Viera race

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Plus, isn't it pretty standard practice in modern MMOs to add new a race per expansion? I was under the impression FFXI never doing so was an oddity.

22 expansions into things, looking at a 23rd later this year, and Everquest has only added Iksar, Vah Shir, Drakkin and Frogloks as playable races. They have also only ever added two classes (Beastlord and Berserker) and permitted a few additional race/class combinations not originally possible (Gnome Shadow Knight, Gnome Paladin, Halfling Paladin, Halfling Ranger to name a few).

Adding new races or new classes/jobs with each expansion is not the standard practice. It takes an awful lot of work to fit new classes/jobs into the existing power structure without getting the balance of power too far out of whack. It is much easier to permit old races to take on new jobs, because that does not affect the balance of power between the various jobs. FF14 already allows every race to be every job as it is, so they cannot even permit new race/job combinations without introducing a new race or new job.