Not really. Gear swaps mid-combat would destroy XIV's immersion.
My vote goes to tbe Burmecians. Give those miqo'te some mice to chase around. :O
i want the monkeys from ff9(zidane,kuja...)
Are you really just posting to get the last word in? Look at your choices: Specifically citing already existing races from various other entries in the series. There isn't a single one worded "like this if you'd like to see a /demonic/reptilian/winged/aquatic themed race". Sure, you could go the "well these are just ideas for further down the line and not necessarily me trying to sway the devs either which way"(and you would), but there's hardly any leeway here for creativity.
Not that they're going to pay attention to this thread anyway, but yeah.
If they can make mantras look something like this it would be so badass. Much more manlier than what we getting
THUNDERCATS
http://www.iwatchstuff.com/2007/06/06/thundercats.jpg
http://images.wikia.com/thundercats/...3d/Panthro.jpg
You're arguing that by people making suggestions/polls on this forum themselves actually prevents the dev team from being creative. You need to demonstrate that, and you haven't.
There is nothing wrong whatsoever with people making suggestions; the problem is with demands, like what you're doing - demanding that such suggestions be ignored even when you don't know what the dev team is going to do. If you don't like the suggestion, of course the easiest way to do anything about it is to ignore it - many threads on these forums would be dead if those that didn't agree with the suggestions hadn't posted in it.
Ergo, just let the dev team decide what suggestions they want to take in and what they don't and don't keep a thread alive by inflating it if you don't like it.
P.S. Do yourself a favor and remember 2.0 is only happening because people actually came to the forums voicing their concern and that stuff.