New possible race

[Shougun]

While there may be value in saying there is a more desired race so do that I do believe that there is also some value in creating a tapestry piece race, even if it isn't most popular as it can be used to help diversify all the races at once (one race to greatly effect the others).

Just to be lazy with colors for example, lets say the more similar the race is the more similar the colors are - I'm sure people can imagine a few great paintings that use a very small selection of colors but I also know (if you've seen a lot of art) that you can make some truly amazing contrast points that really note everything even more when not every detail is the same (like the Japanese Water Temples, the red contrasting and complementing greatly with the vast colors of blue around it). Benefit of it not being equal is that the people who wanted that stand out color can really feel stand out as all get out lol, but majority colors can still be popular ones. Anyways, not suggesting it must be unique but also saying that there is /some/ reason why you could go not most popular and it still be a visual benefit to everyone (in the long run, undoubtedly you will have complaints that it wasn't XYZ because that's what majority wanted).

As for the lore they'd obviously have to be smart about it but I doubt that it would be impossible for them to work around it. Also the wolf ones could be fairly simple just with the primal curse / Garlean experiment jazz. That way they don't even have a back story, and you gain access to them via the story, which means you've already worked hard on a lot of the xenophobia - SE can work around your change future forward rather than looking in the past. Probably making it one of the easiest races to implement due to the fact they'd have no culture to reference and few plots to adjust. This sort of race within a race idea could be used on some other options as well, if SE wanted to let players become some sort of Vincent Vampire thing for example... earning your self optional body glamour could be interesting (do a quest that drops you into the lifestream, unlock yourself Cloud eyes lol).

Then again this is probably why I suggested the race equipment a few pages ago, it gives SE and us a lot of visual freedom without having to create the entire structure (saving money) - so if you wanted the crazy wolf face and the digitigrade feet you'd just accept the fact that you're going to glamour it on that slot and NOT be able to use a helm / boots because you chose it (as again like the really cool more bestial Au Ra features could become tribal race unlocks that take the place of equipment, gaining you scales and crazy horns).