What if we were given another tiny race

[SturmChurro]

Dictate?
Isn't that just a request we stay on topic?

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[hqdm]

miqofell'd be cute but idk if I'd give up lala for it

[HeyMcFly]

I'd want them to be an actual beast race. Lalafell are just idk--- if they had cat-like noses, fur, tails with fur tufts at the end & rounded, mouse like ears- or other options like little antlers, and deer tails or just something that's the opposite of how a lalafell looks. Lalafells just look so incomplete to me. (as do Hyur's & elezen but that's another conversation.)

[lolicon09]

I do not support the idea of another small race.

Aside from all the looking like kids complaints, I just dislike details being scrunched up or left out due to small characters not having the room to showcase gear details... (aside from helmets...)

At least the low res textures look less bad on them

[Soge01]

I'd want them to be an actual beast race. Lalafell are just idk--- if they had cat-like noses, fur, tails with fur tufts at the end & rounded, mouse like ears- or other options like little antlers, and deer tails or just something that's the opposite of how a lalafell looks. Lalafells just look so incomplete to me. (as do Hyur's & elezen but that's another conversation.)

A Jackalope the size of Lalafell would be both cute and cool! ^^

[Soge01]

miqofell'd be cute but idk if I'd give up lala for it

Miqofell sounds like the best combination race ever!

[Shibi]

I'd pounce right out of my Lala into a Miqit'en in an instant.

[Sylve]

I know this is a pipe dream, but.. fae. Maybe bigger than what's in Il Mheg, but smaller than the Lala.

Something i noticed about the Fae is how high quality their models are with emote, texture quality and general animations.

Honestly, it wouldn't take much work to bring them up to player character standard.
Make them a bit bigger and have them hover for their walking and sprinting animation, but stand on the ground to do attacks so they can use all the same animations the other races do.
Being gender neutral, just have them use male equipment.

I'd also like to see Gria. They're described as being small, So fitting between Lalafel and minimum Au Ra wouldn't be a stretch.
They're also Ivalician so their home technically already exists. I'd also be perfectly fine with the wings they have just clipping through gear the way tails do.

They do, it's very appropriately Japanese of them.
My comment wasn't about whether I felt they could or should add or remove any race from the game, it was pointing out that someone's logic was sound (even if that makes SE hypocrites).

Glad Lala's got in before the ethical concerns.
I hope that all this doesn't stop them from adding Lala/Taru taru/Lilty like races in future games.

He's explicitly referring to young looking characters. Miq'ittens are quite literally Miqo children and exhibit very childlike features without even considering height.
Lalafells can't be mistaken for a child when viewed without other visual cues. Gnomes in WoW are the same, they look distinctly mature in their facial and body features. The only thing "childlike" about them is their height. Real life humans attest to the fact that adults can be smaller than children, height and busts both.

As long as a small race essentially looks like a tiny adult, there's nothing stopping the addition of more small races or barriers to the existence of Lalafells.

[ItMe]

He's explicitly referring to young looking characters. Miq'ittens are quite literally Miqo children and exhibit very childlike features without even considering height.
Lalafells can't be mistaken for a child when viewed without other visual cues.

Yes he is.
We're just not in agreement on that Lala can't be mistaken for children without other visual cues.
I think the character creator is robust enough that you can make Lala look like toddlers if you want.
I know in my brief stint on Balmung I saw people doing exactly that and then using the /playdead emote to EPR with them.
And some of the Lala running around look (to me) like they came from some child beauty pageant.

[xxmiamorecadenza]

Yes he is.
We're just not in agreement on that Lala can't be mistaken for children without other visual cues.
I think the character creator is robust enough that you can make Lala look like toddlers if you want.
I know in my brief stint on Balmung I saw people doing exactly that and then using the /playdead emote to EPR with them.
And some of the Lala running around look (to me) like they came from some child beauty pageant.

As I've been in Balmung myself - and actually occupy that respective server - I've glimpsed min-height Au'Ra females and Miqu'ote females boldly present themselves as teenagers in mature scenarios. Especially with Au'Ra females playing the role of 'young males who haven't reached full maturity yet'.

The actions of a handful of players should not condemn the majority.