The Men FFXIV Needs

[aveyond-dreams]

Agreed, it's the kind of body type I wish they'd used for auri males. Looks really good.

Given the alleged "10 year plan" for FFXIV it would be unthinkable for it to follow through with it without implementing either an overhaul to character creation that allows for such body types or by adding them via new races altogether. Given Yoship's stated fondness for a Lizardman type beast race, I think it's important for him to wake up and realize that adding in something as limited as that would anger more people than please them. We do not need a repetition of Hrothgar, who are already more than enough to deal with.

Of the various races they could implement instead of that particular whim, two of them include:



Ilsabardian Hyurs – modify the male highlander base and, just like with male Viera, come up with some sort of lore to justify their inclusion and ability to wield aether. Doesn’t need to get more complicated than that. Make the Garlean eye a toggleable option if needs be. I really don’t care at this point.



Aegyl – an Ivalician race whose most prominent member is Feolthanos. They could act as the FFXIV equivalent of WoW’s Dracthyr, which has an inherent flight ability adapted from Guild Wars 2’s system. Implement it as an ability or a mount and let people fly once they finish the MSQ of a zone and collect all the aether currents. No need to overthink things here.

I only hope that should they choose to ever implement new races that they use logical and efficient methods, such as reusing already existing head shapes and designing new faces for those heads rather than creating entirely new models to then have to retroactively fit over 100 hairs to each.

[SturmChurro]

Agreed, it's the kind of body type I wish they'd used for auri males. Looks really good.

The current au ra male bodytype completely ruins them. Well, their little run animation too.

Lost Ark warrior male bodytype is a bit too big for my tastes, but it's definitely nice for the people who like that. I haven't played Lost Ark - aside from logging in - for months, but, I think, at least in one version of the game, they have actually adjusted the bodytype of that class. I don't know if that screenshot is after adjustments or before.