"Limited" Races

[dangadget]

I'm sure some of the people in the FFXIV community would like to play as one of the many NPC/enemy races in the game, myself included, but making new playable races from the ground up would be very costly and would require a lot of resources. But what if SE made items/actions that temporarily (or indefinitely?) turn you into another race, but they wouldn't be able to participate in some of the game's content, much like blue mages, or they'd be purely cosmetic and they wouldn't be able to fight at all? I think it'd be very cool to be able to just be an NPC/enemy race at least.

Sorry for the confusing text, English is not my native language.

Snarky comment about Hrothgar and Viera already being limited races.


Because someone else was going to do it eventually

[Delis]

Snarky comment about Hrothgar and Viera already being limited races.


Because someone else was going to do it eventually

I legit thought that was, what the thread was going to be about.

It would be kinda cool. I remember back in Everquest there were items you could get to cast an illusion of another race onto yourself. Was helpful to get into cities where you would otherwise be killed on sight by the guards.

[Roda]

Snarky comment about Hrothgar and Viera already being limited races.


Because someone else was going to do it eventually

Thank you for beating me to it. 'Cause my first thought was "you're already a hrothgar"
But nah I could see a "magicked prism (Qiqirn)" being a thing. It'd be a neat reward for beast tribe currencies, to like provide a material to craft bulk prisms. Would make going back to old beast tribes worth something. Give them basic melee, ranged, magic animations, along with the other various movement animations they might be missing and yeah it could work. (would probably be good to have them for future cutscenes too) Just disable them in instanced content (or only enable them in undersized parties for instanced content) and yeah I could see it. This game is sorely missing non-combat toys outside of fireworks.