Quote Originally Posted by Jaywalker View Post
In fairness I think it's arguable whether the reason those races are popular draws from cute or more conventional proportions. Lalafell I definitely think cute is why they're popular, but when it comes to miqo'te, hyurs, and au ra of both genders and subtypes I think this might be some uncanny valley principles at work.
I agree that Lalafell are the only race the relies exclusively on cuteness as a draw. My definition of cute perhaps was meant to be a bit broader than others may define it is. I meant cute in a way that is simply "note overly muscular or masculine". Personally I would not mind a human type male Viera of average proportions, similar to a hyur. I mainly meant to challenge the reasoning behind the addition of another overly masculine race, in addition to the Au Ra male with respect to player preferences indicated in the statistics. The number of players preferring overly masculine race types is small by comparison to those who aren't, and, considering that they had already gained access to a new race, male Au Ra, their reception of new races now stands at a disproportionate 50% of all new playable character types (M/F Au Ra, Viera, Hrothgar).

In light of that, and agreeing with your assessment of the other races, we have no new races that cater exclusively to players who desire cute races, one race for those who wish to have a humanoid race and one/two for those who wish to have an human/exotic race (Female Au Ra to me is close enough to both of these).