Humanoid Avian Race?

[FinalWolf]

Yeah let's add another Hyur race with something animal on it lmao
#nottalkingaboutAoRaatall

This is the only point I still envy to World of Warcraft. The game itself became crap, but at least, players were sastified with the numerous playable races. Damn I miss my Worgen. I'd kill to play a werewolf in FFXIV.

Though, I'll keep this in mind with hope.

I would switch to this werewolf race so fast superman would be jealous.

[Konicorgi]

Same here.

[Caitlyn]

You wanna new races? Here you go:

Viera
-> That hare-like race from FFXII
-> Bodyheight like male Au Ras and Elezen
-> Style like previous FFXIV concept arts

Allagear
-> Robotic/cyborg-like allagan race
-> Glowing bodyparts in different colors
-> Trusters/Boosters at the back/legs while running

Centaur
-> Horse-like humanoid race (hoofs instead of feet)
-> Bodycolour in different colors (obviously xD)
-> Ears, long Tail, Backhair (like Aion)


To be honest, I would love to see more race which arent just some modified Hyur with wings. Au Ras for example are pretty cool, but I think, they still look to Hyur-like. Thats why I loved the previous concept arts of them (which made them look pretty badass). I would also love to change my Au Ras lower body into a Lamia (half-human, half-snkae) ones, but thats just my personal preference ^^.

[Vurtney]

If anything this game needs LESS is humanoids with animal parts. We already have those. For once i'd love to see a non-humanoid race. One thing Blizzard did right with races is variety and that is never a bad thing.

[Claymore65]

I think the main concern about more Beast-like races (not the example from the OP), is how to work them into the plot. Right now, a large part of the plot deals with the "human" races' interactions with the Beastmen. There is a clear divide between the two, both from a physical sense and from a spiritual sense (i.e. the Beastmen's connections to the primals).

While I would personally enjoy a playable beastman-like race, it'd be very hard to explain why this race of beastmen is treated completely differently than the others. For example, in Ul'Dah all beastmen are banned from City grounds. You'd have to be like "We ban all beastmen...except for that type, because they're cool I guess". The game's early plot deals almost exclusively with human and beastmen interactions, so I don't see how they can just add a playable one.

That's not to say I wouldn't like to see more variety between the races, but I think the plot thus far has kind of forced all races (at least for the time being), into being more "human" than inhuman.

That said, I'm all for cute harpy girls!

[MagiusNecros]

I would love more bestial races but you've seen their answer for new races. We got nothing like what was the initial concept art for Au Ra and we got a more tame finished product to the point the discussion probably went like this:

[Konicorgi]

We got nothing like what was the initial concept art for Au Ra

Such a lame the ended as a hyur with scales.

Also

[Vurtney]

I would love more bestial races but you've seen their answer for new races. We got nothing like what was the initial concept art for Au Ra and we got a more tame finished product to the point the discussion probably went like this:

That's more or less how it went. Shame, early Au-ra designs were much more interesting.

Even if we did get, say Viera, it wouldn't be this:



But more like this:

[MagiusNecros]

It is curious the note that instead of the Au Ra concept they went with a concept dubbed as the Dragon template ergo cute horns as ears dragon girl. Similarity is particularly apparent with the female gender. What a farce. Insult to injury when they claim that the race is of Voidsent and I guess Hyur origin.

[Ayuhra]

after TBC the horde wasnt the horde anymore....it was "blood elves" and company

I still play WoW sometimes and I know that people were drawn to Blood Elves for their lore and the fact that they looked more human than the humans did (the men, anyway). But the beast races in that game are still fairly popular. I don't see as many Goblins or Pandaren but I see a few Worgen here and there and a lot of Tauren and Trolls.

Heck the female Draenei are very popular. They're like a somewhat more visually interesting Au Ra. I'd settle for something like them, they're very pretty but still beast-like.