[POLL] Which new races would you like the most for FFXIV [2.0.]

Burmecian doing quite well!
Please no to lizards, please!
Also would like to see a new continent to go with new a race.
Or they could be driven out of their homeland by the Empire and flee to Eorzea.

hokuto shinken race
http://media.animevice.com/uploads/0...hiro_super.jpg
cuz your already dead!!

I really really want to be mog.. I know its hopeless but somewhere inside my characters heart is a tiny lil Stiltzkin wants to go out on adventures

I would have a Burmecian character as my main 100%. I love their design.

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Originally Posted by Chiapet

I really really want to be mog.. I know its hopeless but somewhere inside my characters heart is a tiny lil Stiltzkin wants to go out on adventures

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If they ever added Moogles as playable to FF14, it would probably look more like the ones from FF12
http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__...ogle_FFXII.jpg
not like the ones currently in game, and it would be renamed.

Edit: All things considered, a lot of the things people want could have potential to be in the game if they just supported the new tribes option on the poll..
We could get a variant of taller Miqotes with bunny tails and bunny ears instead.
Furry Lalafells with long ears. (Moogles from FF12 and Lalafell are built rather identically..)
Roegs with tails.
Burmecian and Bangaa are really the only ones that Require a new race.

I'd love a completely new race, however... If choosing from previous games I love the Burmecian, Bangaa and Gria. I also really love the Ronso but I'd have to wonder if they'd be too similar to the Roe's, and the Ivalice Moogles but again we've already got a different style of Moogle in the game that I don't feel would work as a playable race.

dont really want to see anything that's already been done in other FF games besides XI. The races from XI work because theyre both online games. Adding races from other games would look like pandering to specific fans. And the Viera example was an example. I doubt they will add it. But they will probably add something like Viera.

There's also the behemoths from FFXII. (not that ripoff dragon reskin king behemoth, but the actual behemoths.)

Those were a humanoid race as well. Though preferably make them more behemothy and not embedded with all those spikes and stuff.

(but i voted ronso, since i doubt they'd make male mi'qote's look more like the characters from BoF, more catlike and buff instead of a teenage boy with cat ears and tail.)

Viera are awesome! I'd love to see a male and female version of them in ffxiv

I'd personally welcome the whole lot into the game. I notice many crying its unoriginal, but this is FINAL FANTASY! There is absolutely no reason they need to reinvent the wheel when they have 13 titles of amazing characters and lore to pick from. Not to mention countless side stories.

If I wanted everything to be super original and new I wouldn't be playing Final Fantasy. There are countless MMOs out there way better than this one, but I chose the one because there is a good chance of blatant fan service from my favorite childhood games.

Also, Ronso, Burmecians, and Ivalice races would be awesome. :D

I think a demonic race would be pretty cool. Don't need fancy wings, just horns/fangs/slender bodies?
We have the race, buff guys, eloquent, cute lil' people and cats. Why not have a sophisticated or perhaps playful race? Also, the hybrid idea is nifty. I'm all for the humor appeal of a mithran galka.

I'm all for rehashing SE's current arsenal of races, however it seems Yoshi is trying to raise the bar with new ideas and I like that idea even more.

I want to see this race the Gria

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__.../5/5e/Gria.JPG

seriously in 3D and with their wings? imagening them in full DRG or whatever AF ;Xd

(as i mentioned before ;D)

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Originally Posted by Tonkra

seriously in 3D and with their wings? imagening them in full DRG or whatever AF ;Xd

(as i mentioned before ;D)

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yeah i did imagine them in 3d and it would be awesome.

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Originally Posted by Tonkra

seriously in 3D and with their wings? imagening them in full DRG or whatever AF ;Xd

(as i mentioned before ;D)

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They are dragon people.. why not in full DRG AF??? 3D wings and all!!

Stone golem race prz

FUSHIFURU.

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Originally Posted by Loony_BoB

FUSHIFURU.

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Bujururururu

A SOLUTION to the Viera vs Miqo'te debate!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...v1ch04_159.jpg

Sorry...I had to XD And I figured I'd just bump this old thread instead of making a new one since that might tick a few people off ;3

Tonberry Race. nough said

Based purely on the results of the poll I would have gone Burmecian. However, we already have a perfectly good rat race called Quiqirn. A playable race I would really like to see. On the other hand, I would be even more excited, if they would make Goblins as a playable race. Either one of these would work well, because they are already in the game, and so are their models. In addition to this, while they might be classified as beastmen, they seem to be neutral for the most part, as indicated by all the non-aggressive ones in the field and the friendly ones in towns and such. The only real exception is Bloatbelly. Even though I know its unlikely to happen, I think Goblins and Qiqirn would be awesome.

How about design new stuff for a new game? This attitude is why we only get a billion sequels of everything these days. I remember days when every FF game had original content and the game industry grew exponetionally on new ips. Now the old ideas are struggling to sell and publishers are afraid to invest in anything new. It's partly our fault really.

I bump* my old thread because people keep to open a new post almost every day about one race.

So now we know, Yoshida considers to implement lizard alike races like the bangaa, instead of the vieras who won at the poll.


I think its a quiet good decision.. if you think about it.. viera's are also a feline race like miquote.. and the ronso are very lion/cat alike (like miquote as well).
Lizard races would make a real distinction between all other races.. and would be really somethin new.
whats your opinion about yoshi P. ' s statement?

Have you considered making a voting link instead of multiple posts? Adding them at different times makes it pretty impossible to have long (consistent) lists.. lol

+Yuke/Vivi
+Moogle knights :D
+Draconic race Yoshida was originally talking about
+Anything rough/vicious as we already have 1 manish (roe) and 4 glamour pixies :D

-Viera (not because I think they suck, I think they can be another race added later.. but we already have Mithra, we need more men before we need more courtesans in the miners district)

None, improve whats already available. Quality > Quantity, always.

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Originally Posted by Valmonte

None, improve whats already available. Quality > Quantity, always.

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Pretty sure Yoshida said a new race with an expansion and no expansion is planned anytime soon after release.. so no worries there. This thread is safe :P

Screw Banga, I want Mamool Ja! xD

I wouldn't want to see any of these races added exactly as they were before. I would like to see something new and fresh.
It's a bit hard to imagine these in the game ... guado/viera since they overlap with elezen, tall/slender with varying ear/arm proportions ... bermecian because the qiqirn beastman are almost exactly that ... moogles because they area already in the game ... the padja seem to just be hyur that grew horns, not sure it's a race ... ronso/cowlike races are very roegadyn ... gria or winged races just seem so impractical when it comes to equipment and screen space, unless it's something like 'you can only see the wings when they are naked' or something like that.
Yoshi-P said he was leaning toward a reptilian race. This would add a bit of variety, so i wouldn't mind seeing how it turns out. I would not want bangaa though. I would want something more humanoid and less beastman-like. Bangaa remind me of those beastman from ffxi, and i think they would be a bit too similar to amal'ja and ixali ... I also think, while colorful and well drawn ... they are still ugly D:

I would love more options with current races. Extreme size differences, hairstyles, eyes, colors, and base face structures! Also, old people that look old, and not just a bag of wrinkles or anything xD.

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Originally Posted by RexValentino

I wouldn't want to see any of these races added exactly as they were before. I would like to see something new and fresh.
It's a bit hard to imagine these in the game ... guado/viera since they overlap with elezen, tall/slender with varying ear/arm proportions ... bermecian because the qiqirn beastman are almost exactly that ... moogles because they area already in the game ... the padja seem to just be hyur that grew horns, not sure it's a race ... ronso/cowlike races are very roegadyn ... gria or winged races just seem so impractical when it comes to equipment and screen space, unless it's something like 'you can only see the wings when they are naked' or something like that.
Yoshi-P said he was leaning toward a reptilian race. This would add a bit of variety, so i wouldn't mind seeing how it turns out. I would not want bangaa though. I would want something more humanoid and less beastman-like. Bangaa remind me of those beastman from ffxi, and i think they would be a bit too similar to amal'ja and ixali ... I also think, while colorful and well drawn ... they are still ugly D:

I would love more options with current races. Extreme size differences, hairstyles, eyes, colors, and base face structures! Also, old people that look old, and not just a bag of wrinkles or anything xD.

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Did Yoshi update his wording, or was there a mistranslation? Because I swore Yoshida said "dragon" and "draconic" both.. lol. I'm reading reptilian from people now.

Also just like Miqote tails, wings can work because the race's armor would be built around them (little wing holes).

Totally agree with you though on those styles and specially old! Hell yeah.. Really thought it was lame we got all pinned into the same age group. Do it for Louis SE. :P

http://cpapadopoulos.free.fr/FF12/images/bangaa2.jpg

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Originally Posted by Shougun

Have you considered making a voting link instead of multiple posts? Adding them at different times makes it pretty impossible to have long (consistent) lists.. lol

+Yuke/Vivi
+Moogle knights :D
+Draconic race Yoshida was originally talking about
+Anything rough/vicious as we already have 1 manish (roe) and 4 glamour pixies :D

-Viera (not because I think they suck, I think they can be another race added later.. but we already have Mithra, we need more men before we need more courtesans in the miners district)

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ehm have you seen at what time i did the entire poll postins? there just have been 1-2 minutes between them ... and not days or hours.


hm a dragonic race? something like that? :
http://paizo.com/image/avatar/PF23-15.jpg
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/_/rsrc/12874...=400&width=287

Although i wouldnt chose a race like that to be honest^^

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Originally Posted by Shougun

+Yuke/Vivi

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does not work at all... "vivis" look all the same.. yukes also... so it would mean there are no customization options at all in the char creation.. they just distinguish between the armor they wear.. that does not work for an MMO

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Originally Posted by Tonkra

does not work at all... "vivis" look all the same.. yukes also... so it would mean there are no customization options at all in the char creation.. they just distinguish between the armor they wear.. that does not work for an MMO

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sure you can you can pick an eye glow color or a shade of black.

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Originally Posted by Tonkra

ehm have you seen at what time i did the entire poll postins? there just have been 1-2 minutes between them ... and not days or hours.

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Haha I meant you cant add anymore now :P

Not that you were slow the first time around.

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Originally Posted by Tonkra

does not work at all... "vivis" look all the same.. yukes also... so it would mean there are no customization options at all in the char creation.. they just distinguish between the armor they wear.. that does not work for an MMO

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You could make them work on two bases. One the race would be a large amount of nuance. And two - how many people look the same already anyways ? If someone picks a vivi* race then they are obviously not looking for "facial" features.

Yukes (what I think Vivi was based off of) have more features to separate them (their armors are different based on sex, there seems to be some emblems, as well as body shape (including vivi, even more), and you can do things with the "darkness". I mentioned it in another thread that it would be an interesting challenge, but I think people get too hot on the no button because of their apparent simplicity. "Its not unique looking to each character".. Cant tell you how many times I've seem me on someone else - you get used to it lol. And the magical mystery of the race would suffice for the similarities.


(wing type, glow type, many eye shapes and colors, body shapes (short n fat vivi - taller yuke), male female changes armors style, perhaps armors come with special emblems if chosen - more if you really tried).

Over all I dont think its a lost thought.

Personally all I see Viera as is /equip bunnyear headpiece. If anything perhaps even a subspecies or Tribe of Miqo'te with different ear/tail options during character creation (like Elin from Tera). That's probably the lazy way of going about it.

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Originally Posted by Shougun

Haha I meant you cant add anymore now :P

Not that you were slow the first time around.





You could make them work on two bases. One the race would be a large amount of nuance. And two - how many people look the same already anyways ? If someone picks a vivi* race then they are obviously not looking for "facial" features.

Yukes (what I think Vivi was based off of) have more features to separate them (their armors are different based on sex, there seems to be some emblems, as well as body shape (including vivi, even more), and you can do things with the "darkness". I mentioned it in another thread that it would be an interesting challenge, but I think people get too hot on the no button because of their apparent simplicity. "Its not unique looking to each character".. Cant tell you how many times I've seem me on someone else - you get used to it lol. And the magical mystery of the race would suffice for the similarities.


(wing type, glow type, many eye shapes and colors, body shapes (short n fat vivi - taller yuke), male female changes armors style, perhaps armors come with special emblems if chosen - more if you really tried).

Over all I dont think its a lost thought.

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well the helmets of the yukes = are their faces.

http://www.creativeuncut.com/gallery...ffcc-yukes.jpg
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__...6/Yuke_EoT.jpg

helmet = face

and what if a yuke puts a helmet/armor on like this?
http://zam.zamimg.com/images/0/b/0ba...c14e6c29d8.png
http://zam.zamimg.com/ffxiv/icons/1C6109D3.png

a yuke with a long helmet nose would lose the "shape of his face"
they would look the same in that helmet.. or how you would design it? i think thats not possible. yukes work in Final Fantasys where they cant equip different armor. the shape of the yukes' armor defines their appearance.




my suggestions (refering to yoshidas opinion)

dragonic race:
http://paizo.com/image/avatar/PF23-15.jpg

aqua race:
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/al...6134623636.jpg

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Originally Posted by Tonkra

well the helmets of the yukes = are their faces.

a yuke with a long helmet nose would lose his "shape of his face"
they would look the same in that helmet.. or how you would design it? i think thats not possible. yukes work in Final Fantasys where they cant equip different armor

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Just like all races - the armor would be designed to that race. So long helmet noses wouldnt be lost :P (if your character had one).

Like I said, it would be an interesting challenge. But not an impossible one.


They would be a rather unexpected race - right now we have very very sterotypical mmorpg races.

I hope whatever they add next is a little bit more mind blowing then "variation of mithra" "variation of Roe".

Which is why I thought this dragon race yoshida was talking about could be interesting.

I would LOVE to see Burmecians in this game! XD

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Originally Posted by Shougun

Just like all races - the armor would be designed to that race. So long helmet noses wouldnt be lost :P

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Does not work.. Lalafells.. Elvaans... have almost the same head shape..

yukes COMPLETELY differentiate... one has a 1 metre long "nose" (his helmet).. while the other has a bulky short nose.
you would need to design a new helmet for EACH "face" of a yuke for each helmet.. like you have to design a new helm appearance for a whole race.

you understand what i mean? If you put a full plate helmet on an elvaan you have these "ears" on that helmet.. no matter what elvaan face you have chosen, the head looks the same, because it fits on every elvaan head.

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Originally Posted by Tonkra

Does not work.. Lalafells.. Elvaans... have almost the same head shape..

yukes COMPLETELY differentiate... one has a 1 metre long "nose" (his helmet).. while the other has a bulky short nose.
you would need to design a new helmet for EACH "face" of a yuke for each helmet.. like you have to design a new helm appearance for a whole race.

you understand what i mean? If you put a full plate helmet on an elvaan you have these "ears" on that helmet.. no matter what elvaan face you have chosen, the head looks the same, because it fits on every elvaan head.

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Thats a lot of helmets to design :P. Still not impossible though. I get what you mean. It would be a challenge.

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Originally Posted by Shougun

Thats a lot of helmets to design :P. Still not impossible though.

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well you can make it that way, that helmets wouldnt be displayed on a yuke ever.. thats the only way i would see how it would work.

but i think this race is going to do it very unlikely into the game

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Originally Posted by Tonkra

well you can make it that way, that helmets wouldnt be displayed on a yuke ever.. thats the only way i would see how it would work.

but i think this race is going to do it very unlikely into the game

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Probably :P

But those out there races I hope Yoshida thinks about - I'd like to see something "different". I like these other races suggested in the post of course they are just more expected if you know what I mean.