Interesting Ideas I would Love. Please add to this.

[CelestialBlade]

Thanks for ruining a fun post by destroying it. Considering the fact everything mentioned is do able.

[Iscah]

Thanks for ruining a fun post by destroying it. Considering the fact everything mentioned is do able.

No it isn't "all doable".

As she said, there's no visual difference in the majority of races you're requesting, with lore being the only distinction. Ishgardian Elezen characters ARE Wildwood Elezen NPCs in the game programming. Kai-Shirr is a Miqo'te NPC even if he'd tell you he's a Mystel. And so on.

It wouldn't make any lore sense to give players the choice of races by their names in the First, several expansions and a literal world away from learning about them.

And Garleans are their own thing but I personally doubt they would become playable. They are primarily modified Hyur and Elezen models in any case.

I'm not going to pick apart everything, but "I can imagine this being a thing" doesn't automatically make it possible.

[CKNovel]

Thanks for ruining a fun post by destroying it. Considering the fact everything mentioned is do able.

Because it seems good to you doesn't means it's good for everyone. You have ideas that does not change a things like PVP and Hume/Dwarves/Mystel races.
Then you have the idea of adding Garlemald race except it goes against the lore. Would you lock mages out of these races?
Just your cross-over ideas are purely based on your tastes.

What if I want to have an Arknight collab, a Berserk collab or a League of Legends collab?
Because I and others could enjoy it doesn't means everyone would. Nier has been a good example.

[Theodric]

Then you have the idea of adding Garlemald race except it goes against the lore. Would you lock mages out of these races?

That's a common misconception. It isn't impossible for Pureblood Garleans to be able to manipulate aether, it's just rare compared to being the norm for other races.

Though I'd argue that such a rarity isn't any more jarring than the player character being one of the very few White Mages in existence, or how as of Endwalker they can be one of the very few Viera men to take their leave of their homeland and venture out into the wider world.

The game boasts a sizable portion of role-players, at any rate - and of those, quite a few choose to role-play as Pureblood Garleans. I think having it be made into an official option would be pretty cool.