Future Races for FFXIV

[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.