So, why isn't this a thing yet?

[Mimilu]

Here's what I think SE should do:
-Add more facial features like larger eyes, rounder jawlines, bigger ears for Miqo'te, smaller horns for Au'Ra, etc., so players can have a more youthful/baby-faced look without being actual children. More character customization is always a plus and I'm surprise SE hasn't add more facial features since launch.
-Add a more youthful looking race. Heal showed a good example with that Viera concept art. So long as they don't get a hyper-sexualized and/or deformed as the Elin in Tera Online...Because that's creepy.

[Shiro-Koizumi]

Here's what I think SE should do:
-Add more facial features like larger eyes, rounder jawlines, bigger ears for Miqo'te, smaller horns for Au'Ra, etc., so players can have a more youthful/baby-faced look without being actual children. More character customization is always a plus and I'm surprise SE hasn't add more facial features since launch.
-Add a more youthful looking race. Heal showed a good example with that Viera concept art. So long as they don't get a hyper-sexualized and/or deformed as the Elin in Tera Online...Because that's creepy.

^ this please

[Samcaesar]

You folks have Auri women and Lalafell, why do you want children/young teens so badly whenever you can already play races that look just like them?

I don't necessarily agree with the "You can't have children in violent situations" argument.. As the Shonen genre is based upon younger/teen characters generally doing a lot of action orientated things. The actual issue chances are people are going to get creepy with child characters and it's going to attract a very bad sort of crowd, the same sort of crowd that's kinda caused a lot of awful stuff to come out of the anime industry and influences the devs of TERA make a lot of outfits for the Elin. By the way, everyone talking about how folks in fantasies with pseudo-medieval times themes (And actual medieval time periods) married young girls aren't helping the whole "Let's add them, only creeps and weirdos would sexualize them!" deal >.>

[Shiro-Koizumi]

You folks have Auri women and Lalafell, why do you want children/young teens so badly whenever you can already play races that look just like them?

I don't necessarily agree with the "You can't have children in violent situations" argument.. As the Shonen genre is based upon younger/teen characters generally doing a lot of action orientated things. The actual issue chances are people are going to get creepy with child characters and it's going to attract a very bad sort of crowd, the same sort of crowd that's kinda caused a lot of awful stuff to come out of the anime industry and influences the devs of TERA make a lot of outfits for the Elin. By the way, everyone talking about how folks in fantasies with pseudo-medieval times themes (And actual medieval time periods) married young girls aren't helping the whole "Let's add them, only creeps and weirdos would sexualize them!" deal >.>

Because they don't have cat ears or tails :3

[Zyrusticae]

The actual issue chances are people are going to get creepy with child characters and it's going to attract a very bad sort of crowd[...]

I'm sorry, what? In a game where we already have Au Ra (soooooo neotenous it's ridiculous), catgirls & boys (high neoteny AND cat-person fetish pandering) and Lalafell (as potato-like as they are), you're worried about a new race in-between Lalafell and Miqo'te/Au Ra attracting a NEW crowd?

THEY'RE ALREADY HERE. Anyone who wants to pedo it up is going to do so, and there ain't a thing you can do about it. Not that it matters either way - it's entirely up to the devs to decide who they want to pander to (and they WILL pander, as the Au Ra made abundantly clear), and your or anyone else's input isn't going to change that.

[Samcaesar]

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The male Miqo'te don't have "High neoteny" but I'd agree completely otherwise, the Miqo'te and Au Ra at least attract some of those groups. But.. Adding literal playable children is only going to pull more of that crowd to the game. I'd hope SE wouldn't actively work to pull more of it here, least we end up with a game where the population pandered to is literally pedophiles.

And I'd prefer the company not drift further into it. Given that they keep touting, both SE and the fanbase, about how SE loves feedback and listens to the fans, yes, enough output will change it. And hopefully SE is moral enough to not encourage it further. If enough people complain and let SE not to do this, SE might just change, but instead folks just sit on their rumps and accept whatever has been given to them, no matter how creepy or morally awful it is.

By the way OP, the term "Loli" has a lot of connections with pedophilic stuff. Seriously, don't use it, especially if you don't want people making accusations.

[Zyrusticae]

But.. Adding literal playable children is only going to pull more of that crowd to the game. I'd hope SE wouldn't actively work to pull more of it here, least we end up with a game where the population pandered to is literally pedophiles.

So what?

This is getting obnoxious. Yes, sure, some of the folks it can attract can be creepy, but then again, the game already has tools to deal with people who are obnoxious in public channels: the report function. (And also /blist.)

More importantly, you'd deny the many players who aren't sexually attracted to such characters the opportunity to play as something cute entirely because of the minority of players who like to be gross in public? That's not cool, man. That ain't cool at all.

Look, I'm not on your side here. You won't convince me to not push for a cute race that isn't potato-monster-Lalafell. It's extremely high on my list of priorities and no amount of creeptastic weirdos can convince me to let it go. Sorry, but them's the breaks.

[Tsuga]

Here's what I think SE should do:
-Add more facial features like larger eyes, rounder jawlines, bigger ears for Miqo'te, smaller horns for Au'Ra, etc., so players can have a more youthful/baby-faced look without being actual children. More character customization is always a plus and I'm surprise SE hasn't add more facial features since launch.
-Add a more youthful looking race. Heal showed a good example with that Viera concept art. So long as they don't get a hyper-sexualized and/or deformed as the Elin in Tera Online...Because that's creepy.

I think this would be a good middle ground. Add some younger and older looking facial features and the options for slightly more youthful and older "builds". Not necessarily children, or elderly, but a little younger and older than what we have.

I would also probably change my race to that Viera-esque race if they ever implemented it. Those are really cute and classy looking.

More age variety among PCs and NPCs would be really cool to see, I think.