Body type suggestion

[Rymm]

I wish that the Au Ra went the Hyur route where each clan had different body types with Midlander vs Highlander.

If wishes were horses, we'd all be eating steak.

But yeah, I totally agree. I'm a huge fan of the the Xaela lore and would love to play them, but can't get over the pretty petite princess body and animations of the females. I would have LOVED if Raen had the current female model and Xaela got a taller, buffer, more savage version but alas... waifubait for all.

[Esmoire]

I wish that the Au Ra went the Hyur route where each clan had different body types with Midlander vs Highlander.

Agreed. It would have made much more sense for the Xaela to look more fierce and for the women in particular to not have emotes that make them look like employees at a maid café.

[Canada_bangs]

Agreed. It would have made much more sense for the Xaela to look more fierce and for the women in particular to not have emotes that make them look like employees at a maid café.

You say that.. but SE's the one writing and designing them. Maybe to them it makes more sense how they have it. Not all warriors need to go to the same school as - big mean looking protags - This is a series where most of the main characters are Teenagers saving the world. I'm not insulting you btw I'm just providing that other side of the coin people always forget about.

[Rymm]

You say that.. but SE's the one writing and designing them. Maybe to them it makes more sense how they have it. Not all warriors need to go to the same school as - big mean looking protags - This is a series where most of the main characters are Teenagers saving the world. I'm not insulting you btw I'm just providing that other side of the coin people always forget about.

While I won't dispute that SE has the right to make their characters however they please, I can't agree with the rest of your post. My satisfaction with the game as it is is much greater than any dissatisfaction I have with some of their choices, so I'll be playing long into the foreseeable future. That doesn't keep me from having opinions one way or another about said choices. And, to be fair to the person you quoted, the only real flaw with their post is that they didn't qualify it by specifying "it makes more sense to me". Different body types for the different tribes would have made sense to me as well.

You're right that not all warriors need to be big and bulky but if variety is what you are going for, this game has vastly more cute/dainty female body types than big and fierce ones. I get the style is very much anime which is why spindly little girls swinging weapons 2 to 3 times their size is so popular, but having a wider range of choices is always welcome. Also, the only teenagers saving the world are the twins and Ryne, that's three out of the entire main cast. Even if you open it up to side characters like Unukalhai (physically young, if not actually) then the ratio of teenager-to-adult would be even lower. It's just that most of the main cast look like teenagers due to the rampant waifu body types I mentioned previously.

[Canada_bangs]

While I won't dispute that SE has the right to make their characters however they please, I can't agree with the rest of your post. My satisfaction with the game as it is is much greater than any dissatisfaction I have with some of their choices, so I'll be playing long into the foreseeable future. That doesn't keep me from having opinions one way or another about said choices. And, to be fair to the person you quoted, the only real flaw with their post is that they didn't qualify it by specifying "it makes more sense to me". Different body types for the different tribes would have made sense to me as well.

You're right that not all warriors need to be big and bulky but if variety is what you are going for, this game has vastly more cute/dainty female body types than big and fierce ones. I get the style is very much anime which is why spindly little girls swinging weapons 2 to 3 times their size is so popular, but having a wider range of choices is always welcome. Also, the only teenagers saving the world are the twins and Ryne, that's three out of the entire main cast. Even if you open it up to side characters like Unukalhai (physically young, if not actually) then the ratio of teenager-to-adult would be even lower. It's just that most of the main cast look like teenagers due to the rampant waifu body types I mentioned previously.

I meant over the entire final fantasy series when I said teenagers saving the world I wasn't just talking about XIV. Since our WOL is ageless. Tho I headcanon mine to be 18 cause.. does she REALLY look older than that to you xD?

[Esmoire]

You say that.. but SE's the one writing and designing them. Maybe to them it makes more sense how they have it. Not all warriors need to go to the same school as - big mean looking protags - This is a series where most of the main characters are Teenagers saving the world. I'm not insulting you btw I'm just providing that other side of the coin people always forget about.

Not that I forget about it, but I am thinking about things on the macro level of the options available. Of course we don't have to have all the people of a more physcally-inclined or brutal reputation represent that; the writing in the game does a good job of this in the sense we see characters out in the world that don't really represent the image of their stereotype, which is healthy in terms of representing the diversity out in the world. I am sure, for example, a highlander who just spends their years knitting and has an aversion to the sword is not going to grow up to be ripped.

Though, with respects to offering variety, and having better character customization, what they did with midlander and highlander is superior, because ultimately it allows a greater range of expression at the end of the day. You can make a female highlander, for example, but you can say she is just a midlander who has spent much more time honing her body if that is your image of your character. Similarly, I rather have had two Au Ra of different builds, and then an option to customize their scale colour. So if, say, someone wants a more meek-looking Xaela, they could use a Raen body and colour the scales that way.

[Gula]

I wish that the Au Ra went the Hyur route where each clan had different body types with Midlander vs Highlander.

As a tall girl enthusiast, yess. I'd probably not hate catgirls as much if they had a highlander like version as well. Not just sun prostitutes and stinky, tiny keeper savages.

[Roda]

As a tall girl enthusiast, yess. I'd probably not hate catgirls as much if they had a highlander like version as well. Not just sun prostitutes and stinky, tiny keeper savages.

Hey! I'm a stiny tiny keeper gremlin!

[Awha]

A fat and portly body type would be nice. I hope Male bunnies if they are a thing provide this option.

[NessaWyvern]

A fat and portly body type would be nice. I hope Male bunnies if they are a thing provide this option.

Fat Viera would be pretty funny to see.
My husband is portly irl, and he likes to make his in-game characters portly as well, so FF14 doesn't scratch that particular itch for him. The closest he can get is playing Lalafell.