Can we get a Reptilian race please?

Like the Argonians from The Elder Scrolls?

I'd want Bangaa, but I doubt it will ever be playable

I've said this in other threads before but I would definitely play a Kojin (Turtle Race in Stormblood) if it was an option.

Eh, we had better Au Ra.

I don't like furry race for players. But, NPC is ok

Personally, Burmecian/Cleyran. Including Burmecia the Realm of Eternal Rain. But anything FF9 related would be nice anyways.

+1. Wouldn't mind having more options.

Can I also request for a demonic/voidsent race please?

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Eh, we had better Au Ra.

I don't like furry race for players. But, NPC is ok

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I think they've done it with Au Ra. They explicitly say that Auri do not come from dragons.... Which makes them plain reptiles.

We got Au Ra, we are like 10% reptilian but 90% human.

They tried this, instead of a Lizard man they decide for the kawaii moe version. Aslong as the playerbase shows that it prefers moe, we will not get different type of races. It also doesnt help that SE does not want to create a race that looks different from humans.

The Au Ra as it is the Lizard that SE wants you to play. This is probably why I am worried for the new race for future expansion.


PS: Still wish we had the taller rugged devilish looking Au Ra from the artwork.

http://i.imgur.com/9NVtRHM.png

http://i.imgur.com/BYPXzMC.png

It's not going to happen.

The original concept art for Au Ra made them look more demonic/draconic than they do at present but we ended up just getting a watered down version. The men, at least, can still be designed to look fairly imposing and savage but the women just look like shrimp when compared to the original proposed design.

They'll probably cave into the pressure and add Viera next - which will just add yet another playable race that looks either 'cute' or 'hot' depending on which direction they go in. Another playable race that is essentially just a human with bunny ears and a tail.

Now, maybe they could add some sort of playable race that has a 'human' form and a monstrous form that they can switch between at will like WoW did with Worgen? That'd be cool. Still, overall I'd prefer additional options for the existing playable races before new races are added.

I actually like the Au Ra a lot I think they did a good job with them.

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I actually like the Au Ra a lot I think they did a good job with them.

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I find them adorable, but the females look alot like the female Hyur and Miqo'te. The current Au Ra could easily been a third Miqote clan, but with scales. There is no changing it right now, but I was disappointed when they revealed the race in 2014. Instead of a race that looks different from the current one, we got a clone with scales. I reckon you can understand why some people were not happy with the Au Ra race.

I mention Au Ra, but this mostly targeted towards the females. The males look different enough to be its own race.

One of the better new race suggestions imho.

Doubtful since Au Ra are the "reptiles" in the game already. Even tho they are just humans with scales, horns and a tail glued on.

I still want my demonic looking Au Ra Concept.

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We got Au Ra, we are like 10% reptilian but 90% human.

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This is the main reason why I don't like them. They could have taken out the reptilian and they would have just been Elezen.

Our version of the Viera will probably be Slightly shorter than Elezen Women and Men, with normal hands feet.
Bunny ears and fluffy tail and that's it.
Concept Au Ra was amazing but we always get "humans with added features". :/
Or as Zumi said, 10% original and 90% human. I'm sure they just cheese it because
they have to make 'race own' gear to accommodate (Like Original Au Ra and Viera.)

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Originally Posted by Jybril

Our version of the Viera will probably be Slightly shorter than Elezen Women and Men, with normal feet.
Bunny ears and fluffy tail and that's it.
Concept Au Ra was amazing but we always get "humans with added features". :/

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The more inhuman a race is, the more deformation any gear on them has. The alternative is manually going through every model and altering them to fit around inhuman characteristics. SE wants neither.

Shouldn't there be a thread to request less human looking races for next new race? With enough support it could get Yoshi's team's attention to not make the same choices that they made with Au'ra. :0

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Originally Posted by OwlBlackX

Eh, we had better Au Ra.

I don't like furry race for players. But, NPC is ok

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Don't you mean "scaley race"? :P

But yeah, I'd like a playable race that's different enough from the current races to actually be non-humanoid.

The current races are mostly just human-looking with a larger variety of skin tones (like greens and blues) and/or animal ears/horns stuck on.

And the Viera would not fill this role one bit, no, given how the Au Ra looked in concept art but were then watered down to what they are now.

Just make the MGS bunny ears equippable by males and we don't need the Viera...

The new race already got datamined by me. Look at my signature.

I would of played a reptilian race if we had one. Made a female Argonian in skyrim. But I am fine with Au Ra they look super cute and you got scales, horns and a tail.

I'd rather they just give us the au'ra concept than the finalized version.

Granted, I like how my character looks and everything and I spent a lot of time on her... but I would've absolutely loved if they could be taller to actually match their male counterparts, with more of a draconic/intimidating stance and options available. I don't hate how they came out, but I still feel like their concept is a lot more interesting than what we got.

SE should have a design a race contest for the next race to be implemented, then have the player base vote.

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Originally Posted by Laerune

They tried this, instead of a Lizard man they decide for the kawaii moe version. Aslong as the playerbase shows that it prefers moe, we will not get different type of races. It also doesnt help that SE does not want to create a race that looks different from humans.

The Au Ra as it is the Lizard that SE wants you to play. This is probably why I am worried for the new race for future expansion.


PS: Still wish we had the taller rugged devilish looking Au Ra from the artwork.

http://i.imgur.com/9NVtRHM.png

http://i.imgur.com/BYPXzMC.png

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*gross sobbing*

I'm OK with a reptilian species, just so long as the females are larger than the males, as most reptiles are.

Basically, no big, physically imposing males and tiny females plz.

I wanted the concept artwork version of Au Ra too, I am really disappointed they decided to ake the females look like JPOP idols with some poor - res scale disease.

I do like the Au Ra that we do have, but that concept art would have made me happier. Sad that it didn't go that way.

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I think they've done it with Au Ra. They explicitly say that Auri do not come from dragons.... Which makes them plain reptiles.

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Au Ra are descended from void sent, which makes them tieflings (demonhalves)

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Au Ra are descended from void sent, which makes them tieflings (demonhalves)

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This is false.

In an interview they said they have a demonic "motif", motif is an aesthetic term wich refer to the art or design style not the origin of the race.

Everything in the Au Ra entry in the lorebook is about how they are the descendants of dragons in their mythos, but it's not confirmed.

They are not demons, not dragons, not even toaster people. So lizard people is all we have.

Hope in an update or two we can get some info on what exactly the Au'ra originate from.

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Hope in an update or two we can get some info on what exactly the Au'ra originate from.

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Do they really need to explain that? I mean, nobody questions how races like Miqo'te, Lalafell or Roegadyn came about. They're just there and so do Au Ra.

Only if I can RP as a lusty argonian maid ;)

Anyway, I think Au Ra look fine for a game of its aesthetic. I wish the females could've looked more mature like in the concept art instead of being petite, but it's whatever.

Hopefully when they actually decide to upgrade the character creation for existing races, they give an opion to add more body scales for those people who want them more reptilian-looking.

Honestly, I'd be down for any new race with less than human characteristics. I was hoping we'd get a fishy race for the underwater emphasis of Stormblood, but SE did a silly and decided Raen are mer-people instead of just being Doman? Boring!

I think another animalistic race is the next step. While I'm fully supportive of a Viera inspired race, my actual dream is for bird people. Something between Gwendolyn from Odin Sphere and the Rito from Legend of Zelda. At least I have two varieties of birdy beast tribes... *sighs*

My fantasia addiction might be resolved one day if a race could really fit what I like, but right now I'm default Hyuran and bored.

I'm not sure I want to embrace our new lizard overlords!

The closer it is to looking like a beast tribe, then its going to be a beast tribe. That is SE's mentality when it comes to races.

So beastial/far less human designs are automatically relegated to being beast tribe NPCs.

Hence why the Au Ra got watered down to what they are, as it saves SE from having to go through and change everything to fit a non standardized shape.

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Originally Posted by DarkChild

Like the Argonians from The Elder Scrolls?

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They went for a reptilian race in heavensward and look now what awful result we got.

I want a plant/tree/flowerish race instead. Like the other races it would be 2/3 human obviously but maybe with very sophisticated textures on skin and eyes. Another particularity could be that you can make both male and females from very short to very high like from female aura to male elezen height.

Examples of skin textures http://imgur.com/IQAMf5N

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Originally Posted by TankHunter678

The closer it is to looking like a beast tribe, then its going to be a beast tribe. That is SE's mentality when it comes to races.

So beastial/far less human designs are automatically relegated to being beast tribe NPCs.

Hence why the Au Ra got watered down to what they are, as it saves SE from having to go through and change everything to fit a non standardized shape.

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...but Lupin are a thing.