Future Races for FFXIV

[heheesyo]

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

[LineageRazor]

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

[Skyhound]

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.

[starswept]

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.

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.

[Hycinthus]

How about something like Elin from TERA?

[starswept]

How about something like Elin from TERA?

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

[FritoBandito]

[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.

[FritoBandito]

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.

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.

[Jynx]

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.