Here is what the next playable Race should be...

[Nuna]

But with the additon of the new Au Ra race, we got a reptilian-like race already in the game.

I don't see reptiles, all I see are hyurs with psoriasis.

[Claymore65]

To be honest I can't really see them adding any truly "non-human" race any time in the near future.

One of the central conflicts of the game is between the "Beastmen" and the "Human" races. For example, the Amaljaa are used as central villains throughout the initial Ul'Dah storyline, while the Sahagin are used for Limsa Lominsa. How each city state treats beastmen is also a key point. For example, Ul'Dah banished all beastmen from the city regardless of type, treating them as savages. Limsa Lominsa, however, being more cosmopolitan and "free", allows beastmen to trade and live in the city. The Garleans are specifically trying to exterminate the beastmen, and most beastmen tribes thus far also summon primals. Even in appearance, the Beastmen are primarily non-human. They appear more "beast" than man, and humanity's interactions with them vary considerably. In fact, the Beastmen tribe quests focus entirely on this, showing how each race both differs from and is similar to humankind in a variety of ways. The divide between the "Beastmen" and the "Humans" is a central aspect to the story currently.

Unfortunately, that makes adding something like the Bangaa, Nu Mou, or Seeq as player races really hard to explain. You somehow have to visually say "Oh yeah, see these lizard people...they aren't beastmen, they're humans, deal with it." Otherwise a good number of the plotlines simply wouldn't make any sense. It's really hard to justify why one group of beastmen doesn't count as beastmen, while another does. I mean, they could hand-wave it somehow or alter the lore, but right now there isn't really a good enough explanation for it. By emphasizing the many differences between the beastmen, they kind of shoot themselves in the foot. For that reason, I don't see them adding a "Furry" race into the game. The closest we could get is more animal-themed races like the Au Ra, who are still predominately human in appearance.

I'll admit though, I'd kill for a harpy like race. The harpy models in the game already look fantastic, but it'd be really hard to modify armors and the like to accommodate the wings.

[Caitlyn]

I don't see reptiles, all I see are hyurs with psoriasis.

Then, Miqote are hyurs with hypertrichosis ; )

[Freyyy]

I don't see reptiles, all I see are hyurs with psoriasis.

I'm offended by the fact that I'm reading this from someone who plays a character which is the product of some weird weeaboo sexual fetish

[Galaktica]

I'm offended by the fact that I'm reading this from someone who plays a character which is the product of some weird weeaboo sexual fetish

The irony of that coming out of an Au Ra's mouth...

[Freyyy]

The irony of that coming out of an Au Ra's mouth...

Wow how did it came that far ? I didn't even know that this was a thing. Well I guess you can't play any form of female character in a game without having a special weeb sexual fetish tied to it anymore. Rule 34...

[Underdog2204]

Wow how did it came that far ? I didn't even know that this was a thing. Well I guess you can't play any form of female character in a game without having a special weeb sexual fetish tied to it anymore. Rule 34...

Urm you did exactly the same thing... No-one is going to accuse a fem roe player of having weeb fetish.

Well i wouldn't accuse anyone tbh but the perception is there for people.

i'm more suprised you don't find Auri's weebo magnets tbh... They pretty much just are with everything about them.

[Freyyy]

Urm you did exactly the same thing... No-one is going to accuse a fem roe player of having weeb fetish.

Well i wouldn't accuse anyone tbh but the perception is there for people.

i'm more suprised you don't find Auri's weebo magnets tbh... They pretty much just are with everything about them.

I didn't accuse the player for having a weeb fetish, I was just stating that Miqo'tes are sexualized catgirls which is well known for being a weeb fetish. I was totally unaware about the whole monster girls thingy tho, but after seeing that, I guess that everything female has to be a weeb thing now. I wouldn't have said that about Miqo'tes if I knew that Au Ri were in the same boat. To me Au Ri aren't more weeb magnets than midlanders or any other basic fantasy female character, but I must be wrong then.

Besides that, I was joking about being offended, in case it wasn't clear. I don't care what races people play and I don't assume that everyone playing Miqo is a weeb, hell I even find some of them quite cute.

[Norleas]

I didn't accuse the player for having a weeb fetish, I was just stating that Miqo'tes are sexualized catgirls which is well known for being a weeb fetish.

There's nothing anymore sexualized about miqo'tes than anything else in the game. Tbh judging by their body proportions, they're the least sexualized. So I assume you're calling them sexualized from the sheer fact that they're girls lol.

[Freyyy]

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I'm pretty sure that Miqo'tes, Au Ri and Midlanders share the almost exact same body proportions. I'm calling them sexualized from their racial outfits and some of their emotes which look like they're trying too hard to be sexy, but I have to admit that they're not as sexualized as female Highlanders (and I love them, so I have nothing against sexualized characters really). I was just making a joke statement about the catgirl weeb fetish and mostly defending my race, but I should've gone with the argument that Miqo'tes are also Hyurs with kitty ears instead of going the dangerous road talking about weeb stuff because I obviously don't know enough about it. I'm sorry if I offended any Miqo'te adepts. I love every race in this game. Don't hit me.


Edit : I've reached the daily post limit so I'm answering to your later post here :

You throw around the term weeb a lot, even though you're playing a japanese game and play an asian styled race..

I was JOKING okay ? J.O.K.I.N.G.

I don't give a shit about the sexual fantasies of other people (especially on the internet where the weirdest of weird things reside), I don't care about weebs, I don't HATE japanese stuff, I'm even a huge fan of a lot of jap stuff such as DBZ, Naruto up until Boruto, FMA, Bleach (haven't read after Aizen's death tho, kinda became shit IMO) and a lot of other animes/mangas that are basically all over my childhood and teenagehood memories, and I even currently find some real interest into Fairy Tail's plot even if it's full of blatant fan-service, but I don't care and I don't have anything against seeing big boobs every page as long as the plot keeps me entertained. I've played every single FF games, every single Pokémon games (I'm even hyped for the 7th gen games), I've played a lot of Tales of XXXX games and a shitton of other JRPGs too. I love japanese culture, I love ALL that stuff, but I love a lot of other stuff from other countries too. It doesn't have anything to do with being a weeb, and I honestly don't care if you or anyone around me is one, as long as you're happy as you are then there is no problem with being who you are. I was just JOKING, finding a fun line to throw at someone who just said that the race I play was a Hyur ripoff while him/herself is also playing another Hyur ripoff, which was funny. When I said that "you can't play any form of female character in a game without having a special weeb sexual fetish tied to it anymore" I wasn't getting butthurt or anything like that, I was just stating a real fact, rule 34 got everything on the internet and I have nothing against it (It's even sometimes really funny, like p*rn between two planes or cars), it's just surprising me everytime I see a thing turned into a fetish I didn't know about like this monster girl thing that Galaktica linked. And I repeat : I don't have anything against Miqo'tes, I even encouraged my girlfriend who is gonna buy the game soon to make one since I think that it's by far the cutest race with Lalas and she didn't want to play a gnome.

Can we now get back to the thread ? I didn't know that I could start such a useless debate with just a tiny joke-y line.