Everything to know about 4.0 from the Fan Fest

[Zojha]

In other words, I wish people could stop complaining that a certain race must be bad because it's not of their personal liking[...]

That isn't the complaint. The complaint is that SE does not offer variety, which makes a new addition as such pointless, because it only adds more of the same. Imagine the only new haircuts in this game would be twin-tails, because that was deemed the most popular one of the original ones you offered before knowing which would be popular. You can have longer ones, some are more to the side, some come with a ribbon, some without but all new haircuts would be twin-tails. To you, that would be a good thing. I would find that boring and bad.

And this is a difference in opinion we probably just have to accept.

[Clover_Blake]

That isn't the complaint. The complaint is that SE does not offer variety, which makes a new addition as such pointless, because it only adds more of the same. Imagine the only new haircuts in this game would be twin-tails, because that was deemed the most popular one of the original ones you offered before knowing which would be popular. You can have longer ones, some are more to the side, some come with a ribbon, some without but all new haircuts would be twin-tails. To you, that would be a good thing. I would find that boring and bad.

And this is a difference in opinion we probably just have to accept.

I agree that it all comes down to different opinions. I for one believe that the races we currently have do offer variety. They simply don't go into furry territory (not all games do), but a Roe isn't a lalafell, a lalafell isn't a hyur, and (to me) a hyur is not an Au Ra. We have races of all sizes and several age and beauty ranges.

I mean, every person is a whole world and has different tastes, and it's normal for people to wish there was more, or for this or that race to cater to their most personal needs. There's simply no need to go as far as to imply that any current or future good looking race is bad, especially when good looking characters are what you should expect in most Japanese games (and the reason why many people like myself are atracted to them).

[Zojha]

[...] especially when good looking characters are what you should expect in most Japanese games

With "good looking" being subjective. One might argue that Freya Crescent is good looking - despite going into "Furry Territory" as you would put it. I personally avoid the term since it's typically used in a derogatory fashion.

Personally, I don't find the races very varied - Roegadyn look like humans that go body building, Highlanders look like humans that are not as far into body building as Roegadyn yet. Miqo'te look like humans with cat ears and tail tacked on, Au Ra look like humans with tail and scales tacked on, Lalafell are small Humans with pointy ears and Elezen are just lanky humans with pointy ears. Cosplaying any of the races is as simple as picking one that suits your personal stature and attaching fake ears/tails. That's nice for cosplayers, but I fail to see the variety. Our RACES have about as much deviation as my local bus stop and those are all of the same race - humans.