HEAVENSWARD New Race Suggestion!

[EstelleLuna]

The theme from Heavensward has to do with floating land masses, flying, sky type things. A race I am thinking of is similar to Revanant Wings\\' Aegyl. Adding an angel or feather winged type race could easily fit the landscape of Heavensward. We already have tails, pointed or fluffy ears... feathered wings could give a unique variety of features in the current playable characters list.*

I know Viera and a draconian race, like Gria, have been talked about as possible future races. I think adding something like Aegyl, along with those even, would be a fun idea.*

Some of my ideas are as follows:
*Could be connected to the Ixal or could have shared the Ixal\\'s or Moogle\\'s skyward homeland.
*Live in a City found upon the floating land masses
*They can be their own mount, using their wings to fly.
*Customizations can include wing color, feather type, wing shape.

I write this post in hopes it reaches the eyes of the developers and for others to comment.

[Lord_Zlatan]

its too tacky imo... cat ears and tails... elf ears are all part and parcel to final fantasy in most ways.

Angelic beings refer to a religious context that people won't like or are indifferent to, which is OK. The problem I have with characters getting to have angel wings and such is that it depicts your character as heavenly, otherworldly, supernatural, and as a savior. This would put it on a pedestal above the other races IMO. Im open to having a discussion about it though lol ^^

[Fyrebrand]

Sounds like a great idea that really would have suited the expansion, at least in terms of the flying aspect. But the wings would probably cause issues with clipping, whether it's with armor or pretty much everything else in the game. I'm pretty sure SE already has their race plans sorted out by this point, though, at least for Heavensward.

New races are kind of an awkward thing for FFXIV, in general. If they keep adding more, they will have to keep writing contrived "Why haven't we heard of you before now" plot rationalizations, especially if they start off in a new country and don't follow the same beginning storyline. I guess it's more options for new players, but FFXIV is so unfriendly toward having alt characters that for most current players it really just means buying a race change on Mogstation (if you really want to lose your previous look, that is).

its too tacky imo... cat ears and tails... elf ears are all part and parcel to final fantasy in most ways.

Um, if by "Final Fantasy" you mean just the MMOs. Otherwise, I don't know what you mean. Cat ears/tails or elf ears have never really been a thing in FF. At least OP's suggestion references something that's actually been in a real game.

Angelic beings refer to a religious context that people won't like or are indifferent to, which is OK. The problem I have with characters getting to have angel wings and such is that it depicts your character as heavenly, otherworldly, supernatural, and as a savior.

By "angelic," I think OP was just trying to explain they are sort of a winged humanoid race, not that they are literally some sort of supernatural/religious thing. But regardless, it's way too late for SE to be worried about religious references in their games. Half the stuff in their games are named after allusions to mythological and/or religious things. Whether or not a winged race feels "heavenly" or "supernatural" is all in how SE frames them and writes their lore. I don't think wings do it, on their own.

[Khyra]

Um, if by "Final Fantasy" you mean just the MMOs. Otherwise, I don't know what you mean. Cat ears/tails or elf ears have never really been a thing in FF. At least OP's suggestion references something that's actually been in a real game

Well, FFXI is more of a "real" FF game than some spinoff (since its in the main line).
Aside from that, there have been elves in lots of FF games: http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Elf

Although clearly the next race should be http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Qu

[Sadana]

Nah. Would look too much like Garuda.

eta: I would prefer XIV go through the list of races that appeared in previous FF games first, before adding a new (and imo hokey) race. ^^

[EstelleLuna]

Nah. Would look too much like Garuda.

eta: I would prefer XIV go through the list of races that appeared in previous FF games first, before adding a new (and imo hokey) race. ^^

The Aegyl was a previous Final Fantasy race from the game Final Fantasy XII: Revenant wings. Its also not the only time SE used this type of race. Its also used in the Star Ocean Series known as Featherfolk.

[Sadana]

The Aegyl was a previous Final Fantasy race from the game Final Fantasy XII: Revenant wings. Its also not the only time SE used this type of race. Its also used in the Star Ocean Series known as Featherfolk.

Good to know! Thanks! ^^ Missed it due to ignoring spin offs.

[Ghastly]

Is this even a question, FFXIV needs Viera (FFXII) and i hope they add a male version like they did with Roegadyn.

[Venos]

Is this even a question, FFXIV needs Viera (FFXII) and i hope they add a male version like they did with Roegadyn.

Yasss, I'd like to be a male viera so bad. I've seen fan art of them and would love to have them in XIV or some newer FF title.