What sort of character would you like to see added to the WoL’s party?

[Simple_Barghest]

A monster or non-humanoid of some description to join the team.
Zero's a part of the way there, but come on. Where's the Red XIII/Nanaki, or Umaro, or Quina, or Construct 8 (not the same 8 but you know what I mean)?
Hell, I'd even accept just a party member that filled in with the rest of the humanoid band if they were weird and out-there in some fashion, like Gau or Relm.
Fuck, we have canon ones already. Feo Ul has literally been begging for a chance to wreck face. Stop trying to make me a god damn tsundere and let me call on the fairy. She can be a dual-purpose White Mage / WHM-themed Magic DPS.

edit: removed Fusoya, forgot Lunarians were effectively just moon-people.

[RitsukoSonoda]

A monster or non-humanoid of some description to join the team.
Zero's a part of the way there, but come on. Where's the Red XIII/Nanaki, or Umaro, or Quina, or Construct 8 (not the same 8 but you know what I mean)?
Hell, I'd even accept just a party member that filled in with the rest of the humanoid band if they were weird and out-there in some fashion, like Gau or Relm.
Fuck, we have canon ones already. Feo Ul has literally been begging for a chance to wreck face. Stop trying to make me a god damn tsundere and let me call on the fairy. She can be a dual-purpose White Mage / WHM-themed Magic DPS.

edit: removed Fusoya, forgot Lunarians were effectively just moon-people.

Yeah but didn't Fusoya just kinda deflate like a balloon to look like a puddle when he was KO'ed in battle instead of falling down like normal people?

How about another female Au'ra or Miqo'te except they used to be a Male Roe or Hrothgar and ended up that way very recently due to a mishap during an experiment? :P lol

[hagare]

someone who second guesses you at every step of the way nothing ever gets done xD

[Soge01]

I'd like a Garlean engineer to join us. Maybe one of Cid's employees or the big man himself, or an Imperial engineer looking to make amends for all the tragedies the Empire had caused and so would like to do so by joining the WoL on their adventures.

[KageTokage]

If we go to Ilsabard in 7.x, I wouldn't mind seeing Gaius and/or Jullus as more prominent characters.

If they really wanted to think outside of the box, making one of the less human races play a more persistent role could also be interesting. Soroban and Matsya were about the most exposure any of the tribes got in the MSQ.

[Wingale]

A new dragonoid race.. maybe?

[RitsukoSonoda]

A new dragonoid race.. maybe?

The Gria from FFTA2? They'd be smallish probably about the size of a female au'ra with I think a slightly thicker tail, horns in a more typical location on the upper part of their head and dragon-like wings they can actually fly with. I believe they were described as cute but viscous due to a naturally fierce and competitive demeanor.

[Kansene]

The Gria from FFTA2? They'd be smallish probably about the size of a female au'ra with I think a slightly thicker tail, horns in a more typical location on the upper part of their head and dragon-like wings they can actually fly with. I believe they were described as cute but viscous due to a naturally fierce and competitive demeanor.

Had to look thrice at this cos your portraits made it look like a self reply o_0

[Recon1o6]

Back in ARR I was hoping Cid would stay as part of the band. Sadly it was not meant to be. I'm good with zero so far but I'm concerned she's already showing signs of turning idealistic too quick
Id have also liked Tataru as someone sweet but vicious and highly competent but alas she's now stuck with sidequests

-Odd as it sounds, I really hope Vrtra sticks around after this whole escapade in the void. Humble and driven by a simple but important goal.
-Like what others said, get someone like Gaius or pre EW Estinien in the group personality/goals wise
-merlwyb was fantastic when we had her and we need someone like her in the group. Ruthless good and acts instead of gawping.
-Someone like Moenbryda whose lively but serious when the chips are down. Driven not by ideology but by a desire to see their task through.
-A character that's stoic but warms up. Fran from ff12 or lulu from ff10. Zero started out promising but she's thawing into an idealist too fast.

ysthola being the mascot already covers the smarmy nerd side of things and is idealistic enough to balance the others

The scions main problems were too many idealists and too little variety in personality. I often wondered during the msq what the point of the twins and thancred were. Estinien was blackmailed into helping us poor bastard but at least he still had elements of the "good is not soft" approach even as EW slowly pigeonholed him into idealism.
Graha quite simply replaced thancred and alphinauds roles in a single stroke. His personality at his most idealisitc is the most insufferable of the lot but he really shines when he goes into exarch mode.

In terms of design

-No more white hair, elezen or miqote damn it
-Max 2 per race (ignoring the player)
-Gear and hairstyles that are worn is stuff obtainable by the player. Seeing hrothgar npcs with hair/face combos the players cant is annoying. Less stuff in the cash shop the better

-A viera would be nice, either gender is good.
-A roe or hrothgar, preferably female.
-If vrtra ISNT sticking around, get another au ra or two in, gender doesnt matter.
-Hyur, or lalafell male, just make sure they aren't the tank.

Mix the party in terms of height. Some big some small. Wol again can be anything (except a tall female au ra sadly without mods)

and personality while simultaniously providing foils to the scions and themselves. Have the character development more than just becoming idealistic. People get hardened by their trips too. Not everyone needs the same level of character development. Auron from FFX is a fantastic example. He goes through barely any in game but you still see how he changed in the backstory.

[Tsiron]

I had a vision, and it was Fordola becoming a Dark Knight. As for why she'd join the WoL on their adventures at this point though, I don't really have a good answer.