Future Races for FFXIV

Anyone who has leveled up the SCHOLAR Job knows about how the "Tonberry" Race became Tonberry. I was hoping in a future EXPANSION we could possibly get Tonberry as a Playable Race.

Also, anyone who has leveled up WHITE MAGE Job knows about the race (Padjal) that the Elder Seed Seer and the CNJ Guildmaster are (forgot the actual name of the race) but it would be nice to see them added as a Playable Race in the future as well.

Other than those, we have the Garlean Race that could be added to the game.

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__..._character.jpg

This is what the Ishguardian look like.

Tonberry plz no..
Padjal they are few in number
Garlean they are a mixed race?

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Originally Posted by tathen

Tonberry plz no..
Padjal they are few in number
Garlean they are a mixed race?

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Garleans (True Blood Garleans) have that 3rd Eye...
Padjal (thank you for reminding me of the name) can always have a population growth spurt with a future expansion
And why don't you want to be a Nymian?

http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/...1751-chewb.png

Imagine with the wet effect.

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Originally Posted by tathen

Tonberry plz no..
Padjal they are few in number
Garlean they are a mixed race?

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a true garlean have three eyes. the garleans soldier you've encounter that doesn't have third eyes are ppl who are from other nation, true breed garlean always have 3 eyes, Cid included.

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Originally Posted by Phe

Imagine with the wet effect.

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As long as they don't release Smell-o-vision, I'd be fine with seeing that wet.

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Originally Posted by Marxam

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__..._character.jpg

This is what the Ishguardian look like.

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I would LOVE for the South or West to have Poroggo (from XI) and Qu (Quina's race, if that's the correct name, from IX) battling each other in a war of gourmet goodness! I'd play a He/she in a heartbeat! /cook

its pretty widely believed that Viera are going to be a future available race in the game.

http://i514.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps872bed57.png

I wanna play a Sylph because they're small, adorable, and fly.

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Originally Posted by tathen

Tonberry plz no..

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I totally agree wit u :D

someone please explain that phenomenon to me pls. because i don't get it.

human race - boring.

human race with cat ears - OMG SEXINESS HELL YEA

human race - boring.

human race with bunny ears - w00t THAT LOOKS AWESOME

is that some kind of zoophilia?
some psychologist should write a thesis about that topic.

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Originally Posted by Phe

someone please explain that phenomenon to me pls. because i don't get it.

human race - boring.

human race with cat ears - OMG SEXINESS HELL YEA

human race - boring.

human race with bunny ears - w00t THAT LOOKS AWESOME

is that some kind of zoophilia?
some psychologist should write a thesis about that topic.

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Anthropomorphs...

I really want to be a SCH and WHM padjal, I'm hoping that the first they'll release is Padjal race.

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Originally Posted by Johnist

Anthropomorphs...

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Zoomorphic Anthropomorphism to be exact.

The question remains:
Why is a human female with animal attributes supposed to be attractive?
and why especially cat ears and bunny ears and not let's say... a giraffe's neck?

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Originally Posted by Phe

Zoomorphic Anthropomorphism to be exact.

The question remains:
Why is a human female with animal attributes supposed to be attractive?
and why especially cat ears and bunny ears and not let's say... a giraffe's neck?

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Elezen /10chars
http://i57.tinypic.com/2vl6593.gif

I'd like a primal race like this :
http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/774...rironso880.jpg

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Originally Posted by Phe

Zoomorphic Anthropomorphism to be exact.

The question remains:
Why is a human female with animal attributes supposed to be attractive?
and why especially cat ears and bunny ears and not let's say... a giraffe's neck?

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Why is anything a fetish? I'm pretty sure I've seen some giraffe anthros before as well.

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Originally Posted by WellGramarye

Why is anything a fetish?

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To find out if it's a fetish at all, we would have to ask people if and what they find sexy/attractive about catgirls/bunnygirls.
I'm not too optimistic to receive serious answers tho.

Padjal will never be playable simply due to their lore - they are actually born normally as hyur children until they are 'claimed' by the elementals and turned into padjal, growing horns and pointy ears while no longer growing and becoming ageless (although they can still die from injury or disease). They then become effectively a servant of the forest and thus have little to no freedom to how they live their lives - their entire life is devoted to serving the will of the elementals.

Thus a padjal could never be an adventurer - adventurers come and go as they will and thus if a padjal tried to do just that. the forest would literally spirit them away back to the Shroud. So yeah, padjal would never be a possible player race I'm afraid.

As for tonberries, if you've played through the SCH quests and actually read the dialogue,

you'll know tonberries aren't even an actual race - tonberries are actually the result of a disease called 'the sickness from the sea' that mutated the people of Nym fifteen centuries in the past, warping their bodies and making them ageless, but retaining their minds intact. As the disease that created them appears to have disappeared, then it's highly likely no new tonberries will be formed.

Hence, no player tonberries I'm afraid. Besides, would you really want to be one of those horrid little monsters? ;)

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

Padjal will never be playable simply due to their lore... They then become effectively a servant of the forest and thus have little to no freedom to how they live their lives... Thus a padjal could never be an adventurer - adventurers come and go as they will and thus if a padjal tried to do just that. the forest would literally spirit them away back to the Shroud. So yeah, padjal would never be a possible player race I'm afraid.

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Whilst I completely agree it will never be a playable race, I got the opinion from the White Mage quest line that the Padjali aspire to be a little more like A-Towa-Cant, who very deliberately travelled the world (or at least, Eorzea). He wasn't an adventurer, but he definitely had adventures!

It would be most likely (and only natural) that the Padjal are going to be playable. After all, body-wise they're Hyurs, so it wouldnt take a lot, or -any- coding to have armor fit on them and such.

"We gave your Hyur horns! You're now an entirely diffirent race to play! Rejoice!"

Personally looking through Limsa, there are a lot of (friendly) Mamool Ja travelers and merchants there for no apparent reason. Qiqirn and Goblins too. While it would be an absolute PAIN to code armor for Mamool Ja, Qiqirn and Goblins, basicly having to redo EVERYTHING, i'd love to play as either three of them. But since they have no allegiance to any group, it would be very unlikely.

But the thing that would interest me the most are mixed races. You cant possibly make me believe that over the thousands of years the lands of Eorzea and the people that came there are old, there wasnt any inter-species things going on. I mean, just look around in town with actual players. Elezen x Miqo'te couples, Roegadyns and Lalafell couples... We could have a lot of fun having mixed races.

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Originally Posted by Phe

To find out if it's a fetish at all, we would have to ask people if and what they find sexy/attractive about catgirls/bunnygirls.
I'm not too optimistic to receive serious answers tho.

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My point was mostly its a thing and we should probably leave it at that. Some people like it vanilla, some people like whips and leather, some people like cat ears and tails and bunny girls with cute puff balls on their tush.

As far as gaming conventions go, I tend to gravitate towards characters that are dexterous and agile. When I played FFXI went for the race that was supposed to be synonymous with that (Mithra.) When I started FFXIV I remade my character but after getting tired of seeing her deformed (see the butt thread) I fantasia'd to a Lala for the cuteness factor and fierce adorability.

The whole animal girl trope is a take on their personality and physical traits. Those who are independent, athletic, and carefree are akin to a cat. Others who are quiet, leggy, and agile a bunny. There's been just as much trope of canine (fierce, loyal, and a bit dense) people as well.

It probably goes back to some tribal thing from prehistory we don't really remember but its ingrained in our subconscious.

Gria because who cares what Ishgard things they are nazis.

Am I the only one that's missing the playable Moogle race like FFTA?
I just wanted to be kupo, kupo!

Vieras are very popular too but seeing as they have a male and female version of every race, I doubt they will make it ( just imagine a male Viera haha )

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Originally Posted by WendyDarling

its pretty widely believed that Viera are going to be a future available race in the game.

http://i514.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps872bed57.png

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I think i'm the only person who doesn't like this race...at all, i really don't know why..they just don't appeal to me...and i play a kitty Miqote which playing that furry race you would think it would appeal to me.

Padjal on the other hand...yes please!...or Gria...anything humanoid looking with horns is fine with me.

padjal seem most likely even with lore issues, they can easily give reason to a padjal uprising and the race itself wouldn't require a lot of work to put in (as others have stated above).

also would be the first race that characters were within the childhood range of looks (I don't count lala's they all look like stuffed animals young or old ;P), something that most RPGs love to do within the numerous characters usable in a party (notice how there is always that one kid party member that can fight with the older characters!)

all these things lead me to strongly feel padjal as the next playable race!

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

Thus a padjal could never be an adventurer - adventurers come and go as they will and thus if a padjal tried to do just that. the forest would literally spirit them away back to the Shroud. So yeah, padjal would never be a possible player race I'm afraid.

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A-Towa-Cant was an 'adventurer' of sorts.

However you're entirely right, they won't be a new race... They're Hyur!

Rabbit people seems most likely.

How about Burmecian folk?
- Ishgard: "Of the Sky, From the Sky, For the Sky". Dragoon jumpers? Flying race?

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I'd love to play as a Garlean eventually. I'm not interested in their physiology, and I doubt we'll actually get to pick them (We've got Hyur already[Too similar]) but can't wait for Garlean x Eorzeans vs Ascians. :)

Therer were Viera in game before... but Miqote ate them all....

http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2...er_Artwork.jpg

They're never going to add a race that doesn't have highly customizable features. Tonberries all look pretty much the same other than their clothing occasionally. I don't think they'll add races from other random, unrelated ff games either. Yeah, the races from this game are pretty much reworks of the ffxi races, but when se adds a new race I figure it will be a new one to ff. And viera are too similar to miqote in that they're pretty much human with animal ears. There's already a massive overpopulation of cat people. Add bunnies to the mix and imagine what our community will look like. I can already imagine the qq threads of people that already used their fantasia. xD

Animal fetish: I think the appeal of cat-girl, bunny-girl, whatever-girl isn't so much that they're part animal, but that they're "exotic". They appeal to people for the same reason that pointy ears appeal to elf-fans (or Vulcan-fans), or even more mundane, slanted eyes or dark skin or white skin appeals to many people in real life. It's just another way of saying, "Here's an exotic type of human for you to enjoy!"

Padjal: Folks have brought up the fact that Padjal are essentially slaves to the elementals, and therefore wouldn't make great adventurers. However, the elementals have been making some unprecedented decisions lately, including allowing mass immigration of adventurers into the Shroud, so it's not outside the realm of possibility for the elementals to decide that, hey, they want some direct representation in the whole adventuring gig. Hence, allowing Padjal to become adventurers, and stepping up the rate of Hyur that transform into Padjal. Not saying that I EXPECT Padjal to become a playable race, but there's plenty of leeway to allow it if SE so chooses.

Tonberries: I want to craft food as a Tonberry. That would be epic. XD

SE already confirmed that the Padjal would never become a playable race because of the lore surrounding them. They're supposed to be a special in the lore and SE doesn't want to cheapen them by having thousands of them running around. I would look for the quote of it but I'm on my phone. The point is that Padjal will NEVER be a playable race.

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Originally Posted by Nici

I think i'm the only person who doesn't like this race...at all, i really don't know why..they just don't appeal to me...and i play a kitty Miqote which playing that furry race you would think it would appeal to me.

Padjal on the other hand...yes please!...or Gria...anything humanoid looking with horns is fine with me.

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Nope, you're not the only one. Viera look weird to me with those long big ears on a human head. Maybe its the placement of the ears on the head, but it looks odd.

How about something like Elin from TERA?

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/1970/elina.jpg

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Originally Posted by Hycinthus

How about something like Elin from TERA?

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No. Dont even go there, lol.
Elin not master race.

http://rpggamer.org/uploaded_images/lizard-soul3art.jpg

Thinking from a lore perspective, adding in any new races makes no sense. The non-tempered beastmen and the human races are on shaky terms at best (with only a small handful allying themselves with the human races), and there are many more that have been tempered that are always hostile. Introducing any new races would require heavy explanation of where they came from, why Eorzea is somehow allowing this new race of people to march through its lands completely unchecked, and why members of this new race would be willing to fight under the Eorzean banner against Garlemald.

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Originally Posted by HakuroDK

Thinking from a lore perspective, adding in any new races makes no sense. The non-tempered beastmen and the human races are on shaky terms at best (with only a small handful allying themselves with the human races), and there are many more that have been tempered that are always hostile. Introducing any new races would require heavy explanation of where they came from, why Eorzea is somehow allowing this new race of people to march through its lands completely unchecked, and why members of this new race would be willing to fight under the Eorzean banner against Garlemald.

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I don't know about you, but some people are actually really good at creating character stories and backgrounds. It wouldn't be hard at all to come up with something that makes sense.

I'd rather not give SE another reason to complain about not being able to model things with detail. They allready tell us that the character deformations we have seen from 1.0 to 2.0 transition are because of Male Miquote and Female Roe.

I'd rather them focus on making the current races more unique instead of varying tallness and lack of tail.