[REQUEST] Can we have a more original race next time?

[Mature]

Cat people are boring rabbit people got more identity and character.

[Kilyne]

Cat people are boring rabbit people got more identity and character.

Very biased opinion.

[Nestama]

Bring the Vieras! That's all

Have you tried changing to a female Hellsguard and purchasing the bunny ears from Gold Saucer? Because I'm pretty sure that's all it will take to look like a Viera.

[Samcaesar]

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Considering SE's justification for the way the Au Ra (girls) look, we might get a race with men that looks somewhat unique, but I'm quite sure we'll be getting another Midlander Hyur with the traits slapped onto her in the lower 5' high 4' range again.

[CGMidlander]

Cat people are boring rabbit people got more identity and character.

Dog people are where it's at.

[Dree-Elle]

...i can almost guarantee come 4.0 you will have your beast race...

Mind if some of us hold you to that? "Almost"... huh, FFXIV is neither a horseshoe nor a hand grenade.

[Onikimaru]

Mind if some of us hold you to that? "Almost"... huh, FFXIV is neither a horseshoe nor a hand grenade.

lol if you want?. Considering some of the responses here i don't know why i tried to use logic in this discussion, it seems to be full of whining people.

[Nestama]

If people who chose not to buy this game because of the current races, how is Au Ra going to win them over (what we already know is that the current playerbase who love FFXIV will be getting HW. So that's already probably over a million copies being bought. Possibly more if gifts or PC+PS4 purchases are taken into consideration)? I'll concede that males can have a unique looking face, but the rest of them feels very Elezen (I've honestly not tried to make a male Au Ra yet. Maybe I'll try and make one look like an Elezen). Female Au Ra can easily be made to look like something already in game. Their faces can be made to look similar to Hyur's and their bodies are pretty much a female Miqo'te's (which was Yugiri's placeholder in 2.2).


They're both 5'6, in case you're curious.

[Wolfyboy]

Look i understand that you want diversity but this race is pretty cool IMO, i will be picking up the male Au Ra myself, choosing xaela?(hope i didn't butcher that). As it looks more beast-like and actually reminds me of kimahri. But i can empathize with SE's decision on designing them the way they are. It is more visually pleasing than say...a khajiit. Which in turn is more likely to draw in newer players. Remember this is their first expansion and the goal is to bring in as many players as possible and then cater toward requests and player demands, kind of like how patches work. And i can almost guarantee come 4.0 you will have your beast race and all will be right with the world.

Agreed with bold. Sorry, I had to bold those. Made it to easy. :P

Edit:I forgot to add; I've been attempting on making an Au'ra male look similar to another race. Funny enough, it is their long faces which makes it difficult. I also hate to say, but I realized how more "scary" and rough Roe and especially Highlander can look compared to a race that is supposed to be demon-like.

[Onikimaru]

Snip.


They're both 5'6, in case you're curious.

There is no "if players chose this " it has nothing to do with who bought what when. It has to do with marketing as i said before. And to answer your question, why didn't people by it before then?. Because they have a bigger campaign now and a player base to spread the word. If i never played XIV and i saw this race on top of the trailers, i'd buy it straight out. Again removing the scales and features only proves people are making excuses to whine about stuff that doesn't matter. People are happy with the race and they can be made to look extremely unique to other characters. Stripping them of the features that make them what they are only proves one thing.