Galka or Elvaan

[TokeN]

Having a hard time on which race to pick. Between Galka and Elvaan. Please give me pros and cons of each as well as ur personal opinoin so i can sum it up and come to a conclusion

[Zacharias]

Well, ive heard Elvann's are better and Galka's are better, i personnaly dont like Galkas but since they are the beastly race of FFX1 (and thats all DRK's are) i have to say Galka's are better but theres hardly no difference. (maybe more HP but DRK's aren't meant for that, your other party members shpuld be better tanks) your just there to hit stuff hard . . . . . . really hard. But in the end its just what your heart desires..............(god that was corny :sweat: )

[KaworuNagisa]

Elvaan animations and look in general are absolutely horrid. They stand with toes pointed in opposite directions.. the weapon animations are even worse.

People say they are graceful? Yea right =0 It's ugly =/

Galka all the way if those are your two choices...

[Zacharias]

Ok i have only seen th game been played, and ive only seen the city of San D'Oria ( elvann's city if your really that stupid) and Elvaan's dont look half bad actually besides Hume's I think there the best looking race. Have you ever seen a Galka in full DRK AF armor ?!?!?! small head HUGE body small legs (you'll know what i mean when you seen one for yourself). Or maybe its just because i hate Galkas :sweat: either way still!

[Ecks]

Elvaan Animations

Elvaan animations and look in general are absolutely horrid. They stand with toes pointed in opposite directions.. the weapon animations are even worse.

You obviously know very little about poise and stature. Elvaan's stand perfectly upright with Great Swords and use their body weight to learn forward into their swings.

When standing upright like that you maximize your control over your body weight, allowing you to step off in practically any direction even with such a heavy weapon.

Their feet are not pointing in opposite directions, they form a perfect 90 degree angle like so _| . Not only does it look militant (like standing at the position of attention if you know anything about the military), but this is also practically the ONLY way to stand with your legs together and maintain perfect balance while still remaining in a position that allows mobility and versatility.

If the feet were together, it would force you to face one direction, either straight or to the side.

Pesronally I would adopt a wider stance with my legs spread further apart, but despite being the strongest race in the game Elvaan are not "big" like Galka. Some of those Greatswords are almost as big as they are.

[Zacharias]

BRAVO!
Finnaly some one that agree's with me, and you sound like you know what your talking about. Elvaans are graceful and well equipped warriors. Even though you made it sound so much more better than i would have put it, im glad you agree with me.
THANKS AGAIN!

[Eddie da Ripper]

I agree with Zacharias and Ecks. Elvaans don't only look great but their stats are ideal for DRK, who doesn't want more attack?
Well anyway to suport my statement here is a picture of a Elvaan in a DRK AF armor.

I would like to thank PsycoMatrix for giving me this picture.

[Socrates]

go mithra. xp

[Sabre]

I can't stand Elvaans necks! If it's a little longer, they could be a dragon. I won't choose them just because of that. If I have to use that character all the time, I need to like it.

[TMPikachu]

really?
Elvaan aren't human though, I love how they're too lanky for humans. It beats every other fantasy game's concept of an elf being a white guy in spock ears

[RaidenDoria]

Ecks is obsoluetly correct. I have been a semi-pro fencer for over 5 years now and the positioning of there feet are exactly like a fencers stance. Only difference is that you would keep you feet much farther apart. I think elvaans are gracefull and beautifull personally.

[KaworuNagisa]

They fight like penguins -_-; It's choppy and disgusting. Don't try to pull off a real life line of logic in a video game - the animations are horrid and that's all that matters.

[TMPikachu]

Neato, I fence too, foil :D

as for the issue of Elvaan, it's really simple

Elvan move with the grace of efficiency and power

Kaworu just has exeptionally bad taste :D

[Liam]

well if you'r choise is only out of galka and elvan i'd go fore the elvan for the stats but i've heard they miss alot this could be balanced with magical stuff though... me myself is going to be a hume drk for the all round stats but it's up too you

[Burzum]

Galka have one main advantage over Elvaan and that's Hp's... which boils down to maybe 100+ damage with darkness possiblely more if used with lvl 60 WS. With that same higher max hps total giving them a bit more breathing room when they use it.... Galka's have better rounded Melee stats with both higher Hp's, Vit, Dex, Agi with the difference being +141 Hps, -108 Mana, -4 str, +4 dex, +8 Vit, + 4 Agi to Elvaan... When it comes down to it main reason most ppl say Elvaan's are better... They think they look better in armor Statistically Galka's are better... Elvaan have the Coolness factor... also Elvaan's have the second worst mana and with a war/thi/sam sub both are going to have piss poor mana throughout most of their lvl's until at least 60+. Drk's also seem to hit a damage cap as well noted by Awntawn... Thus why Galka/Elvaan/Hume Drk's regular hits all do roughly the same amount... So the Elvaan minor strength advantage is moot...
Drk's are 5/6 Melee 1/6 caster... so I wouldn't worry too much about the mana issue... Your not Paladins trying to keep hate with heals... you Scythe wielding warriors for Darkness Who try to slash up everything before you... Using spells to enhance the carnage in front of you

If your a stat counting bean counter go Galka If you wanna show off that shinny armor go Elvaan Either way you'll still kick some major ass