Future Races for FFXIV

[LeeraSorlan]

we will never get a true beast race or any diverse race that isnt "cosplaying human" Because thats work. and yoshi p hates work.

Give us a fox man and boom...u suddenly have to model armor differently, make new and current emotes work with body structure and so on.


Au ra has a human like face..emotes are easier to tweak between races...armor is easier to tweak between races.


TLDR yoshi p is lazy so we will continue to get cosplaying human

[LittleChickenNugget]

we will never get a true beast race or any diverse race that isnt "cosplaying human" Because thats work. and yoshi p hates work.

Give us a fox man and boom...u suddenly have to model armor differently, make new and current emotes work with body structure and so on.


Au ra has a human like face..emotes are easier to tweak between races...armor is easier to tweak between races.


TLDR yoshi p is lazy so we will continue to get cosplaying human

I wouldn't say he's lazy. I would say he's playing it smart.
People like things that are attractive - the amount of players that would play a beast or furry class is much smaller than those who would play something like a Miqo'te or Au Ra. If you have multiple attractive classes, that's more money in their pockets because people are more likely to Fantasia back and forth.

[Iscah]

we will never get a true beast race or any diverse race that isnt "cosplaying human" Because thats work. and yoshi p hates work.

More than anything, I think they've written themselves into a corner with playable character designs because of the story distinction between "men" and "beastmen". Anything from Roegadyn to Lalafell to semi-monster-with-human-face Au Ra are considered "men" (and women) but anything outside of that human-shaped, human-faced template is a beastman. It's an odd distinction when the beastmen can be just as intelligent and individual as other characters, but it exists, and a lot of things in the story wouldn't work if the player-character is a beastman without *massive* adjustments to the game script.