Thread: Are dwarves the new race for 5.0?

think they were only mentioned about if i recall corectly?

Originally Posted by JackHatchet

Will be Dwarves be the new race to contrast with the tall bunny race?

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Originally Posted by Coombah

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You need a / at the end of your closing bracket. So (img) link (/img)

The link also needs to be directly to the image.

Originally Posted by LineageRazor

It hasn't been officially confirmed whether Garleans are their own race or a Hyur offshoot.

Or somewhere-between-Hyur-and-Elezen [human] offshoot. The overall intent seems to be that all the races may be wildly varied forms of the same base species (don't think too hard about how some of them would evolve), or at least closely related in the same way that, say, lions and tigers can interbreed.

There's also this from the naming conventions page:

Originally Posted by Gildrein

There are Eorzean historians who believe that these similarities in names may be proof that the two races are of similar origin─’open-minded’ Hyuran historians claiming the Elezen are a bastard race spun off from the Hyurs (and not the other way around). Elezen historians, on the other hand, simply deny any blood relation whatsoever.

Not exactly a confirmation, but if there are already in-world theories about the two races coming from a single origin, then it's not hard to think they will at least be also theorising that the Garleans came somewhere out of the same branch of the 'family tree'.

sum1 needs to make a graph or sumthin with a giant race tree so we can see where everything comes from

Honestly I dont believe that we would get dwarves. First we already do have Lalas as the small race and second they were never mentioned in the story before. At least Yugiri was part of the storyline before we got the Au Ra with the next expansion. Its not like this cant happen in the last two patches either but I kinda doubt it since they would already introduce us to the Viera in the 24 man raid. But that is the same problem that I have with the Ronso as a new race. Unlike Viera there is again no single hint that they do exist. That also can change but would they truly reveal two completely new races in the last two patches? Its not impossible but would feel a bit strange.

Also if that leaker is really saying the truth but dont want to spoil the other race for us wouldnt a lion make it still way too obvious? Maybe this is just a hint that we get something more beastly?

In the end I would have nothing against Ronso as a playable race if both versions are fierce looking beastly races. Otherwise I still just wish that we would get Viera and the Lupins since at least the latter would have already been introduced in the story. Thus it would feel less unbelieveable that they are just suddenly there.

Dwarves for me have the lowest chance to honestly be in the game because I dont thing they are truly requested by the community and would just feel like thicker Lalas with beards.

Yes they were just mentioned and never seen in the game just like all but one male mithra in XI.

Originally Posted by LineageRazor

It hasn't been officially confirmed whether Garleans are their own race or a Hyur offshoot. The fact that they can breed with Hyur doesn't prove anything one way or another - so can Elezen (Hilda) and Au Ra (the legends told by the Raen of Sui-no-Sato). I'm guessing that ANY of the player races can interbreed, but those are the only two examples I know of in-game.

During a Halloween event, there was a Miqo'te girl who's father was a Hyur, and mother was a Miqo'te. For some reason she had the fangs of a moonkitty, and the eyes of a sunkitty. So that is also possible. Also the insult "Your mother was a roegadyn" might hint that Hyurs and roes can also breed.