When can we make lalaqotes?

[Zephanoa]

Could be that ears/tails arent dominant traits

[Driavna]

But there are companies out there that do not want thier products to be connected to certain things, like pedophiles, which child characters used wrong can bring.
Whether or not someone is hurt or not, being associated with something negative can hurt the product and the company.

A woman wearing a bikini or a bunny suits is so popular among feminist... Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 say hi!

My final point is: if you validate no Elins because of pedobears then you have to validate no sexy female outfit because of rapist/misogynist and no violence because of murdering simulator. That's a dangerous thing to do.

[Clethoria]

If you're gonna mix 1 race, you'd better mix all of them. I'd love for a Roe'qote/High'qote. I'd imagine they'd come out like Felicia.

[Core1019]

But there are companies out there that do not want thier products to be connected to certain things, like pedophiles, which child characters used wrong can bring.
Whether or not someone is hurt or not, being associated with something negative can hurt the product and the company.

Child characters are bad but toddlers are fine?

[Kahnom]

Abomination + Abomination
Will be
ABOMINATION

[Shiro-Koizumi]

Hasn't anyone ever heard of the "Kid hero" trope? Its used alot in rpgs and shonen shows. Look at Hunter x Hunter.

Kid hero trope link for reference: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KidHero

[Evergrey]

Child characters are bad but toddlers are fine?

"A toddler is a child 12 to 36 months old.[1][2][3] The toddler years are a time of great cognitive, emotional and social development. The word is derived from "to toddle", which means to walk unsteadily, like a child of this age.[4]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toddler

I find it quite hard to find a playable character at the age of 12-36 months.

A woman wearing a bikini or a bunny suits is so popular among feminist... Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 say hi!

My final point is: if you validate no Elins because of pedobears then you have to validate no sexy female outfit because of rapist/misogynist and no violence because of murdering simulator. That's a dangerous thing to do.

If it was me I would remove all the "Sexy" outfits as I don't see them fit in with fantasy overall.
But this is a Final Fantasy game, there's always been more or less of sexy characters in them. And it's a Japanese game, and Japan tend to overuse the sexy theme in alot of games in my opinion. Fanservice!
Not much I can do about it though. It's something I can live with since I am not forced to wear it myself.
Anyone else who wants to are free to do so.

Personally I didn't care that the Elins in TERA (I played the "male version" Popori. Who can resist the fat furballs =P) looked like children. In the end it's just a game.
What I do care about though is whether or not the company/game will get a bad reputation for something they didn't intent it for.

Hasn't anyone ever heard of the "Kid hero" trope? Its used alot in rpgs and shonen shows. Look at Hunter x Hunter.

Kid hero trope link for reference: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KidHero

That is a thing for sure.
The question about if it's too young or not comes down alot to cultural differences.
Where for an example, "the legal age of consent for sexual activity varies by jurisdiction across Asia, from age 12 to age 21."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_Asia
12 years? That sounds a little young, doesn't it? Well, I guess it depends.

"See, therein lies a big problem. Cultures are different around the world. In most of Asia, cartoonish characters that look very underrage to Western eyes are perfectly acceptable as sex objects.
In fact, it’s expected. Given that many games are made by or for the Asian market, this creates a sort of culture clash."
https://www.killerguides.net/blog/so...act-pedophiles
(I was too lazy, so I just copy+pasted ^^ )

[Kacho_Nacho]

Hasn't anyone ever heard of the "Kid hero" trope? Its used alot in rpgs and shonen shows. Look at Hunter x Hunter.

Kid hero trope link for reference: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KidHero

I love that trope! When I used to play Wakfu, my favorite class was the eliotrope, who basically was a 12 year old child who could cast portals. There is even an animated series about the first one which is very enjoyable. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK9i1O8boos

Anyways, the Kid Hero is a fun trope to play. Unfortunately, FFXIV adventurers are all adult. Well, maybe you could slip a lalafell into that trope since their age is indeterminate; but other than that, we don't have the option. It would require an overhaul of the character creation system and I just don't see SE wanting to do that when they could be creating new content instead.

[Tsukino]

As usual, I don't understand why everyone is talking about sex just because someone mentioned children. Last I checked, FFXIV is mostly a combat game.

[Evergrey]

As usual, I don't understand why everyone is talking about sex just because someone mentioned children. Last I checked, FFXIV is mostly a combat game.

Alot of games use children as protagonists and it works perfectly fine. (I believe I've heard that is some cases the age of the protagonists are raised for the western market to not be too young.)
But we live in the age where everything is offending someone.
And where the news of it can spread like wildfire and make it larger than it really is.