my broken dreams for races

[winxbloom61]

Well i know its never going to happan so to stop thinking im just coming right out and saying it

why isnt it possible for the following races T_T

1. Lamis (half snakes half human)
2. Moogle (playable race)
3. the monkey race things in ff9

[Edeline]

Moogles are special and not everyone can see them. The other two are "ew" for me D:

[Artiste]

I want a Moggle, or something like a Popori *o*

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/FqH0tZaDRvc/maxresdefault.jpg

So cute, and so funny

[Fornix]

Some less human looking races would be a nice addition, such as Burmecians. All in all this tends to be a pretty MMO-wide issue though, very rarely are we able to play with races beyond humans. And "honey I shrunk the kids!" lalafells or mere pointy ears don't really count as anything less human to me.

[Kamifubuki-Yoakesetsuri]

1. Lamis already exists we call them politicians
2. Lame
3. What

[Ghastly]

1. Lamis already exists we call them politicians
2. Lame
3. What

This was too funny XD politicians

[kyuven]

Some less human looking races would be a nice addition, such as Burmecians. All in all this tends to be a pretty MMO-wide issue though, very rarely are we able to play with races beyond humans. And "honey I shrunk the kids!" lalafells or mere pointy ears don't really count as anything less human to me.

most players like to play human-like characters, and they're much easier to design armor and weapons for than non-humanlike characters.
I mean, the ears and tails on Miqo'te alone cause problems from a design perspective. Imagine what snouts or odd postures could cause...and watch as the new race has a snout lol

[The_Last_Dragoon]

Lamias would be a nightmare to try and program and map gear onto. I mean seriously, for every piece of gear there would have to be a radically different "lamia" version. Moogles are in the same boat as Lamias except it's niche market would overlap with lalafells with less detailed gear and no easily definitive genders. I'm not sure if you're thinking of Zidane or not when you're talking about a monkey race, but I fear that it would suffer the same problems that lalafells do and would look way too similar to Miquote players. Speculation of the new race and from what we know about Yugiri, people are thinking that the new race will probably be a spinoff of either Viera, Gria, or Burmecian.

The story of how Yugiri's homeland was practically razed to the ground strikes some similarities with the Burmecians in FFIX, and Yugiri's tail could be a rat tail in addition to the fact that her ears don't really protrude from her hood. Unfortunately though, Burmecians are heavily steeped in Dragoon/Summoner Culture and don't share the same skills set that Yugiri and her tribe are supposed to have.

Viera's are extremely popular with the fan base and while they may have some possible correlation since their job culture revolves around Snipers/Summoners/Assassins, there are a few problems with the theory. Firstly, Vieras do not have tails, and usually have much larger protruding ears than what Yugiri is sporting. This leads die hard fans to believe that it would be a spin-off of a Viera, retaining it's rabbit-like features while having a long tail and smaller ears.

The long shot are the Grias, who don't have the job culture that Yugiri has or the features, but instead has a lot to do with what the expansion is about. Grias are a dragon-like race, which could explain why they were hesitant to show themselves to Eorzeans who really don't have anyone strange other than the Miquote race. The new expansion Heavensward is speculated to be all about the rising dragon threat in the north, which means that having the Gria around could keep them relevant story-wise.

The unfortunate truth about all this is that we just don't know what kind of Race SE has in store for us in the new expansion, and they're probably not even gonna give us a hint until 2.5 comes out, which is probably the pre-expansion patch that will introduce the shift that leads up to the expansion, and gets released 3 weeks before hand.

[Canadane]

Lamias would be a nightmare to try and program and map gear onto. I mean seriously, for every piece of gear there would have to be a radically different "lamia" version.

This is how 1.0 gear worked.
I do miss the Miqo'te tail armour.

[Errors]

Playable races in the future will more than likely stick to the traditional humanoid model, as Renabi mentions...the programming and designing of armour would frankly be a nightmare to maintain (or hell redo completely for older armour).