I know the Devs don't want to add any more Playable Races, but I REALLY dig Loporitts

[jamjeeshoul77]

The devs don’t want to add more races? Really? Where was this stated? That would be a really disappointing. New races and classes are a hallmark of MMO expansion’s

[Genbe197]

I NEED PLAYABLE LOPORITTS WITH ADORABLE LOPORITT LISPY VOICES!!!

[MistyMew]

I wouldnt begrudge any new races.

But I do think SE needs to commit a few more employees to vastly enhancing the current races customization.

Remove the clipping issues too, its long overdo.
I dont think we should of been given a choice in a new race or clean up current issues Quality should never be compromised.

It should be the bare minimum standard of SE, to produce quality non-clipping gear, hairstyles, tails etc BEFORE they are given the go ahead to be implemented.

Add more races? sure but also increase customizations 10 fold as well.

[Misutoraru]

I'm 100% on board for Loporitts being a playable race. I wouldn't even care if they had limited-to-no customization options, they're just so cute and expressive.

I know it is very unlikely to happen, but yes, yes yes.
Loporitts as polar opposite of Hrothgar

[Misutoraru]

How about you make a tall Loporrit: Viera :3

despite I think the male Viera is the perfect Viera race (their face are perfect match for their height and posture), I would still pick Loporrit over Viera

[Rongway]

The devs don’t want to add more races? Really? Where was this stated? That would be a really disappointing. New races and classes are a hallmark of MMO expansion’s

Letter from the Producer LXII

In a Fan Festival keynote speech, I stated that this will likely be the last time we add new playable races to FFXIV. To put it simply, a tremendous amount of time and resources are required to develop one. I’m sure you all understand that a new race will require new faces, hairstyles, bodies, and other assets. In addition to this, they need to be capable of equipping all existing items—this alone requires a massive commitment of resources. Each race has a unique frame and body type, and so every piece of visible equipment needs to be carefully adjusted to display properly on Hrothgar and Viera models. A cursory search will show that FFXIV has around ten thousand equippable items already implemented, all of which must be manually modified by our designers. This is an immediate and unavoidable development cost incurred when adding a new race.

The addition of new playable races will impact more than the development cost of the items added in 5.1 and subsequent updates. Not only will we be transitioning from twelve variations (six races, two genders each) to fourteen, but we will also need to commit more resources to the development of new emotes. While FFXIV will continue to strive to maintain a regular 3.5 month major update cycle, we must also ensure that sufficient time is secured for the meticulous development of new content—or else the quality will invariably drop. This is a complex problem that can’t be solved simply by throwing more money or people at it, as it impacts both debugging and QA.

In summary, these are the circumstances which informed my previous statement that this is likely to be the last time we add new playable races; as at this point in time, it is difficult to see us maintaining our patch update schedule if we have to account for more than seven races and two genders (technically six races with two genders and two races with a single gender, but this is the functional equivalent).

[kejakalope]

It should be the bare minimum standard of SE, to produce quality non-clipping gear, hairstyles, tails etc BEFORE they are given the go ahead to be implemented.

That's less "the bare minimum" and more "the absolute bleeding edge of what graphics technology is currently capable of on extremely high-end machines." Getting loose dangly polygons not to clip through shit is very, very, very, very demanding, and moreso by orders of magnitude when you're dealing with models that can wear a massive variety of outfits and equipment and not a single bespoke immutable model.

[kaynide]

Wouldn't really make sense- everyone is clearly surprised to see such strange fellows on the moon. Not that they're people in general..but actual chibi rabbits.

I do expect some kinda glamour/beast tribe shenanigans, but not actual race.

The devs don’t want to add more races? Really? Where was this stated? That would be a really disappointing. New races and classes are a hallmark of MMO expansion’s

Depends very much on the MMO; Guilldwars 2 has never added a new race..and FFXIV... has had a rather storied past on races. Did you know at one time, Roe and Miqote's were single gender as well? This was like...2011.

[jadeblade]

Can we not. Enough is actually enough, because we are already getting less and less gear now. When female hrothgar get introduced I expect even more pieces to start getting cut.

Upvoted 100%, fix the current races please before adding anything new.

[Yencat]

Upvoted 100%, fix the current races please before adding anything new.

Yes, but in the unlikely scenario they ever get around to doing that then by all means do another short race.

Loporrits or Ivalician Moogles are great.