Like a subrace of elezen with more human proportions :D
(We can call it Hyurezen)
I wouldn't want to take any races out because I don't particularly dislike any of them but I'd love to see Viera! Fran was my favorite character in FF12.
Honestly, keeping to the XI racial scheme was as much a mistake as making the Au Ra just another variety of kemonomimi. As such, I'd strike miqo'te from the roster... and not replace it. We have a good mix of races as is, too many even. Each nation has it's resident race with Gridania and the elezen, Ul'dah with it's lalafell and Limsa Lominsa the roegadyn. Hyur fit in everywhere so they are a good every race. Gridania, though, has an extra race with the miqo'te with no extra races in the other nations. It's an imbalance. Au Ra are fine given they're obviously not an Eorzean race (even if certain lore says they are).
Actually...I would trade my Lala for this:
http://i.imgur.com/6eSSsAC.png
http://i.imgur.com/asFgg6W.png
http://i.imgur.com/FgaCrKY.png
http://i.imgur.com/ley5HkC.png
(My Lyn from Blade and Soul)
He's got little claws and paws too! xD Like Lala's were originally going to have
http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2...FXIV_Art_2.jpg
He looks like Eiko (ff9)
FFXIV did not make nation-specific races the way FFXI did, and you can see that from any of the lore pages of each clan and city.
Gridania was founded by Wildwood and Midlanders. The two addlers on the banner symbolizes them both. So it's not an "Elezen city".
Ul'dah was founded by the Dunesfolk, it has nothing to do with the Plainsfolk. So it's not the "Lalafell city."
Limsa Lominsa was always a bustling nation with different clans hailing from the many isles surrounding Vylbrand. Sea Wolves, Seekers of the Sun and Plainsfolk are said to be from those very lands.
Then there's cases of clans coming from non-playable city-states or entirely different areas althogether, with Hellsguards coming from unnamed vulcanic regions, Keepers of the Moon and Duskwight (who previously lived in Gelmorra) inhabiting the Black Shroud and Highlanders belonging to Ala Mhigo.
FFXIV took many things from its FFXI father, and I agree that maybe they shouldn't have copy-pasted FFXI's races. But I disagree with the statement that "Miqo'te are out of place" because of the cities as you claim, because FFXIV never made city/race combos in the first place. Each clan has its own story and each city includes several and different clans.
Last but not least, we shouldn't forget that the adventurer, the character we play, is not supposed to be originary of Eorzea, so any playable race is valid, it'll always be the same case as the Au Ra.
Why all this "hate" for females Elezeen and Roe? They are the hottest in the game (with highlander hyurs) ç__ç
I need to go back to my FemRoe.
All races are good why all the hate?
I would replace humans with xenomorphs
I'd get rid of the human looking race, but then we wouldn't have any races. :(
Not get rid of any, but add cross breed races. Like Lillisette from FFXI had mixed heritage.
Lala'qote?
Eledyn?
Hy Ra?
Elezen for sure. Elves are just a cliche as humans in these types of game.
I'd replace the Au Ra (yes, way before they're released). We have enough Hyur-like creatures with bits attached. How about something that looks unique.
Silurian (Doctor Who), Qu, Burmecian, Ronso... something that isn't 94% human, 5% miscellaneous and 1% reptile.
I wouldn't get rid of any of the races but I would like to see actual beast races in the game. Like others have pointed out the core FF titles have had some cool, unusual races in them like Qu, Ronso, Bangaa, Burmecians etc.
Who wouldn't play as something akin to a Ronso?
That said...
Aw... but...
I noticed most of the racism against Lalafels are from cats. What's up with that lol?
Like this lol?
http://i.imgur.com/IvGLnGy.jpg
I don't think that replace a race would be really good. We have a great potential not exploited.
I'm definitively for a change in the appearance of the existing race, to make them more originals. They are all too human-like.
I think it's a good idea too :D
And definitively add more feature choices. It's like for a same race, they all quite look the same...
It's impossible , for a same race, to have 2 totally different faces They all look so similar...
Unlike theses (aman in Tera)
http://aynis.free.fr/TERA/Tera_face_exemple.jpg
And for the body, we literally have none. Choosing the size/boobs/visual for the muscle isn't a real variation. Even without going like Aion (awfully too wide range for the parameters), GW2 as different body type to choose.
http://aynis.free.fr/GW2/GW2_body_types.jpg