A Race Suggestion: Kitsune

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Originally Posted by boopadoop

kitsune would look too much like miqo'te probably tbh

maybe meeses or bears i love bears
i want a tiny fluffy nub tail tho

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I would argue that all races in the game look too much like human already. With that said, it's pretty clear we're going to be using humanlike races unless we have a sudden change in direction, especially given how humanlike Au Ra ended up.

If we're not going to have anything radically different from human, we should embrace what we like as ideas that fall in line with the standard so far :3. I'd love a bestial race, but I'm okay with other stuff too.

I think it would be awesome to have a giant fluffy tail option like a fox would have, maybe even multiple tails. That would set it apart from Miqote but still help keep to the armor formula. Maybe some mischievous, sneaky, and more adult looking faces than Miqote too.

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Originally Posted by boopadoop

kitsune would look too much like miqo'te probably tbh

maybe meeses or bears i love bears
i want a tiny fluffy nub tail tho

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I can see a Bear or Moose/Deer style race being made more likely than a Fox race.

Could be a bulkier, more muscular animal race.

A bird race or fish race would also be interesting, if difficult to implement. Would basically be like Ixal or Sahagin, but more human than bird/fish.

Of course, I also don't want them to just make a ton of animal races just because they're easy. There's a ton of things you can do for a new race. Could make a Golem race, a Treant race, really anything you can justify in the story.

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Originally Posted by Adire

I think it would be awesome to have a giant fluffy tail option like a fox would have, maybe even multiple tails. That would set it apart from Miqote but still help keep to the armor formula. Maybe some mischievous, sneaky, and more adult looking faces than Miqote too.

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I tend to agree that we're unlikely to get anything that deviates too far from humans, but I honestly think that fluffier tails, different faces, and different shaped ears (which, imo are the real telltale sign of a fox-person vs a cat-person) should just be added to Miqo'te rather than making them an entirely new race.

I wouldn't mind a proper reptilian race seeing as how the Au Ra have a "Demonic" and not "Draconic" motif. (Despite my personal feelings that that statement is fairly false >.> )

A fox person would feel too close to Miqo'te though, especially given everyone "The girls look just like Miqo'te/hyur!" comments in the area of the Au Ra

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Originally Posted by Cenebi

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I don't really see a problem with adding a foxlike race really. There already clans for each race with differences from each other as minor as just lore reasons, being identical on nearly everything else.

This race could be made quite noticeably different from Miqote and have lore behind it. Making Miqotes have more foxish options just for more aesthetic options but not having the lore to back up the fact that they are fox and not cat seems like a bad idea personally.

If I want to be a foxlike race, I don't want to have to play a Miqote with fox features but be stuck with Miqote lore and knowing I'm still just catbased, you know? Foxlike features really don't belong on Miqotes in my opinion. If they're added, it only makes sense to give them to a new race. If not a new race, at least a new Miqote clan, maybe an offshoot distant fox cousin to Miqotes or something.

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Originally Posted by Samcaesar

I wouldn't mind a proper reptilian race seeing as how the Au Ra have a "Demonic" and not "Draconic" motif. (Despite my personal feelings that that statement is fairly false >.> )

A fox person would feel too close to Miqo'te though, especially given everyone "The girls look just like Miqo'te/hyur!" comments in the area of the Au Ra

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I don't know about others, but a lot of that for me was because of how similar the facial options are in some cases. Particularly Miqotes to me. I don't know, I feel like a lot of the Au Ra facial options have a similar...feel?...to the Miqote options.

Viera or bust

If we're just going to have 96% human and 4% animal, there's no point in making a new race. If you want a fluffy tail, do some PvP until you're Rank 38-40 and get the Caster coat.

As for Viera, change to a Roegadyn Hellsguard female, get the bunny ears and bam. You now have a Viera (they do NOT have tails. They do, however, have creepy hands and feet).

I might even consider creating a second character to have a kitsune as one. I've always been a fan of foxes in general, and the kitsune are one of my favorite parts of Japanese folklore, so why not?

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Originally Posted by Adire

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By in large the biggest issue with a Kitsune race that they wouldn't look different enough from Miqo'te. Sure they could have more vulpine features, but could you honestly tell the difference between the two of them? Like, considering the main features would be; furry, triangle shaped ears, a fluffy animal tail (possibly more), and maybe some minor facial changes (Though I'd doubt this to be the case, if SE is going to make a Kitsune race it'd look cute, just like the Miqo'te), the differences would be far to minor to make them look un-Miqo'te.

Honestly, looking and being able to toy with the Au Ra in the benchmark, they feel a bit closer to Hyur Midlander in facial structure with the girls, the Miqo'te comparisons come from the base creature traits being sort of slapped on to the human looking base ("demons" with the Au Ra and felines with the Miqo'te)

how bout actual beast race

-slams fist on table-
i dEMAND PLAYABLE SYLPH RACE