Need a NEW SMALL RACE!!!!!

[SturmChurro]

I think you're getting a little caught on that word.
We also don't need more jobs.
We're simply saying that if SQEX ever considers adding another race, that another small one would be very valuable to FF14.

I agree, we don't necessarily need more jobs either, but I think jobs are a pretty big focus for the game's identity, this and their last mmorpg. So are largely important for the game, and serve a mechanical purpose, unlike the novelty of a race.

I think another small race, rather another race in general, would be detrimental to FFXIV actually, in terms of development resources. I'd rather other things be made using these resources, than be permanently held up making and maintaining another race.

Believe it or not, not everyone wants to be a potbellied munchkin that waddles like Cotton Hill, yet Lalafell are the only available option for players that want to play a genuinely smol race.

Meanwhile, players that want to be big and burly have Roegadyn, Hrothgar, Male Au Ra, and Highlanders. Tall and classy has Elezen and Viera which can also fit into the average height range. Then there's midlanders and miqo'te sitting at a relatively average height with female miqos dipping down to 4'11" at their shortest and fem Au Ra being even shorter at 4'10".

Plenty of options for everyone except for the people that want to play something something Lalafell-sized or somewhat taller but don't exactly jive with the Lalafell aesthetics of being cutesy, conniving little backstabbers that'll scam you out of all your money. There's also a pretty sizeable gap between fem Au Ra's minimum height and Lalafell's max height of 3'2”. Calling another small race bloat when all of the other height ranges have 2 or 3 options is honestly laughable.

I think most of the races, if not all of them, aren't actually exactly what players want either. Male au ra midsection is constantly pointed out, not having a 'proper' elf race, highlander's having no eyebrows, etc. I just don't think that warrants the addition of another small race, with slightly different proportions and animations to lalafell, or just a furry variant. I'd rather they, instead of adding new races, now focus on what we have and give us all more options. Especially, if the addition of another race - small or not - would be yet another limited race, one that may even require a fantasia to change the face/hair just like with hrothgar's "unique heads".