Future Races for FFXIV

[RitsukoSonoda]

Lilties and Yukes from the FF Crystal Chronicles series.

Bangaa, Seeq, Viera, Nu Mou, Gria, and more humanoid playable moogles from FFTA series

Dwarves from multiple previous games in the FF series. Stout people with impressive beards. Yes even the women have impressive beards... >.>

Burmecian from FFIX

Guado and Ronso from the FFX series

Sentient machines - Actually a selectable race in the FF legend series back on Game Boy and also on Chronotrigger

Mystics - Chronotrigger though most kind of just looked like elves

The mushroom people in Secret of Mana.

[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.

[Stormfur]

Lupin. Yes I know we got a werewolf costume but I want that face and muzzle. I want to see a werewolf do the /joy expression and wiggle his ears!

[Corue]

I want Ivalice Moogles.

They could kind of work as a playable race? Their proportions are roughly the same as a Lalafell. They could just touch up the models from Zodiac Age, adjust the Lala armour models, add ear holes for helmets and ta-dah! New short and cute race all ready to go.

J̶u̶s̶t̶ ̶n̶e̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶i̶g̶n̶o̶r̶e̶ ̶a̶l̶l̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶p̶e̶s̶k̶y̶ ̶l̶o̶r̶e̶.̶

[RitsukoSonoda]

I want Ivalice Moogles.

They could kind of work as a playable race? Their proportions are roughly the same as a Lalafell. They could just touch up the models from Zodiac Age, adjust the Lala armour models, add ear holes for helmets and ta-dah! New short and cute race all ready to go.

J̶u̶s̶t̶ ̶n̶e̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶i̶g̶n̶o̶r̶e̶ ̶a̶l̶l̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶p̶e̶s̶k̶y̶ ̶l̶o̶r̶e̶.̶

I'd actually really like the Ivalice moogle design as well. I was a bit disappointed back when FFXI was first released because I had hopes of moogle being a playable race. However they would need to make moogle noises when doing things because... I need more ways to torment certain ppl with moogle noises than using moogle weapon glamours... >.>

[Corue]

I'd actually really like the Ivalice moogle design as well. I was a bit disappointed back when FFXI was first released because I had hopes of moogle being a playable race. However they would need to make moogle noises when doing things because... I need more ways to torment certain ppl with moogle noises than using moogle weapon glamours... >.>

Personally I just want to add "kupo" to everything I say and for it to not feel artificial. It feels... a little off when it's coming from a 7 foot dragon in a Moogle suit.

[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.

[basketofseals]

If they were to add a playable beast tribe, why not the wolf people in Yanxia? I mean hte story is set up already for them. Some of them working for Zenos. They change sides, have a reason to be around now.

Are these guys a beast tribe though? I know they're obviously furry and whatnot, but they have the most "human" skeleton we've ever seen.