What if the reason why there isn't a new race is because...

[The_Last_Dragoon]

They're going to actually implement hybrid races. Technically this is already in the game to some extent with Hilda, the half Hyur/Elezen, though I'm not sure exactly what the other race mixtures would look like (Queue horrific imagery of lala/roe).

[Dualblade]

If we were getting any sort of new race option, Viera hybrid or otherwise, it would have been announced at one of the last Fanfests AND most likely would have had already have a character related to Stormblood around to represent it.

This isn't to say nothing will happen for the rest of the game, or even that they really are waiting till the EU Fanfest for it. But its very unlikely for 4.0 at this point.

On the topic of hybrids though...if Hyur/Elezen is ever introduced hopefully there will be more options to make them more...Elezeny I guess would be the word. You could lie to my face by calling Hilda a Hyur and I'd believe you because there aren't a lot of differences.

Mi'qote/Lalafell seemed pretty popular around the time people were wondering if the Mi'qote orphan in Iydlshire was such.

Hybrid race options don't really make sense lore wise. Hybrids aren't impossible obviously (although some combinations probably are) but they are extremely rare, rare to the point that we've only met one after traveling all over Eorzea.
A thousand hybrids suddenly appearing in Limsa would be silly.

To be fair the story wouldn't treat it as if there were suddenly a lot of them around. Male Mi'qote are still somewhat rare and aren't running around in nearly the numbers that players would have it be if we counted all of them. Same with ALL the Au Ra players, more so in 2.0 content.

[Jandor]

Hybrid race options don't really make sense lore wise. Hybrids aren't impossible obviously (although some combinations probably are) but they are extremely rare, rare to the point that we've only met one after traveling all over Eorzea.
A thousand hybrids suddenly appearing in Limsa would be silly.

[The_Last_Dragoon]

Hybrid race options don't really make sense lore wise. Hybrids aren't impossible obviously (although some combinations probably are) but they are extremely rare, rare to the point that we've only met one after traveling all over Eorzea.
A thousand hybrids suddenly appearing in Limsa would be silly.

It could be funny if it was explained away lore-wise as a "fad where people mess with their genetic make-up using a strange potion in order to make outlandish combinations of the races."

I mean, it's not like this sort of thing doesn't happen in Japan...

[Enur]

I hope not.

New races are a waste of development. Takes too much time fitting gear. Why would i be excited for a feature that requires me to pay extra to access it on my main?

[The_Last_Dragoon]

I hope not.

New races are a waste of development. Takes too much time fitting gear. Why would i be excited for a feature that requires me to pay extra to access it on my main?

There's precedence for them giving players with active subscriptions Fantasia potions when something like that releases, and it wouldn't really be a new race per-say, I'm guessing it would be implemented in the background option such as Midlander and Highlander for Hyur. This way they could just be slightly altered characters with the same sillhouette, meaning that you wouldn't have to do a ton of gear fitting for most of them.

[Enur]

There's precedence for them giving players with active subscriptions Fantasia potions when something like that releases, and it wouldn't really be a new race per-say, I'm guessing it would be implemented in the background option such as Midlander and Highlander for Hyur. This way they could just be slightly altered characters with the same sillhouette, meaning that you wouldn't have to do a ton of gear fitting for most of them.

With HW there was no Fantasia.

If what you want is pointy ears i will still object. Why even have differing races if you get to mix and match as you please?

And any race mixed with lala or roe would be way too creepy. Unless what you want is the races more humanized. Which imo is bad for diversity. Roes with cat ears? Au Ra without scales? I dislike the idea.


And besides. Mixed races in the lore are currently rarer than the padjal. And the reason we dont get to play as those is due to their rarity.




If we absolutely do need a new race, at the very least make it original. Dont rehash what we already got.

[aesteval]

With HW there was no Fantasia.

Yes there was. Digital CE I think included it?

[Zojha]

I thought Miqo'te already were a hybrid between Hyurs and a common house cat.
Lalafell are a mixed breed between Hyurs and a popoto - No wonder they had to be lab-created by allagans.
And even Au Ra are probably a hybrid between a desperate Hyur and...some scalekin.

[Riardon]

What if there is no new race because there is no actual need for one? Au Ra are still a minority with Hyurs being the most created. Au Ra didn't blend with Eorzea very well either. They used the wild card of "out of this continent and rare to the bring of extinction race" to justify them. It worked but the card was played and you can't keep adding new races and use the same excuse to justify them. There are also some lore implications. Design wise Au Ra came out as weird teenagers with lots of clipping issues. They were not that different from Miqo'te. Just different tails and angry faces. Then there is the things devs said that Japan doesn't like beast wild races and prefer them beautiful so there is no real oxygen for a beast like race. They also said they did what they did with Au Ra in order to make them fir into current armor models without heavy modifications. So why the heck we keep asking for what we already have? Unless it's something really different there is no need to add more Migo'te with slightly different colors and tails. I still prefer more customization in current races. Those generic 3-4 faces in premium sub based MMORPG makes me sick.