Create-A-Race Thread

[reillyblair]

one of the monsters out of the mt nibel reactor my thoughts here are you start with a normal looking person put them into the reactor chambers which changes/disfigures their appearance using rng it would make each character somewhat unique

[Roda]

Gonna go ahead and second the fishrace theme and the swimming expansion. '3'

Tho I'm gonna say
MAKE THEM BADASS ANGLERFISH.
HUGE FANGS.
GLOWY DANGLEBOBS
FIN EARS AND WEBBED DIGITS

HUGE BULKY BURLY WOMEN.
itty bitty dainty men.

Or maybe I'm still salt about the Au Ra

[Samcaesar]

Gonna go ahead and second the fishrace theme and the swimming expansion. '3'

Tho I'm gonna say
MAKE THEM BADASS ANGLERFISH.
HUGE FANGS.
GLOWY DANGLEBOBS
FIN EARS AND WEBBED DIGITS

HUGE BULKY BURLY WOMEN.
itty bitty dainty men.

Or maybe I'm still salt about the Au Ra

As much as I love this idea you know it's gonna be the opposite Dx.

[Kayote]

Game could use a stocky, medium sized race IMO. Like Dwarves. I dont mean actual Drawves but a race with similar proportions and height between Lala's and Midlander.

[Roda]

As much as I love this idea you know it's gonna be the opposite Dx.

Let me dream.

[Samcaesar]

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As long as they looked like short adults I wouldn't mind that, but this being a Japanese game, I kinda doubt they'd look anything close to an adult.

Let me dream.

Roda, I would love for their to be a race like that but like man it's only going to be a dream. ;~;

[Zyrusticae]

I totally want a more bestial race too, but you guys all realize they are NEVER going for that, right?

There's a reason they made a very explicit beast-race vs races-of-man split...

So in light of that, my more feasible choice is:

Lala'qote's. Enough said. Mixing the adorableness of the Lalafell with the adorableness of a kitten just makes something even more adorable.

Yup. Let's face it, they'd be the most popular race by a landslide.

Who could resist such absolute adorableness?

[Nestama]

Who could resist such absolute adorableness?

Me, easily. I honestly hope that the next new race won't be something cute for the sake of being cute. Take the Krogan, Turian, Roegadyn and Galka for example. They're not designed to be adorable/cute, yet people, like myself, can see them as cute/adorable when they make the right facial expression, do certain motions, etc (things designed to be cute for the sake of being cute I shun. It's not interesting).

[Reinha]

Golem race. With different types of earth or rock skins. Rock, Ice, Volcanic, Obsidian, Copper, quartz. Maybe some dirt/plants growing out of them as well. Oh Yeah baby, golem race for sure!

Game could use a stocky, medium sized race IMO. Like Dwarves. I dont mean actual Drawves but a race with similar proportions and height between Lala's and Midlander.

These combined would make a dwarf sized golem race. WoW has something similar although they are non-playable.

Zombies would be great aswell, but I think they would be a bit too dark and gritty for this game. I mean, even beast tribes are cute in their own way. Werewolves are probably out of the question too, at least the savage ones, but one can always hope.

Sylvari was also mentioned and I really like that idea some kind of plant people. Since the game already has Sylphs and those turnip things, we could have a tree race. They could be even taller than Roes and perhaps the result of an Aetherial disaster caused by careless mages.

[Samcaesar]

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It sure as heck isn't going to happen if the general response is "It's never going to happen so why bother?"

I'd really want to stay away from it, sure it's cute, it might be nice to have playable hybrids in game, but Lalafell already cut it very close to pandering to the lolicon crowd, which is what I'd hope this game would keep away from. That and the fact that if the current hybrid in the game, Lalafell/Miqo'te would look like a Lalafell with Miqo'te ears and tail or a Miqo'te with bigger hips (Or something) and Lalafell eyes. But... That's all I'm gonna say, we've beaten this horse in other threads.

Me, easily. I honestly hope that the next new race won't be something cute for the sake of being cute. Take the Krogan, Turian, Roegadyn and Galka for example. They're not designed to be adorable/cute, yet people, like myself, can see them as cute/adorable when they make the right facial expression, do certain motions, etc (things designed to be cute for the sake of being cute I shun. It's not interesting).

I know, it's the overall option to make it cute or tough is what matters. It's possible to make a cute looking Roegadyn lady. Will she be tall as heck? Sure. Can her face be made to be pretty cute? Very much so possible. Now.. To do the opposite, I find it kind of hard to make something closer to a "tough/intimidating" Auri girl, Miqo'te girl, or Lalafell, which is the issue. Considering the devs lean for "Cute races" why not start with a tough looking race that can look cute due to some options?

Like ideas for a "Tough race that can be made 'cute' ", therefore circumventing the whole "The fanbase wants cute stuff, therefore SE won't ever make a tough/beastlike race"
- Make it so the race has fur/scales/feathers over it's body, but one of it's options is to turn down the fur.
- Large height ranges work well too (As there's certain implied connotative values with big = tough small = cute ).
- One clan is more "beast like" and tough, the other more cute.
- Give their emotes a good mix between cute or tough (Like a very expressive and childish /huh compared to a quicker more relaxed /huh) or alternative introduce emote sets that'd change these.