Hello, My Name is Human

[Tsumdere]

The world needs more monster girl waifus

I see you too are a person of culture.

Playable spider girl when??

[Joven]

That was for the thread you linked. They're not demons or dragons or reptiles, if anything the only headcanon from that thread thats sorta plausible would be Allagan experiments but they'd end up being manmade humanoid mammals vs. regular ol humanoid mammals... and even then it'd be kiiiiinda pushing it since Au Ra as we know them existed during the Allagan empire (Odin minion + HoH spoilers).

I've never seen any mammals with horns, scales and serpentine tails. Granted this isn't Earth we're talking about so who knows?

[KageTokage]

I've never seen any mammals with horns, scales and serpentine tails. Granted this isn't Earth we're talking about so who knows?

Pangolins are the world's sole example of a scaly mammal, so I like to think Au Ra are something sorta like that.

[Kaliesto]

They won't try this as this will create a whole slew of custom stuff to simply create a complete non-humanoid species, I wouldn't blame the developers for not wanting to do it.

Also there is the cut scene work, and I think that would be a nightmare for quality control.

Also this is just me, but I think it's best we don't give more material to that "one side" of the Otaku Sphere.

I will respectfully disagree. There is nothing I dislike more than gender-locked races. It often makes zero sense in lore and reeks of laziness and pandering. Plus, male Viera do exist and it would be easy to imagine a tall Amazonian man with long ears (please. cat boys. it is exactly the same concept.) and there is female Lupins in the game right now. They look exactly like male Lupins.

I hate it when males are delegated to being bestial and the women being humanoid and beautiful. Either do both genders or none at all.

I agree with this, the Anime and Game Industry has been doing this for decades and it's obvious whom it's being pandered to a certain demographic.

I mean I guess I don't blame the developers having some kind fantasy and all since they are mostly cooped inside a Video Game Industry building for gods know how long, but damn these developers need to get some girlfriends or if this is just some kind of outdated status quo since they been doing that to Beastman-like Women for decades in anime and games.

There are exceptions like Outlaw Star though, the males and females looked almost exactly alike.

Overall I'm kinda of neutral on the subject as it's just a choice of art despite how generic it can be, but fully aware of the issue surrounding this.

[Alacran]

I've never seen any mammals with horns, scales and serpentine tails. Granted this isn't Earth we're talking about so who knows?

(Horns)

(Scales)

Some examples of what SE obviously understands it's player base wants.






They would not spend the time creating gear/ emotes that they were certain would not be bought. For crying out loud that's an actual Magic girl outfit and dance in the songbird gear and emote. Goth lolita dresses, angel/ demon jackets, prince and princess clothes, the Nehza gear, a beg emote.... The list goes on and on. FFXIV is not a world where character races are beastly, the fact that their optional items would be affected by this as well tells you all you need to know as to why this would not happen here. How long did we have to wait for male bunny chief gear? I don't see Bangaa being squeezed into Edda's dress doing the songbird dance.

[MsQi]

Stop trying to impose real world concepts on Final Fantasy. Are they supposed to consult wildlife before they use an idea?

I have never seen the word mammal used in game so I have no idea if they consider anything a mammal. Even if they do it's likely not exactly the same concept as we have. The people of this world are collectively referred to as "mankind" especially by the dragons. That suggests, (but is not conclusive) that all the races we have are related.

I'd be fine playing a race that can't wear every mogstation outfit.

the player-base is not monolithic.

[Stormfur]

I don't see Bangaa being squeezed into Edda's dress doing the songbird dance.

I never knew how much I wanted to actually see this happen until now.

[Stormfur]

I think that we should have a wilder-looking race, which could encompass Viera-like creatures but also wolf-like/fox-like animals.

[MsQi]

I don't see Bangaa being squeezed into Edda's dress doing the songbird dance.

You lack imagination. A beastial race might not fit in with society. They might not be able to wear certain things or their version might be torn and ill-fitting. They might attempt the first few steps of a dance, stumble a bit, then fall on their butt, switch to their race dance, or give up with a sigh.

[Alacran]

You lack imagination. A beastial race might not fit in with society. They might not be able to wear certain things or their version might be torn and ill-fitting. They might attempt the first few steps of a dance, stumble a bit, then fall on their butt, switch to their race dance, or give up with a sigh.

And that would cause out cry due to a certain race not having access to what others have. It's not lacking imagination, it's keeping in mind what could and would happen if any race was excluded from any current or future glamours/ emotes.