The Last Races

[Burningskull]

Assuming we get Male Viera and Female Hrothgar, hopefully someday in the future, "should" these be the last races SE adds with how difficult it is to add races to the game?

[LaylaTsarra]

Assuming we get Male Viera and Female Hrothgar, hopefully someday in the future, "should" these be the last races SE adds with how difficult it is to add races to the game?

They said these were the last. Appears to be a lot of work or they wouldn't have said that. Personally I'd be happy with Limited races where they don't need to refit all the old gear but just the new stuff and and add some special race specific exclusive items.

[Burningskull]

They said these were the last. Appears to be a lot of work or they wouldn't have said that.

They said "probably" the last. Doesn't mean that SE wont do them again if they feel they can.

[reivaxe]

They said "probably" the last. Doesn't mean that SE wont do them again if they feel they can.

When they revealed viera they said prob last so that hrothgar would be a shocker.

These are the last.

[Fland]

When they revealed viera they said prob last so that hrothgar would be a shocker.

These are the last.

They said similar thing ("probably last") again after the Hrothgar reveal tho.

[reivaxe]

They said similar thing ("probably last") again after the Hrothgar reveal tho.

I don't remember them ever, saying that after the Hrothgar.

But lets look at this logically ...
Viera reveal, say this is prob the last new race.
Hrothgar reveal shows that there IS 1 more race and both these races are monogendered.
find out that they don't have the resources to MAKE and SUPPORT 2 genders for both races. Tells people it cost ton to make new races and it's intensive af so as of now no plans to make those genders.

"Welp, I see no reason to think this is the end of new races"

[Duskane]

they should be the last
and then they should work on improving character creator afterwards

honestly though with the plump miqote in the ShB trailer i feel like they are just gonna go with allied races in WOW just get different kinds of miqote,elezen,au ra etc etc

[Vidu]

While I know (and can appericiate) that the look of their character is an important part of the game for many people - myself actually included to some degree - I dont feel like the amount of work it takes them to develop and introduce new races has a huge enough benefit to the overall game and to most of the playerbase to warrant it.
I'd rather see them spend their ressources on either more "gameplay-content" (dungeons, trials etc. - stuff that you can actually play) or to enhance the "glamour"-options we already have (give existing races more options to pick from, like faces etc. or create more costumes and the like).

I might be wrong but I'm under the impression that often new races arent requested because they would fill a real void, but rather because people just want any new race - just for the sake of it being new. I can understand the desire for Viera, specially since it was an already known race AND they showed some concept-art and I kinda get why Hrothgar are going to be a thing (they really do fill a niche in the game). But beyond that I feel that we're at a point where we have a good choice between races and that a lot of follow up requests would be more of the sort "I just want something new!!" - which I just dont get... are people so unhappy with their characters...?
I just feel like even if our character-creator is limited, everyone should already be able to create a good looking character - so the amount of work stands in no relation to the benefit to me.

Even though I'm extremly happy that they added FemRoes as option with 2.0, I would have still enjoyed the game playing as a different character. Thats why the game to me seems perfectly playable and enjoyable, even with the races that already exist. Adding more adds to little to the overall experience of the game - specially for the majority of the playerbase who wont even pick one of the new races (whatever they might be).

[Mikki]

I don't mind if they are the last, honestly. But I do hope that they'll revisit the character customization in the future if they choose not to add any new races. It would be really lovely to get some fresh new face options for the existing races. I'm waiting with bated breath to see if they offer us more extensive options for Hrothgar and Viera, since that might be an indication that they could possibly be planning to extend options for other characters as well. (tbh I'll be a bit disappointed if it's the standard "here are 4 preset faces with very slightly different options, go crazy")

[LaylaTsarra]

I don't mind if they are the last, honestly. But I do hope that they'll revisit the character customization in the future if they choose not to add any new races. It would be really lovely to get some fresh new face options for the existing races. I'm waiting with bated breath to see if they offer us more extensive options for Hrothgar and Viera, since that might be an indication that they could possibly be planning to extend options for other characters as well. (tbh I'll be a bit disappointed if it's the standard "here are 4 preset faces with very slightly different options, go crazy")

A friend told me they will have more face options than previous races. She also said that was because they could offer these additional features because there were no opposite gender counterparts. I can't say if that is true but I think that was discussed on Reddit where she spends a lot of time. We should find out about the additional options if they exist soon.