Now that there will be no more Races, What should Square focus on now?

In my opinion, it should be improvements on character customization.

(I know there’s potentially female Hrothgar next but until I see it I won’t believe it)

I still think Hyur's faces need a rework, like they should be more defined and more detailed.

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Originally Posted by SherlottaEryut

I still think Hyur's faces need a rework, like they should be more defined and more detailed.

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What, you don't like square chins? /s

Yes, character creation options need to be expanded. The resulting Fanta sales will more than pay for the costs. I'd also love to see an HD texture pack or something. Relatively easy to implement, and can be made optional easily as well (If other games that have done this are any indication).

I mean technically we are waiting for female Hrothgar for the next expansion with further updates to Vieraand Hrothgar on the way.

After that they may expand on the charater creation a little bit, maybe unlocking features from specific faces.

Big agree on character customization.

I would also be happy with a rework of the housing system so houses aren't super limited, or new housing areas in general... There are so many places I would love to just slap a house down, but can't because they aren't within the confines of a housing district.

I'm the Champion of Eorzea! Eorzeans toast to me whenever I take a leak on a tree within 5 square malms, Garleans recoil in horror every time I take a breath a little deeper than usual, the Telophoroi are ending the world just for a chance to get beat up by me, the king of dragons is taking a vacation in my pocket, I blew a hole in the chest of an Ascian and he was happy about it, the will of the star herself is giving me dating advice while I'm on a business trip, and you're telling me I can't get permission to build a shack on some uninhabited beach in Vylbrand?

Next they need to add big bushy beards for every race. I mean, I'd even settle for just one of them. The FFXIV beard game is weak.

They need Fem Roth and to fix all the terrible facial expressions and lack of customization.

I am going to guess that 90% of posts here are going to be based off of aesthetics. Sadly a huge problem with this community is its obsession with more aesthetics and the devs giving into this obsession.

Mean while the games back bone is complete garbage, servers have had issues for years, class homogenization is becoming more rampant, horrible UI, and text base commands still exist for simple UI functions.

We do not need more hair styles, we do not need more cash shop items, we really did not need Viera and Hrothgar, we have needed issues that have existed to be addressed.

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Originally Posted by Legion88

I mean technically we are waiting for female Hrothgar for the next expansion with further updates to Vieraand Hrothgar on the way.

After that they may expand on the charater creation a little bit, maybe unlocking features from specific faces.

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That would be nice, I like the idea of faces as a starting template but being able to mix and match eyes/nose/mouth/features from all faces would be ideal.

Along with cleaning up the textures for some of the older races and adding more facial features and options in general.

Updated character customization and fixes to the incredibly clunky and inconvenient elements of the UI

More QoL stuff, maybe expand housing. More hairstyles, more pets. Can't wait to see what island farming is about. More glams, more beast tribe quests to earn things. Side stories with the races we do have. Lots of possibilities.

Hrothgals and then improving the current character customization suite with more options for facial hair, faces, markings, maybe even some default hairstyles etc

I kind of want to see them upgrade the engine for 7.0. Don't get me wrong, They have done a phenominal job with the game so far, But I'm pretty sure they've hit the limit on how far they can push this engine.

I'm not saying to rip the engine out and port to a whole new engine. Just a version upgrade to the existing one that is now 10 years old.

Upgrading the engine would probably give them a lot more freedom on improving a whole range of limited things.

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Originally Posted by Sylve

I kind of want to see them upgrade the engine for 7.0. Don't get me wrong, They have done a phenominal job with the game so far, But I'm pretty sure they've hit the limit on how far they can push this engine.

I'm not saying to rip the engine out and port to a whole new engine. Just a version upgrade to the existing one that is now 10 years old.

Upgrading the engine would probably give them a lot more freedom on improving a whole range of limited things.

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Kinda actually hoping for this eventually, people have been mentioning lack of some aspects of content like new models for gear this expac and while it's very possible it was budgeting related, i pondered to myself if it's because they're slowing down on new asset creation while they work on updating the engine to something more sustainable for the long term growth of the game, especially with the recent population explosion

this is a pipe dream for me but it would be amazing

I could see additional clans for existing races being a thing. I imagine that would take less effort than a whole new race, since all the most laborious, time-consuming elements (I.e base models, animations, gear fitting, etc.) have already been done. They would just have to add a few new textures, skin colors, maybe some new face and accessory models, and maybe some new voices.

Tail armor!
I really really miss non-clipping armor in 1.0
I know there is a little in endwalker. But not on my job.

id like it if every race had equal amounts of customisation.
maybe there weould be more female elezen if they didnt have only 3 faces and a running animation as if somethings stuck up their arse.

They literally never said "there will be no more playable races". Just that it will be a long while/unlikely.

Anyway every existing race but Miqo'te and Lalafell need their animations seriously refined, because the difference in quality and care between those two and the rest is very jarring.

We will be getting female hrothgar between now and 7.0. Hoping it won't take them a full two years for it, but wouldn't be surprised since male hrothgar need some serious work.

More customization options for the existing races.

More unique gear designs and less re-used stuff (hello EW leveling gear)

Cape physics

I would love a UI overhaul, personally.

* There are so many menus that could be made more tangible, or could be reverted to HUD or drop-downs instead of these ugly windows.
* Actions that should be instantaneous have some sort of animation delay like melding, desynthesis, mounts that should probably be removed.
* Would appreciate quicker ways to key up custom hotbars; I keep putting it off because there's so much tweaking.
* Removal of the wardrobe, allow us to glam any equipment we have received in the past. The job bloat is real now and it's unfair to expect us to only keep 400 items per character.
* LET US CHANGE GLAMS OUTSIDE OF CITIES.
* Give my Hroth hats plz. I am a dapper gent.

Here's the thing. Aside from Blitzer and some sort of Green Mage greathammer job, I don't really need more jobs. But I do need faster farming/desynth/selling and a less restrictive glam system. I would gladly pay for a 7.0 expansion with only one new job if the resources were diverted toward updating the game's decade-old infrastructure and interfaces.

Hroth and Viera need to be able to wear all hats and hairstyles.

Then focus on older races, give males more beard options, add other stuff like body tattoo etc.

Definitely character customization. It's really noticeable just how much better crafted Viera and Hrothgar are on a technical level. Even Au Ra stand out in that respect, though not nearly as much. None of this is to say the original races are bad. They just need a facelift... pun intended.

non ps2 textures, a real antialiasing technique that is not 20 years old

First they should fix viera and hrothgar to actually be able to use hairstyles and hats. I have no clue how they can do this for hrothgar, but fair is fair.

Then they should work on the thing that they should have been working the whole time instead of adding new races - high-resolution textures. The new icons and other UI elements finally look great on the QHD monitor I've been playing the game on for years, but every character in every cutscene looks horrendous. Poor Krile's nose is like seven very-distinct squares pretending to be a shadow!

Making jobs feel unique again and have some flavor.

Everyone has already said the sensible suggestions... So I will say we need more chocobo race tracks. Gimme the Chocobo Race on the moon!

Hmm...

Make Hyur females look as good as Catgirls.

I say this having a great love for FFXIV, but, the next thing they need to be working on is a new MMORPG. This one still has some good years ahead of it, but surely not another ten years.

hopefully retouching the textures of armors/weapons and adding more detail/smoothing to pre SHB races skin. Fem Elezen have a face that looks like it has pock marks, Alphinaud and Alisaie's lips are pixelated even at a distance. hyur female lips also have the issue of looking pixelated and dont really take to the colors provided (pink lipstick turns into a weird peachy brown for example)
I hope they add more detail in terms of shading and coloring, maybe have them look a bit more like the style in FFXII which is 16 years old it still looks bounds and leaps better than the characters in XIV. Eyebrows for highlanders & roegadyn.

#1. More detailed skin and hair, smooth it all out. being white/pale = crayon looking flesh tone and really dated. it has no veins, no flush, nothing that gives any depth to a "living" character. Im a portrait artist as a hobby, and the first thing I noticed on day one was how vanilla and plain the skin texture and color was. dark skin tones are slightly better, but still, the palm of hands and soles of feet dont lighten even with the darkest setting.

#2 more options to CC. Add the ability to wear eyeshadow, blush together + a third option. Bigger beards for men, that have varying styles. A certain character in EW has a beard, a nice Lincoln style beard and one can only hope that this will be a thing, they did add the stubble for male Hyur but that's it, and it's an entirely new face slot. Make it so that hairbands are dyable, use the highlights slot for those hairstyles to allow for the dying of the hair accessory, rather than having 4 of the same hairstyle with 4 color hairbands.

#3 more hairstyles for Viera/Hrothgar. Specifically the mog station ones. Maybe add small hats that sit in between the ears or in the front. If the ears clip, then they clip. Fran's actual ponytail for Viera- it sits far out enough that it wouldn't clip too much. Even a short full version but hers is leaps better than the one that Viera currently have. Fran's has more waves and detail, and doesn't look like a cat's tail rubbed the wrong way.
Add Lyse, Yugiri, Hilda, Fran, Ashe, Penelo, Rikku, Quistis, Echidna, Basch, young Gabranth, LeAnn Caldwell hairstyles. Ran'Jit's earrings. Curly hair, normal buzz cut. No more mullets or spiky rpg hero hair.

and fix the muscle tone too, rn it looks like crumply playdough when set at max.

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Originally Posted by Laerune

Hroth and Viera need to be able to wear all hats and hairstyles.

Then focus on older races, give males more beard options, add other stuff like body tattoo etc.

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we all know that any body tattoos in FFXIV would just be thick obnoxious 90s tribal that looks like it belongs on some middle aged stoner guy who smokes marlboro cigarettes and tans too much.

Improving character creator & updating it

Giving players access to all NPC hairstyles

Improving the housing system & it's aspects

As it stands, character creator is outdated & it shows. The lighting is misleading even with the different environments (but it's not something to really fret over). The hair and make-up colors aren't vivid and vary from race to race. Make-up and face-paint options need an update to color and have optional lipstick without gloss. I'd love more war paint and tattoo options and more make up options. Currently you can only wear 1 make up at a time, this needs to be updated so we can wear 2 or 3 choices at once.
Add false eyelashes that are dyeable- similar to how Viera have an eyelash option to thicken and even dye it- all races should have this.
Many female elezen faces do not stand out and look way too similar- as it was stated by someone else, the skin tones are very bland and so are the options to help them stand out.
Touch up's to every race is requested - to "beautify" them
Add eyebrows and beards, even if it means new faces.

Give Viera Access to more hats (like Matoya's witch hat, since it is a bonus paid for item)

The design team should add more hairstyles that NPCs have. People are always asking for them, there are many megathreads that have gone on for months if not years that show continuous support for adding Hilda's hairstyle or Hien, Emet-Selch and Cid's hair or Lyse's hairstyle just to name a few. It would be a breath of fresh air if the design team would finally start listening. Add more NPC hairstyles for player use.

Hairstyles should also be adjusted to fit the races better- if there are ear gaps due to the hair being on a human race, these should be covered for Viera and Miqo'te
It feels very out of touch when they added random hairstyles to Viera, instead of all of the paid for mogstation hairstyles first. (adding paid for hairstyles to me is common sense) There is a megathread ongoing that is sharing a massive distrust and distaste for this decision.

Housing interior needs an overhaul- as it stands you have to glitch items to get them to a certain place and a certain look and the interior limit is stressful if you take enjoyment in the ingame decorating- many requests for fixes have been made, all have been recently ignored (I do not use ignore lightly, peoples requests have not been acknowledged as of yet) This is reference to the DECORATING and item limit, not the lack of housing.
There is a fix however, but alas it is a third party tool that makes decorating miles easier- something XIV devs don't seem to care or are aware of. Atleast, that's how it feels.

I apologize if I come off antagonizing and demanding in my requests

I just want beards, that's it. I like how they added a new face for hyur and it has stubbly but we've yet to get an actual beard in game...

Character creation if possible. More faces, hairstyles, etc.

More glamour too if they can do it.

Allow us to place things on lofts in housing and place steps/stairs on anything that makes sense without having to do tedious glitch methods

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Originally Posted by CrayonsAndPaint

In my opinion, it should be improvements on character customization.

(I know there’s potentially female Hrothgar next but until I see it I won’t believe it)

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- More face models across the board. 4 for most of the races is defnitely not enough... Especially when the details (nose, mouth, chin and eyes) impacts very little in the outcome.
- Cohesion with the current options. The example, is Miqo male eye tattooes... face 01 got them as an optional feature... face 04 got them as a permanent feature...Huh?
- Hair colors - merge the base color with the highlight colors, so we can pick any of those for either the base or the highlight. There is a big difference in the shades there.
- Break up options, like horns from Au Ra independent from the face.

I know it will probably require a lot of effort due to the engine/code, given that they had to copy paste one of the Hyur faces just to have it with a permanent stubble built in. This means that just adding more isn't as simple... almost as if the structure only allows you to toy with that set amount of options.

Expand customization of the newer races should be a top priority given their lack of hairstyles. For everyone in general I would like to see new face options for all of the races that have more truly distinctive features.

More ethnic hairstyles please.

I have like - what - two?

Which is the afro and the dreadlocks; both styles being mediocre.

At the moment my characters just look like they have relaxers in their hair with how comically straight it is.