So, why isn't this a thing yet?

[dementiondrive]

i went back to look at the NPC and circled around. the tail is more of a bunny like race.

so maybe a tease on what a new race might be. add the small ones around and after awhile in time. they grow up and become the next race? just that unlike Au Ra, we do not know where these came from just yet.

[HodgepodgeMcDodge]

i went back to look at the NPC and circled around. the tail is more of a bunny like race.

so maybe a tease on what a new race might be. add the small ones around and after awhile in time. they grow up and become the next race? just that unlike Au Ra, we do not know where these came from just yet.

Wasn't there some official art of a bunny-looking child when they were considering new races for HW?

[Kurogaea]

I wouldn't mind it, just remove access to eternal binding and clear some space for your blist when all the assholes, pedos, and flat out childish players make fun of or harass you so you have space for them. FF14 is too "infested" to have things like that.

[dementiondrive]

Wasn't there some official art of a bunny-looking child when they were considering new races for HW?

i personally can not recall. there may or may not have been. i am not 100% sure on my end though. just after going back to look at it more closely is from reading this thread.

[Kosmos992k]

i went back to look at the NPC and circled around. the tail is more of a bunny like race.

so maybe a tease on what a new race might be. add the small ones around and after awhile in time. they grow up and become the next race? just that unlike Au Ra, we do not know where these came from just yet.

I think that Japanese Bobtails can have tails like that, so why not a new variant of Miqo'te? A bobtail option would be cool. I actually have 3 bobtail cats and 2 of them, the tail is very broad, and fluffy, like a rabbit tail almost. One of them, called Neko, looks not unlike this

...though my Neko is a little rounder and has less white socks and more color.

[Kurogaea]

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Tera is a terrible example. Its like comparing lalafells with Elins, which is exactly what it is. Lalafells can live up to, idk, 200 years or so? Elins live just as long if not longer so its pretty much hinted that every player that picks these races are in the adventurer age range. Like Hodgepodge stated, there's plenty of games with children in them, npcs, enemies or as playable characters, examples: Sonic 2- (oh yeah this counts) Tails was 6 in that game. Witch and the Hundred Knight - The protagonist as a 8 year old brat was brutally assaulted by an evil witch and was being strangled, but it was hinted the little girl killed the witch and became one herself, also killing her own mother turning her into a mouse and eating her for trying to stop her from being evil. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance-you play as 2 12-14year olds exploring the world of Ivalice, monsters war, dungeons, betrayal yadayada, I have more but that's just to prove a point.

[Kurogaea]

In my opinion though, this character looks too young to be doing anything especially since, unlike lalafells, children are not strong or capable for combat.

I'd like to know exactly what makes the build of a lalafell differ from that of a childs and how it would effect them in a world where monsters shoot red cones that flash where they are gonna attack you, you can't die but seem to faint whenever some meter over our head depletes that either requests you to respawn somewhere or await someone to cast a spell to revive you, some sort of number showing how powerful you are in some strange magical menu, and weapons and armor that seem to change size depending on the person or race. If your talking about morality of children in this game, well just look at Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, and Kingdom Hearts, and Legend of Zelda, and Ape Escape, shall I continue?

[HodgepodgeMcDodge]

lol Exactly. Let's not talk about realism in FFXIV.

In XI, I played a tarutaru (precursor race to lalafell). I was a monk. I'd literally punch a giant camel's toe -HIS TOE- until he died.

Just don't. lol

[Colorful]

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Wow, Kojima is one crazy nut (not in a bad way, though). Fair enough though, but I do think there's a difference between sexualizing children (which Tera does extensively) and real world depictions of violence, which I guess is meant to impact you deeply? Not quite sure, I haven't played MGS V, but I do know the reasons GTA V got flack for its violence was due to the mindless nature of it. Running over people for fun and the like, I do think the media coverage was completely bogus and it's all just fun and games though. As for Dragon's Dogma, I wasn't even aware you could romance NPCs, is this a base game thing or an addition to Dark Arisen? Not sure how I missed that if the former but I did a quick Google search and,

In honor of the release of Dark Arisen, I’d like to share a story with all of you. A story about how half-assed game mechanics lead to the creation of something terrible. A cautionary tale about how freedom of romantic choice, without any substance to back up that freedom, made me into a monster. The story of how Dragon’s Dogma turned me into a pedophile.

it's obviously a joke, but it didn't go unnoticed completely. But it's a relatively unpopular game so it doesn't get as much, if any mainstream media coverage (which is a pro in my book). I don't think that artist should have gotten flak, but rather the company he was working for. I mean, when told to draw something to represent a child killer I'd say he was rather creative and tame in that regard, much better than the alternative of a happy Vault Boy brutally murdering a child, don't you think? Here's the image for those who haven't seen it.

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- Every Elin player ever.

But seriously, don't give me that crap. They're quite clearly pandering to that specific audience and it works, Elin's literally saved Tera. Here, I did a quick google of "Elin costumes" and what do I get? An oversexualized preteen like character wearing something very risque (image below, probably NSFW I guess). Obviously some people play Elins because they're cute and people like cute things, but don't go around and say they're comparable to Lalafells. Lalafells resemble potatoes while Elin's are children or preteen in appearance, and some people clearly do play them to sexualize them with these developer given costumes as they sell like crazy for $$$.

[HodgepodgeMcDodge]

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You can gift any npc with any item. Keep giving them stuff and they'll develop a pink hearty aura when you approach them. It also changes the game dramatically. The person the dragon kidnaps is the person with the highest affinity towards you. It is in the base game, yes.

As for sexualizing the characters, that all depends on what SE makes available. They could alter the sexy outfits to appear tame (the bunny GS outfit could look less like play boy, more like Easter Bunny). Or they could flat out assign the kids their own 'gender' (programming wise) and simply disallow them access to those items. Honestly, other than maybe 3 outfits, there's nothing in this game that could not be altered slightly to make them look less sexy. They could easily put some sort of 'undershirt/shorts' type of things for the Colosseum gear. Two piece suits can be altered to one. Look at SE's past at handling kid characters. They did so tactfully, for the most part. I just don't see them lacking in common sense and letting these characters get uber sluttified.