appreciate the fact you didn't make them out to be a joke like so many others seem to.

us hrothgar gotta represent, its so funny cause everytime i have any contact with another one it just feels like a sort of automatic brotherhood between us i dont know what it is but its pretty great to be one, but yeah i cant wait to see how the females turn out XD

Elezen masterrace. Embrace the giraffe, so that we may look down upon these plebian races and bask in our own radiance and refinement.

Once I tried making a fem Au Ra with Heavensward launch, there was no going back, I am SO gay for them

lalafels are 2000 calories each

Femroe (Hellsguard) player here since 3.0. I was immediately charmed by their animations. And those noses. Back when I started you could go weeks of playing without seeing another femtoe, I think they are a bit more common now.

don't care if im basic, I saw the base form of the keeper of the moon miqote and I'm pretty sure my eyes sparkled. Something about the slightly cheeky grin just clicked. And nothing can make me change my mind. the little twitches, the small movements just fit- it probably helps that when my sister and best friend saw me in game, both of them took one second of me looking up at them with a cheeky grin and a slight twitch of the ears and both of them said in sync "Yea, this fits you all too well". I like all of the races but I think my only other choice would have been lalas, and I already struggle with climbing due to my height, no thanks! (plus I just find it funny how clothing reacts to my ears and tail) prolly helps that my sister is a bun bun and my best friend plays a hunk of a highlander already.

I respect elezens, I too have a long neck. My neck is about the length of my fingers. I don't actually know if that's long but every talks about my neck. It's probably a fetish.....

Thank you for pointing the male aura run out because it is the only thing that turns me off from playing the race. It's so stiff 😭

As a Viera(female) main,I can confirm it's the best race.........until you realize you can't wear 95% of hat wears and have perfect glams for it 😭

My respect for you went up when you praised the Hrothgars^^

I do wonder sometimes, I play Hrothgar myself(I just find it the most likable, with male Elezen as a close second), if we sometimes get some actual hate for no reason, I know that it's runs counter to what you said, but like yesterday, I was running some dungeons as Astro, I did everything right with heals, buffs etc, although I did make some mistakes in mechanics(was the first time doing that dungeon and no one died) but afterwards one of the party members started spamming /slap at me for no reason, a catgirl, I honestly don't know why and it's not really the first time either. Still, for the life of me I can't race change to anything else, I love my Hrothgar to much, some more hairstyle and other options would be very much apreciated though.

I use a Hrothgar..honestly because If I select any Humanlike Race I get the compulsion to make it actually look like me IRL so..yeah I kinda just like to not have that compulsion and not risk someone going “Wait-a minute..I know you.”

Chadlander is an age 30+ requirement.

That P4 “alarming” music while stating your hot takes is a melody that takes me back

Hyur: basic Male au-ra: funny run Female au-ra: she's adorable and I just want to protect her Male miqote: meh Female miqote: weeb Hrothgar: the rockstar of ffxiv Highlander: a taller basic Elezen: meh Roe: wow, big lady Male viera: oh right you guys exist Female viera: step on me mommy

Do you use a GShade Preset? If yes, which one? Cuz your game are looking so beautiful bro

Hrothgar main, I'm always worried folks might get frustrated with me being clueless dps in duty finder so I spend way too much time practicing my rotation, openers, watching dungeon/boss guides and keeping my ilvl up. So far no one's gotten mad tho!

I started the game in late HW. I knew nothing about it, just that I loved Final Fantasy. I went in planning to make a Hyur, even designed one, then thought I should at least take a glance at each combination. So I selected male Au Ra, it didn’t grab me, and thought, “Wow, I bet a female of this race looks imposing.” That was it. I was hooked. I’ve been a Xaela dragon girl since.

Au Ra girls it's the best ❤️ also love all the persona 4 music in the video ^^

What is the glam your wearing? Specifically the top?

Hroth main here. Dunno if I'm particularly good at playing, I just know that I played a lot and did everything, so practice makes perfect? Hroth are super nice players usually, but there's definitely an expectation for Hroths to run in the same circles and be with other Hroths. Also like 90% of Hroth players are gay and it's always weird to find that one on the server who isn't.

Female xaela's are great. Sadu and Dorgono is wife material.

Koikatsu party is definitely the best way to pass the time while waiting on those longgg dps queue times. Kougaon, you know. ;3

omg this video was an absolute joy to watch

I used to have a male Au'Ra. They run with "purpose".

Midlander women have best laughing emote. I would die for them. Love being the odd one. Suck it cats and bunnies! ❤Jk

3:16 there i am gary there i am! (thanks for including me ;w;) Srsly tho, this was a great video, ngl totally expected it to be super memey like every race is bad but you made valid points and had solid fair opinions (totally not agreeing with you as I believe in FemAuRa superiorty and Vieras as a whole are too broken in how amazing they are) tbh Bunbois are twinks, Catbois are more like...twunks (also im your "friendo" or at least...person you can point at in FF14 and emote at haha) Awesome video

I learned nothing about what race I picked says about me lmao 🤣 this is gold but maybe rename to "how much sexual appeal kougaon sees in each race"😂😂😂

That's the first video of you that im watching and you are so funny my guy!

kougaon: *emphasizes how you say roegadyn* kougaon: *doesn't say roegadyn right* (it's roo-gah-deen)