Is a less humanoid race impossible?

[Ovenmitts]

I think they wanted to play it very safe with their first expac. ARR was still young for an MMO and they have limited resources. As the game ages I think its possible we will see them take some more risks with things like player models but for their first tentative steps I think they wanted to take it careful.

That said I actually don't think we will get a new race in the next expansion. Certainly, they haven't been hinting at anything.

Certainly a better choice if that were the case would be to choose viera over au ra. I mean, the latter definitely suited the dragon themed content better than bunny people, but appealing to that group with the cute aesthetic would be better than ruining these amazing dragons.

Now the chance for a cool, scaly, lizard dragon beast thing is slim to null unless they make additional subraces of existing ones.

[dekal]

The problem I see here too is that some of the players replying here have in my male characters. They would look badass, cool excellent, but when they won't consider it for female characters. A good example is fem roes. They are muscular, big, and very well proportional and yet ppl don't have them a good impression of them.

If both genders look beady would be cool, but the majority of players would most likely pick the kne with the best aesthetic look to emphasis the looks most would want outside game or show their similarity to their self.

[TankHunter678]

I think the best possibility for a more bestial look would probably involve making a class that can temporarily assume the form of something else.

Using Vincent from FF7 as an example. As his various limit breaks were transformations into various classic horror monsters.

The various forms would have to be designed such that their appearance is independent of gear.

If they wanted to take it further, they could make it so that the form you take is influenced by race you are. That way the class would not result in a bunch of people looking the same and would have some variance in the design.


In a sense there is already precedence. Ysayle could transform into Shiva without losing control of herself, the Heavens Ward each transformed into mini-primals while retaining their sense of self. Summoners are capable of calling forth a portion of the essence of primals, while Scholar (theoretically) calls forth a portion (and aspect) of one as a fairy, with LB3 even empowers the fairy to become its mini-primal angel true form to heal/revive the party.

With how much the WoL has done, how many lives that have been saved, and how relied upon they are, the conditions might be met that the WoL player could become a mini-primal (or already is on the path).

[Celef]

Ok guys after seeing this forget what I said about Viera, I need this ! (with the fluffy hairs of course )
Maybe we'll get more staff working on our game when they finally release XV, someday.... ^^"

[AlohaSnackbar]

If I could play as an Amal'Ja, I'd easily use my Fantasia to do so. Would be so worth it, but we all know it would take too much time/effort for any perceivable reason to do so other than the fans want it.

[SpiritMuse]

If they do end up going for a more beastly looking race, I sincerely hope they allow the women to be as fierce and monstrous as the men instead of forcing them to be "pretty" once again. I was so disappointed with the Au Ra.

[Laerune]

I do not think so, SE has made it very clear that they do not want to remodel outfits to include no human body. Viera is basicly a human with bunny feets, but I reckon if we were to get Viera, they would have normal hyur feet and not the bunny ones.

[Ovenmitts]

They're cute I guess. It's just they look like you're subbing out kitty parts for bunny parts with a side of potato. I can't really tell if those are paws or normal feet but ya, I'm assuming the latter.

I feel compelled to post this.



SE if you have no plans for anything besides enhanced cosplay, why must you play with my heart like this? ;~;

[Marcellus_Cassius]

I would like to see ronsos make an appearance

[LineageRazor]

There are three big reasons why it probably won't happen.

The first, as has been stated many times in this thread now, is the additional effort it would take to redesign not only new armor, but all existing armor, as well, to fit the new body type. The "Bestial" race would need to be very similar in shape to existing races to mitigate that.

The second, as has been touched on a few times in this thread now, is that the devs have a perception (possibly true, possibly not) that a beastial race would not be popular enough to justify going through all this effort. While there's no denying that there's a demographic who would love a beastial race (this thread wouldn't exist otherwise!), is it really significant, or just a vocal minority?

A third reason is the fact that one of the central story elements of this game is the division between the Beastmen and the Spoken races. While some of the Spoken races have animalistic traits (cat ears, scales), the division between them and the Beastmen is still very obvious. If races similar to Ronso or Bangaa were introduced, why would they be considered Spoken rather than Beastmen? Frankly, color an Amal Jaa blue, and you pretty much have a Ronso! And yes, the new race WOULD need to be Spoken; the entire FFXIV plotline revolves around this assumption, and asking for a separate "Beastman" path through the storyline would be a frankly ridiculous load on the developers.