Yes, I know YoshiP said no more new races, but I'd still like to try suggesting one. With the story that played out in Heavensward and further into the Firmament, I'd like to nominate the Syricta as the next playable race. Not only do we not have a truly draconic race yet (Au Ra's origins being of draconic blood are dubious at best) but we even now have a model NPC, Marcelloix, part of the lore that is able to not only fight but also can craft with their claws. What makes this easier on the dev team is a portion of the model rigging already exists in the game. Granted fashion is something they'd need to figure out still and a lack of helmets would likely be expected because horns.

I know you're going to ask why not a dragon? While a playable dragon like Ehll Tou would be fun, the ability to be your own mount and fly over enemy abilities during battle would probably be too powerful, nor is it likely supportable by the current game engine. I know in recent interviews YoshiP said something unexpected would happen with the dragons. Even if (as a guess) after the conflict is over they decide to leave the planet and return to their home world, (Remember Omega basically chased Midgardsormr to the planet) it's unlikely the Syricta and those with the potential to become one will be going anywhere. Since any lineage that drank Ratatoskr's blood has the potential to become one, for the dragons to take them as well we would end up with Ishgard as an empty capital city. I have my doubts that would happen when we're about to get housing there.

Thoughts?