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

[Zumi]

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.

I actually like their look because they look simialr to miqo'tes. I could play one since I like the races that have a tail. If I want to look more like a dragon/lizard this would be the race for me.

[Wolfyboy]

Honestly, I don't know why they just don't give Miqo'tes all the animal ears/tail options so we won't have to have another race with cosplay accessories.

[aerialrave]

we have lots of beast tribes , but dont think beastmen are able to be "warriors of the light"

goblins , ixali , kobold , Amalj'aa , qiqirn, sylphs.....

Did you play the Black Mage job quest storyline? When I did, my "sub-human low races" attitude towards the beastmen changed drastically. They may not exactly be "Warriors of Light" but they are still heroes in my book.

[Reinha]

Did you play the Black Mage job quest storyline? When I did, my "sub-human low races" attitude towards the beastmen changed drastically. They may not exactly be "Warriors of Light" but they are still heroes in my book.

I'm doing it now and it really makes me appreciate the beastmen in a new way. Also, if they made Ixali playable or gave us an appearance buff, I would use it in a heartbeat. I even have an idea for a name . They might not be the usual barbie pretty race but their lore is really cool.

[Nadirah]

Ew, no thanks I'm looking forward to my Au Ra and I would not touch ANYTHING covered from head to foot in scales that just plain look ugly and blegh.

Personal opinion.

I don't find head to toe scales ugly.

[Spy]

I wish wish wish Au Ra had looked like this instead! It's sad that it wont happen now...but I totally would have race changed if this had been the case.

[Gilraen]

Other arguments aside, the thing here isn't so much if Western gamers find the idea of scaly people ugly. It's if Japanese gamers find scaly people ugly. We don't know what feedback they got from the production art at that Tokyo F.A.T.E. but it might be safe to say that it wasn't 100% positive given what we got. And lest we forget, Square's primary audience is Japanese gamers.

[Lexarious]

I wish wish wish Au Ra had looked like this instead! It's sad that it wont happen now...but I totally would have race changed if this had been the case.

Can't fap to that/not kawaii = no chance with this fanbase

[Samcaesar]

I wish wish wish Au Ra had looked like this instead! It's sad that it wont happen now...but I totally would have race changed if this had been the case.

Hell, I'd be fine if you smacked a human head onto that things body, now that's something I wouldn't mind at all.

[kyuven]

Did you play the Black Mage job quest storyline? When I did, my "sub-human low races" attitude towards the beastmen changed drastically. They may not exactly be "Warriors of Light" but they are still heroes in my book.

They also make it a point that those beastmen are the exception to the rule about their beast tribes, just as the beast tribes you can quest with are the exception (except the sylphs of course) in that every single one of them begins with "Everyone else of our race is EEEEEEVIL and zealous towards a giant water snake/bird lady/fire dude/fat guy in a thong, but we're totally not! Nope! We r teh speshul!"
And yeah, I really liked some of those quests. Untempered Beastmen are good people, but they just can't be Warriors of Light in this iteration of the game.
Though again, a series of "perspective flip" quests where we take control of some would be a REALLY neat idea. Kind of a new moogle mail-type quest where you can collect new Companions by playing out their stories and decisions.
But to say that would be a long way off would be a gross understatement.