Quote Originally Posted by Pip_Chick View Post
Same here, I don't see the Au'ra we got as a failure or mistake. They give diversity and that is what matters, diversity = options; options = good.
The Au Ra we got are just Miqo'te 2.0. Actual diversity would have been adding the badass version because even now your options are quite limited if you want to play a female race in FFXIV but don't want to be "cute."

To be clear I don't begrudge people who enjoy the current Au Ra, to each their own, but I also don't think the game needed yet another female race like that. The devs could add endless waifu races and they would all be very popular but that doesn't bring in people who would otherwise not play the game. It's the same reason Yoship said they added a beastial race "for the long-term health of FFXIV."