Future Races for FFXIV

[Tannlore]

To have an existing race fit into that... impossible.

You.. do know.. that is the BLM PVP armor right? I mean.. in the actual full picture (one not cropped) this is clearly shown... right? Can't imagine a race fitting into that? Well try harder lol

All the Frontline armors are based on animals:

Pld: Lion
War: Bear
Blm: Fox
Sch: Reindeer
whm: Swan


Here for reference:


As for Viera? (From Producer Letter 5)
Q38: In terms of new races, what kind of races are you looking into and will mixed races be introduced?
A38: I don’t think we’ll have mixed races for a while. Since it seems like Viera is popular around the world we have been proactively looking into this, but since having a rabbit male might be kind of weird, maybe we’ll look into having a separate race for the male counterpart.

[Nero]

You.. do know.. that is the BLM PVP armor right? I mean.. in the actual full picture (one not cropped) this is clearly shown... right? Can't imagine a race fitting into that? Well try harder lol

That is exactly what i was talking about. But since you did post the other Sets, please check out the anatomic measurements of them. You can lay them above of each other and they 100% FIT, the only exception is the Fox-Set. There is also the MRD Set and the DRG Set, which is not on the pictures you have posted. Upper right is MNK "Hawk". But that is beside the actual Point.. the Problem is not the "Animal themed" Gear, its the anatomy of the Models SE used to present them.

You can check ALL the existing Concept Shots for Gear from FFXIV ARR and NONE of them have similiar measurements than the Fox-Gear, regardless of which Race SE was using. The Fox-Set is oustanding and totally out of Place if you go by the actual anatomic measurements of the current Races and No... none of the existing Gear does change your Shape/Form/Size.. also the other PvP sets also do not do that. No.. i am not talking about the fancy hat.. not at all <.<

The most obvious part are the heels.. let aside that those kind of models currently does not exist in FFXIV, they are simply not fitting the Female Races. You cant introduce heels like that without highly changing the animations for said Characters or it will look straight stupid, let aside that those "heels" seem to be the perfect Match for Viera feets..

[Tannlore]

That is exactly what i was talking about...

I think this is a case of wanting to see what isn't there.

Case in point: We have lalafell in the game yes? Find me armor concept that are drawn with the lalafell body in mind? You might find.. maybe one? But I don't remember seeing anything beyond the draft for the racial armor or concept for specific npc or the race itself. I don't think I've ever seen any armor concept like pvp/dungeon/etc drawn with that multi positional view for lalafell.

Why? It's disproportionate. It makes it quite difficult to make a universal mesh/texture for armor to fit on other races. They use these longer/taller bodies to get all the details in the concept to go to digital production. This is why the Crafting armor, AF armor, AF2 Armor, Dungeon armor, Pvp armor concepts are all done on what looks like either Midlander body types.

But let's take a closer look:



As you can see it all pretty much exactly lines up to the other caster armor. Is it a bit bulkier? in some places yes, but it also doesn't have the thick/poofier sections some of the other armors have. The one part is the feet. Those strange anthropomorphic looking feet! well here you go:



High heels without the stiletto added. This would also explain why the foot is longer on the blm than the sch one, it is walking on the front of the foot/toes.


I don't really see anything that screams confirmation on another race. Just an armor that was so masterfully done, it makes you think so. And isn't that the point of them? To convince you that you are that animal?