Humanoid Avian Race?

[Roegadyn_Bear]

No, I know you said that I just get twitchy when people bring it up. I play beast races a lot because they're cool to me not because I think they're attractive but if people ARE attracted to 'em? That's fine.

What gets me is on the WoW forums whenever anyone asks for a playable beast race (The Arakkoa for example) everyone cries "Furry" as if that were an inherently bad thing to be and then the conversation just sinks and devolves from there. Every time.

It's like it's on version of Godwin's Law.

I'm not offended by it I'm just tired of it.

Understandable.

I enjoy beast-like races as well, to be honest, without being part of that particular fandom so I know it's possible to like said races without being in it. Unfortunately, people tend to automatically lump you in with them for desiring to play anything but a human looking humanoid. It's worse in their forums because it's a larger cesspool than these forums.

I played mostly Pandaren (when they were released) and you'd be surprised how many people, both of the fandom and not, lumped me in with it.

[Nektulos-Tuor]

Trying to find some good examples.. a lot of them have nudity! >_<

What of any of this pictures screams furry?

[Ayuhra]

Someone mentioned it earlier but Garuda herself would make an interesting template for a feathered race. You could have multiple wings that are only visible when /unfurled and you're in flight.





I like this take on a humanoid face but with dark eyes and framed with feathers instead of hair.

[Nektulos-Tuor]

Someone mentioned it earlier but Garuda herself would make an interesting template for a feathered race. You could have multiple wings that are only visible when /unfurled and you're in flight.





I like this take on a humanoid face but with dark eyes and framed with feathers instead of hair.

That is actually pretty cool, and even humanoid they would have "unique" shapes of body and faces, but not mess with the "models" too much.

[Nestama]

Someone mentioned it earlier but Garuda herself would make an interesting template for a feathered race. You could have multiple wings that are only visible when /unfurled and you're in flight.

[Pictures]

I like this take on a humanoid face but with dark eyes and framed with feathers instead of hair.

Replace the claws with hands, the unique looking feet with regular human feet and change the feather hair to normal hair and you have yourself a race!

[MagiusNecros]

Replace the claws with hands, the unique looking feet with regular human feet and change the feather hair to normal hair and you have yourself a race!

Defeating the purpose of a playable monster race when you are suggesting just another human race with relatively minor alterations. May as well not bother.

[Nestama]

Defeating the purpose of a playable monster race when you are suggesting just another human race with relatively minor alterations. May as well not bother.

It's simply what SE will do. Take Miqo'te and Au Ra for example. If SE aren't going to make gear work around with tails and horns (they just clip), then anything that isn't human in any way will either clip, or be changed to be more human.

[Roegadyn_Bear]

It's simply what SE will do. Take Miqo'te and Au Ra for example. If SE aren't going to make gear work around with tails and horns (they just clip), then anything that isn't human in any way will either clip, or be changed to be more human.

Miqo'te are based off of Mithra, so we can give them a pass there.

Au Ra, on the other hand, had a much better concept art that didn't go through for various reasons. Like you said, I highly suspect that if we do get another beast-like race it'll just be a Hyur/Miqo'te lookalike with different and/or additional "accessories" attached to them.

On a side note, I suspect the "challenge" that it would have posed for the FFXIV team is why Roegadyn don't resemble the race they were based off of body type wise.

[WinterLuna]

Love this idea, I'm always in for new races. There can never be enough diversity. Just remember the race would have to be PRETTY human like, or as other players said, they'd have to remodel way too much.

[drmambo1999]

I have always loved wings! I got into Aion for a while, but I didn't like the flight limit players had. If SE brought an avian like race to ff14, I would be the happiest mmo player to ever have played an mmo and my life would truly forsake all reality. lel