What if the reason why there isn't a new race is because...

[Dualblade]

If we were getting any sort of new race option, Viera hybrid or otherwise, it would have been announced at one of the last Fanfests AND most likely would have had already have a character related to Stormblood around to represent it.

This isn't to say nothing will happen for the rest of the game, or even that they really are waiting till the EU Fanfest for it. But its very unlikely for 4.0 at this point.

On the topic of hybrids though...if Hyur/Elezen is ever introduced hopefully there will be more options to make them more...Elezeny I guess would be the word. You could lie to my face by calling Hilda a Hyur and I'd believe you because there aren't a lot of differences.

Mi'qote/Lalafell seemed pretty popular around the time people were wondering if the Mi'qote orphan in Iydlshire was such.

Hybrid race options don't really make sense lore wise. Hybrids aren't impossible obviously (although some combinations probably are) but they are extremely rare, rare to the point that we've only met one after traveling all over Eorzea.
A thousand hybrids suddenly appearing in Limsa would be silly.

To be fair the story wouldn't treat it as if there were suddenly a lot of them around. Male Mi'qote are still somewhat rare and aren't running around in nearly the numbers that players would have it be if we counted all of them. Same with ALL the Au Ra players, more so in 2.0 content.

[Antonio_Xul]

If we were getting any sort of new race option, Viera hybrid or otherwise, it would have been announced at one of the last Fanfests AND most likely would have had already have a character related to Stormblood around to represent it.

What if we are getting a secret new race and the new person representing the race is hidden behind a mask like Yuguri was? What if Unukalhai is of a new race?

[MilesSaintboroguh]

What if we are getting a secret new race and the new person representing the race is hidden behind a mask like Yuguri was? What if Unukalhai is of a new race?

If that were true, we would have had this "secret" character many patches ago. Unukalhai actually does remove his mask at the end of the Warring Triad storyline.

He's just a young Hyur child from the Void. Nothing special.

I don't know about you but in my game I am the WoL and you are bunch of scrub adventurers :^)

Then why do you keep recruiting us for raids and primals?

[Dualblade]

What if we are getting a secret new race and the new person representing the race is hidden behind a mask like Yuguri was? What if Unukalhai is of a new race?

Trust me, if Unukalhai was going to be used to show off a new race we'd already have threads about it day 1 of 3.5.

Hmmm... Au'ra and Lalafel hybrid... The only sure way to make a potato look more menacing is to give it scales and horns. >.>

Such an evolution would probably help them move past the "emergency food" stage of life.