Suggestion: Playable Bird Race

[Texa]

Most likely from this thread, however it seems OP has edited their post and just left the Race area with "none." If you go through the thread, you can see "relics" of what was originally written (page 8, specifically).

As you can see from my post here though, that's really not the case with them at all. The angriest threads about the Au Ra I could find on their end were complaints that the eyes droop too much on girls and that the scales look more like burn scars.

Really the Japanese playerbase tends to usually feel about the same way we do about things, including pointing fingers overseas over design issues. They just don't have to deal with issues like spontaneous changes made in the localization, the language barrier with the devs, or the magazine fiasco.

[Nestama]

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Mate, I'm just saying that that thread is most likely where the idea was planted into everyone's heads (and it didn't help it was a Fan Fest thread, where people who didn't watch the stream would read bullet point notes on what was said)... though I did just remember something from an old poll back in 2012...

In contrast with other MMORPGs, I’m seeing a trend towards…shall we say, FF-ness? Ours being a Japanese game, the result seems to tell us that players are prioritizing cuteness, something which I noted with great interest.

Does this mean anything today? Of course not, but there's a chance that it did influence the waifish design for female Au Ra's back when and if cute stuff remain being popular/most sought after, then it might be all we get for playable races in FFXIV.

[Texa]

Mate, I'm just saying that that thread is most likely where the idea was planted into everyone's heads (and it didn't help it was a Fan Fest thread, where people who didn't watch the stream would read bullet point notes on what was said)... though I did just remember something from an old poll back in 2012...

I know that's what you were doing I was just re-emphasizing what I managed to dig up for latecomers. ^ ^;

I really don't have a horse in the race as far as the actual topic goes I just wanted to clarify JP opinions. I'm happy as a Elezen, it's easier to spot prey when you're tall. If they never announced more playable races it wouldn't really make a difference to me. I care more about them adding better character customization and gear variety.