+1 for Viera!

and the FFTA Moogles kupo ♥

I really like the faun as well. I think the above mentioned allagan/cyborg race would fit in though I don't care for them personally.

I agree that the way gear is modeled contributes to the reason why so many races are the basic shape of humans. In some other games when more beastly races were added (especially when added late) there were problems with gear fitting and clipping.

Just look at the au ra vs what we have now. Miqote and au ra females look like cosplayers to me. Basically cutesy humans with glued on ears/scales/tails. The males' physique is (to me) very much like the male elezen. Had the au ra been more dragony they'd probably have their faces clipping out of helms (if they even fit) and pants not covering the legs correctly, as example.

It'd be a lot of work to go back and redo all gear models for one race that would probably not even be nearly as popular as going the cute humanlike cosplayer route. Look how popular fem roe turned out, even though people kept going on about how amazing female counterparts (to galka) would be if implemented years ago. (I do love these and have an alt fem roe but never made it past 20 or so due to time constraint)