Hello, My Name is Human

[Jojoya]

I can't imagine SE wanting to add a non-humanoid race to the game. Mostly just due to the effort that would be involved for fitting all existing and future gear to the race. I mean, c'mon. They can't even be bothered to deal with tails as it is. They just clip through everything, pants, skirts, capes, etc - no special accommodation for tails as they used to do back in the day.

This is more or less what I was thinking. Armor almost always has been mentioned by other games discussing why they don't have distinctively non-humanoid options. You'd have a hard time customizing armor to fit a moogle, as an example. Even the Pomguard only gets a helm and weapon.

The other concerns is generally whether enough players would choose to play a non-humanoid race over a humanoid race if offered. If only a tiny fraction would end up playing such a race, it's not going to be considered worth developer time.

[Melichoir]

if we wanted a non human race, why not use the wolf people in Doma. They do have some lore, and would fit in to some extent if they became a playable race, and they would be different.

Yeah it would take gear redesigns, but I think people are over stressing that aspect. They wouldnt have to redesign every single piece of gear from teh ground up. It would most likely take place as modifications, probably in the same vane as they have for miqote, as an example.

Itd be work, but not a "gotta restart everything from scratch".

[Rokke]

I actually already have an Au Ra alt, but I intentionally chose the low-down horns to avoid as much clipping as I could.

my point was that with literally any Au Ra, male or female, the horns are ignored. You basically have to pretend they've cut out holes to wear their hats/helmets/etc. If SE continues to be fine with that "solution" to Au Ra horns, there is little reason to be concerned about Viera ears- They'll clip through the headpiece and you'll have to imagine that theres holes in there for the ears.

Au Ra are dragon-kin so they're reptiles not mammals, they're already a different species.

Also Au Ra are mammals. They aren't lizards or dragons. Think of them more like human shaped pangolins or armadillos.

[MsQi]

my point was that with literally any Au Ra, male or female, the horns are ignored. You basically have to pretend they've cut out holes to wear their hats/helmets/etc. If SE continues to be fine with that "solution" to Au Ra horns, there is little reason to be concerned about Viera ears- They'll clip through the headpiece and you'll have to imagine that theres holes in there for the ears.


Also Au Ra are mammals. They aren't lizards or dragons. Think of them more like human shaped pangolins or armadillos.

That's what we need, armadillos!

[Transient_Shadow]

All I care about is becoming a Bun Boi

[MysticDreamer]

I still want a viera, I don't care if we have half human and have cats and lizards in the game xD i want to be a legend sexy bunny ok?

[Ordoric]

welcome to second life everyone

[Kikoten]

Hey, SE. Wanna make lots of money off me? Make Lupins playable, and I will hit you in the face with a fat wad of cash, for fantasia.

[Usho]

Not a fan of Viera, but if they make a new race, I'd rather they expand on the new race they sort of added in SB, the Lupin. I mean, since some people have this odd obession with bunny girls like Fran, mind as well, make Viera a female race and make Lupin a male only race. With Vieras, I just can't imagine male vieras and with Lupin I can't imagine female lupins. Male Vieras would look odd, and female Lupins would look worse, especially with all the fur. I know we already established the 2 gender races in this game, but for these 2 races, one gender for those races would seem more pleaseable on the eyes. Course, since I love guys and I'm sort of a furry, I'd go for a male Lupin in a heartbeat, depending on how well SE designs them.

[Joven]

Also Au Ra are mammals. They aren't lizards or dragons. Think of them more like human shaped pangolins or armadillos.

I just read here: https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...d_humans_from/ that it seems that they're more in line with void-kin than dragons or mammals.