Burmecian Race

[Enkidoh]

As others have said, the 'rat/human hybrid race' in the game is the qiqirn, who were originally from FFXI's Treasures of Aht Urhgan expansion, and like FFXI, are classed as beastmen and are thus never going to be accessible to players.

As also mentioned, the hrothgar and viera are the two last player races to be added to the game, so alas Burmecians will never be seen here I'm sorry to say.

[Edax]

At this point, I think FF needs a new engine to be optimized for adding new races retroactively.

[Iscah]

At this point, I think FF needs a new engine to be optimized for adding new races retroactively.

It's not just adding races though, it's adding the ongoing workload of modifying equipment to fit those races. Even if we got additional races it's unlikely they'd have unique body shapes as the Burmecians would need.

It's also at least part of why they "squeezed in" both Viera and Hrothgar instead of just going with one or the other. We were always going to get only one male and one female character model added - making them different races just makes it seem like we're missing out on something.

[Edax]

It's not just adding races though, it's adding the ongoing workload of modifying equipment to fit those races. Even if we got additional races it's unlikely they'd have unique body shapes as the Burmecians would need.

It's also at least part of why they "squeezed in" both Viera and Hrothgar instead of just going with one or the other. We were always going to get only one male and one female character model added - making them different races just makes it seem like we're missing out on something.

That's what I mean. I think it maybe possible to have a game that can add races of differing sizes that will automatically do most of the work of molding the armor to them. I suspect this game wasn't optimized to add races and it overtaxes the staff.

[Fawkes]

Hrothgar and Viera were already a mistake.

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

Hrothgar and Viera were already a mistake.

They arn't a mistake, they're addition is just botched.
There are a handful of issues that need to be addressed with their avatars. Existing isn't one of them.

[FoxyAreku]

It's neat to discuss, but I wouldn't get your hopes up for anything. Though I do wish we had something like burmecians for a "beast race" that bridged the gap between miqo'te and lalafell rather than hrothgar who seem to just sort of exist in the same niche as roegadyn.

Roes are a completely different appeal and niche than roegadyn. Thought that was obvious.

[Gula]

I think that it would be cool to have them on another shard. The Ronka were the super people of the First, minus the genetic experimentation conducted by the Allag. Therefore it could stand to reason that on another shard, there could be another scientifically advanced society that could/would alter the Qiqirin and make them as such. After all, the Source has the Ixal.

[Schan]

Didn't Yoshi-P say that hrothgar and viera are the last races in the game?

Last playable races. I wouldn't be against adding them as NPCs

[MikkoAkure]

Last playable races. I wouldn't be against adding them as NPCs

If you read the OP, they were asking for them to be played. I wouldn't have a problem with them being NPCs.