Aside from the understandable issues with gear creation, the excuse for us having only "Human but with this" races is written into the lore, and why we have all these wonderfully designed beast tribes we can't play.... And it's really sad and limiting.

I support Viera, but damn do I want playable bird people.

Give the little wings for ears, feathery beards and eyebrows, colored patterns and wild skin tones, different tail styles reflecting different kinds of birds. UNGH IT WOULD BE SO GOOD!