New Racers for Final Fantasy XIV

[Doho]

Bangaa is not a meh race

[Baxter]

FFXI was an MMO, pretty much all MMOs has the basic Human, Elven, Dwarf, Beast/hulk (sometimes furry) race which is exactly what XI's races were, they went with the same general concepts (though different lore for the most part) in XIV simply to create a sense of familiarity for those who played XI and wanted to recreate their avatar in XIV, given how tied they originally wanted the two games to be (i.e discount for playing both) and the fact it was the same general development team working on both games at the start.

Ivalice is a sprawling world through multiple games and even a different game series (Final Fantasy Tactics/XII/TTAdvance/Vagrant Story), how would they explain races from a complete, different and unique world and timeline appearing in FFXIV? Bangaa are generally the "meh" race and merchants, so that would be fairly easy to fit in, but Eorzea isn't Ivalice nor is it anywhere near Ivalice unless the lands to the west is Ivalice. It's not like them having a Cid in every FF game, that's to be expect because heck, Cid is pretty much the main hero of the storylines in many ways.

That's why they'd have no place showing up here, because they're all confined perfectly to their respective game's storyline, it's like asking for Kefka to be a villain of FFXIV. Unless they don't care for continuity or the fact they exist as key races of another game series, more power to them -- May as well throw in some Guado and Al Bhed too. It would be nice to have more races, but I'm pretty sure Hydaelyn is big enough to house it's own unique races that fits more with this game's setting and lore.

The same exact way they fit XI races into XIV. You give it a different name and you adapt it to the environs of said world. It's really not that hard.

You're mixing two different things. Kefka is a particular character and not a race. It is not the same thing as asking for a bunny girl variant race to appear in XIV.

[Babydoll]

It would be nice if they add new races! The FFXI ones are nice but in each FF game they usually created their own unique races. I thought they mentioned something about a demi race or something...I might be wrong but I thought I read it in one of the interviews. I would personally like Kitsune/Fox race ^_^

[Jynx]

Personally I would rather SE focus on the current races animation and looks wise than to spread themselves thin releasing new races every few years they need to model everything around as well.

It's a great idea, but if it effects the quality of the animations we get in the future *It will effect them* I'd rather them stick to the races available that cater to most everyone aside from the anthropamorphic crowd.

[lackofwords]

The same exact way they fit XI races into XIV. You give it a different name and you adapt it to the environs of said world. It's really not that hard.

You're mixing two different things. Kefka is a particular character and not a race. It is not the same thing as asking for a bunny girl variant race to appear in XIV.

Like I said in a few of my previous post, you're going to have to re-brand the race. This in sense can create mixed feelings for people who have experienced that race in another game in a completely different way and context. A similar feeling you get from "type-casted" actors appearing playing different roles that you are not accustomed to them playing.

Tanaka's explanation of re-using FFXI characters;

DO: Did you keep the races similar to FFXI’s races to help FFXI players get used to the new world?

Tanaka: Pretty much. We made the game with FFXI players in mind, so we wanted them to be able to play with the characters they knew and loved. There were ideas to add a male Mithra and a female Galka, but, unfortunately, due to developmental limitations, we had to throw those ideas in a vault for now. We may be able to see them later, when the time is right.

http://www.ffxivcore.com/topic/21505...aka-interview/

I would rather much have them create another beast-like race, than ruin the image of what I think vieras like Fran are.

[Zenaku]

I think the race now should stay the same and they should not add any race from FF12 or any other final fantasy. The new race they may add would be the people from grid and maybe a new race from a far land but that about it.

They should not make new race every few years that would mess up game.

[Asmeret]

Just wondering, does race make much of a difference? I started off as a Taru and wasn't sure if I should switch to a different race because I want to main as a Lancer.

[Vorn]

Just wondering, does race make much of a difference? I started off as a Taru and wasn't sure if I should switch to a different race because I want to main as a Lancer.

Wasnt at the start, unknown now ( to me), but they will let you change once the dust settles and everything is fine tuned.

[grandm]

The same exact way they fit XI races into XIV. You give it a different name and you adapt it to the environs of said world. It's really not that hard.

You're mixing two different things. Kefka is a particular character and not a race. It is not the same thing as asking for a bunny girl variant race to appear in XIV.

this is what i hate about FF14 races to a tee. they are just clones of FF11, and they don't belong in a numbered FF game, they belong in a FF11 spin off or sequel. and the last thing i want the dev team to do is the exact same lazy arsed crap the last dev team did. if they are going to design new races please put a bit of effort in, or don't bother at all

[Dreadnought]

this is what i hate about FF14 races to a tee. they are just clones of FF11, and they don't belong in a numbered FF game, they belong in a FF11 spin off or sequel. and the last thing i want the dev team to do is the exact same lazy arsed crap the last dev team did. if they are going to design new races please put a bit of effort in, or don't bother at all

what sucks in my opinion is the fact they added FFXI races without the gender counterparts which means we wont be seeing actual new races for some time after the new genders are added.

had they added the extra genders in the first place (which was always wanted in FFXI anyway) then we would be seeing new races much sooner.

I also feel these races should have been exclusive to FFXI since FF races seem to exist per universe and its been stated that this MMO is a completely different universe than FFXI.