[Suggestion] Paid Race Change Program.

[FrankReynolds]

Holy necrobump, batman!
No. First, FFXIV won't have male mithras and female Galkas, because the game doesn't have either of those races, as it is not FFXI-2.

FFXI has explicit lore reasons why female galka don't exist at all (technically, they arent male or female, as they are asexual), and why male mithra are not playable. FFXIV had no such lore reasons, and in fact a female Roegadyn was the leader of one of the Grand Companies. To add females to an asexual race doesn't even make sense, and would be a massive retcon of the game's lore.

Any time you are thinking about using lore as an excuse to deny something, please refer to this quote:

The vast majority of what happens in Vana'diel is unrealistic. You're worrying about Superman's pitiful disguise as Clark Kent while forgetting that he is a space alien that can fly, shoot lasers from his eyes, survive nuclear blasts, and juggle aircraft carriers.

[Alhanelem]

Any time you are thinking about using lore as an excuse to deny something, please refer to this quote:

The quote is irrelevant, it's still a massive retcon. Besides, even if a re-customization service is ever offered, you and I both know they are never going to add new races or "missing" genders.

The Galkan race is not male or female. They are treated as males for their appearance, but even the original instruciton manual states they have "no specific gender."

You could release male mithra without messing with the lore TOO much (though it would be weird for all the men of the mithran race to suddenly come out of the closets they're being kept in). The Galka however, it doesn't make any sense.

I don't understand why races with non-human designs and social structures are so taboo. You can't have a non-gendered race because that's somehow sexist or something- it suppresses creativity.

I want a race like Species 8472 on Star Trek Voyager- They have 5 genders. Thattl' never happen though, because anything that doesn't have just males and females will get shot down.

[Elphy]

I don't understand why races with non-human designs and social structures are so taboo. You can't have a non-gendered race because that's somehow sexist or something- it suppresses creativity.

Anthropologically speaking it would be incredibly hard to do so simply because our brains like to catagorize and we would always see something as inherently male or female. Which is also why the few cultures that have more than 2 genders still see the third as more masculine or feminine. So it would take an absolutely brilliant dev group to come up with an actual third, forth or fifth sex (sex btw is completely different from gender) and have it not fall into a male or female catagory. Which is why the Galka, being sexless, fall into the male catagory. Their bulky frames are better suited to what we perceive as traditionally male clothing and armors that would be designed for men would fit them better. Also the reason people have a hard time thinking about them as being sexless.

Species 8472 is a bad example simple because they lacked clothing, a descriptive culture or anything that could be seen as a gender catagory. It was simply multiple sexes by reference. Even if they had 5 sexes they could still only have 1 gender and being human we would percieve it as masculine or feminine. As we would all 5 genders if they have 5 genders to accompany their 5 sexes. Its complicated when you really get into it.

But away from the scientific stuff. Everything has to fall into the lore somehow, you cannot have a game without lore, if you break lore every time its convenient you would have one heck of a disorganized game which would lead to many many problems

[FrankReynolds]

The quote is irrelevant, it's still a massive retcon. Besides, even if a re-customization service is ever offered, you and I both know they are never going to add new races or "missing" genders.

The Galkan race is not male or female. They are treated as males for their appearance, but even the original instruciton manual states they have "no specific gender."

You could release male mithra without messing with the lore TOO much (though it would be weird for all the men of the mithran race to suddenly come out of the closets they're being kept in). The Galka however, it doesn't make any sense.

I don't understand why races with non-human designs and social structures are so taboo. You can't have a non-gendered race because that's somehow sexist or something- it suppresses creativity.

I want a race like Species 8472 on Star Trek Voyager- They have 5 genders. Thattl' never happen though, because anything that doesn't have just males and females will get shot down.

I completely agree with you about the lore not matching and that they would have to make some silly stories up to explain it. I just don't think that's a problem. Hell, just last week we discovered an entire continent and kingdom wrapped in lore that we had no idea existed for 10 years.

I say if charging people $29 to add a continent and all the other crap that goes with it doesn't ruin the lore of the game, then adding some cross dressing galkas and some male cats for a nominal fee won't hurt either. If people wanna pay money for something, then SE should be happy to oblige. I wish people would go on my website and give me new ideas for making money off of them.

[Mirage]

That's not correct. The continent of Ulbuka and the existence of the Adoulin area has been known since early in WotG. There is a campaign NPC that claims to come from there.

[Demon6324236]

I completely agree with you about the lore not matching and that they would have to make some silly stories up to explain it. I just don't think that's a problem. Hell, just last week we discovered an entire continent and kingdom wrapped in lore that we had no idea existed for 10 years.

I say if charging people $29 to add a continent and all the other crap that goes with it doesn't ruin the lore of the game, then adding some cross dressing galkas and some male cats for a nominal fee won't hurt either. If people wanna pay money for something, then SE should be happy to oblige. I wish people would go on my website and give me new ideas for making money off of them.

More people would have a problem with it than you give them credit for I think. One of the things people love most about Final Fantasy games or rather SE games in general, is the story, by breaking lore in a dozen ways it could easily anger many. Would it be so many people the game would go under? No, but it seems to me like SE would be spending more time and money for something that is mostly pointless in the end and breaks their lore a ton so they would get complaints for it anyways.

[Ophannus]

It's so annoying how Elvaan seem so complete as a race as far as animations. When they cast magic, their clothing and hair are animated but no other race has that detail. Their weapon stances look more thorough and aggressive than humes which simply look awkward holding their weapons.

[Camiie]

I think having them add new race/gender options is a bit much to ask for as far as lore and time/effort. I'm not against it, but I'd completely understand it not ever happening. Let's not let it stand in the way of us getting support from our fellow players for re-customization options.

[Clou777]

i would like to change my race from hume to strong independent black woman

[MakkotoParinne]

From a lore standpoint, sexually female Galka do not exist, as Galka reincarnate. Adding them into the game just doesn't seem likely.

Also from a lore standpoint, male Mithra do not leave their home continent of Olzhirya. Lehko Habhoka is a very rare example of this, and adding male Mithra as a playable race would ruin the continuity of Mithran culture.

Even if they ventured to create new race/gender options (overall inconsequential to gameplay and might make many people happy), no one would be able to switch to them unless they establish a race change/character recustomization program. Let's stay positive and hope for an informative response!