Racial Suggestions

[Aaron_T]

*Did I post this in the wrong forum? If I have please delete or move it to the appropriate section.
Which brings up a good question "Where is the best place to post suggestions where a team member will see them?"

Viera
FROM FF9 Bascially a rabbit type humanoid.

Moogle
Various games. KUPO!!

Aegyl
From Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings. An "angel" type humanoid with wings.

Burmecian
From Final Fantasy IX Basically rat people. I'm gonna stop with the animals starting to feel like a bad disney movie.

Cybogs
Various games Cyborgs aren't full on robots, your thinking of androids. Normally humans with robotic enhancements (Raiden?)

[Enkidoh]

This has been debated numerous times and the answers are always the same: a new race is planned probably for the first expansion in a year or two, but what that might be is anyone's guess (there's been rumours it's going to be some kind of reptillian/dragon-like race, but no information has been confirmed yet). As to your suggestions, sadly none of those are likely for inclusion for the following reasons:

Viera: Yoshi-P himself said back during the Beta that the Viera are constantly requested by players but he doesn't want to include them because, not only would he have to create a male version to compensate, he doesn't want to put another animal/human hybrid race in the game, as he feels that spot is already taken by the cat-like miqo'te.

Moogle: the game's lore prevents them as being a player race as they're only native to the Black Shroud and prefer to shy away from contact with the five races, other than dealings with Gridania's government (although they've started appearing in a more proactive role since the Calamity, such as running the Moogle Delivery Service).

Aegyl: I think these wouldn't fit too well into the lore really, not to mention the wings would be problematic to render right with armour and equipment.

Burmecian: there are already humanoid rat races in the game, ala, the qi'qirn, who are a beastman race (they originally appeared in FFXI). However, as they're classed as a beastman race, they're highly unlikely to ever be a player race because they don't worship the Twelve - they're also rather primitive and have an obsession with money.

Cyborg: just wouldn't fit the game's lore, Eorzea is reasonably low-tech - they're very loosely based on the Greek city states circa 100 BC (although some technological innovations are slowly appearing, via exiled Garlean engineers like Cid), but I don't think cybernetics are a part of that. I have heard rumours that the Garlean military uses cybernetics, but I think that's just an assumption based on their use of magitek.

I'm really sorry if it looks like I'm picking your ideas apart, but the trouble with adding any new race into the game is to how it can be retconned into the storyline as to why these races only suddenly appeared in force, and have to fit in with the storyline.

Also, viera were not from FFIX, they first appeared in FF Tactics Advance and then in later 'Ivalice Alliance' games (FFXII/FFXII: RW, FF Tactics A2).

[Aaron_T]

But you ARE tearing my ideals apart!! (hard lol)
Lore? LORE!?! Writers.... can create any type of world they want too!
Furthermore.... reiptiles are a type of animal.
We should just make the next race "Yoshi People" and they can also
double as mounts >.<

[Shioban]

I find robots don't fit, not even with magi-tek in the story-line seeing as the story-line for 'adventurers' leads us down the path that we live quite simply and traditionally, magi-tek bodies wouldn't really fit into that.

But i'd like to see something different.

A beastmen race seems most probably in this situation, whether that be a Wolf, Bear, Dragon, Reptile, this would provide some variety to the current races we have which are mainly human-esque.

[KariArisu]

It's going to be really interesting how they blend in a new race with the story. When you consider that, suddenly, a ton of adventurers are going to show up as a race nobody has seen before. It'll likely be something along the lines of a faraway island where they originate, and they came to our land for whatever reason.

[Aaron_T]

Um keyword guys... "Fantasy"
Anything can be written into a script!
Also... the only reason I suggest "Cyborgs" NOT ROBOTS LOL
Is BECAUSE of the Magitek.... thats pretty much the only reason I even suggested it.

Let me quote something from Metal Gear.... (Sorry heh)

In one of the codec conversations in MGS3, they are talking about movies.
Snake says something like... "I don't really like movies"
Paramedic makes a reply not exact but it went something like this...

Suspend your disbelief
Your watching a movie or playing a game for enjoyment right?
If your constantly over thinking things and being critical... then what is the point of watching or playing?

[Tanama]

We should just make the next race "Yoshi People" and they can also
double as mounts >.<

[Aaron_T]

I'm sorrry Sempai! LOL /facepalm I'm so ashamed now! lol