Quote Originally Posted by Ayuhra View Post
If I could be an Ixal I would be an Ixal. If it has to "human-ish" I would settle for a birdfolk like Amon and Balbaroy from Shining Force.

Don't get me wrong, I love your idea (not to mention those two were very useful if you invested the time and effort into leveling them AND gaining the extra ten levels before promoting them) and I would love the Shining Force birdman model in FFXIV...

This issues, however, is this...

Quote Originally Posted by Kosmos992k View Post
They're always going to be humanoid though, no matter what new race we get. One of the aspects of any new race is that people must want to play them, it's easier to relate to an humanoid than something more different. So we get what we have with Miqo'te and Au'ra. Males that are more physically imposing than females,females are physically smaller and lean towards aesthetically pleasing. For races with larger, more physical females, SE already has data to go on, and I'm not sure that they will spend development effort on a new race that will be used by relatively few players.
We can't have truly bestial races because of this. The game is designed with the Japanese player base in mind, and Miqo'te and Au'ra are more on the mark in regards to their tastes of character aesthetics which means we'll essentially see newer races with that design in mind.

True beastman races just aren't a major thing for them.