We need a second smol race

[Bellsong]

Of course it's a male ra asking for this.

[Tsiron]

If they kept their in-game proportions regardless of the art style shift, Genomes from FFIX would make for a decent alternative I think

[Mayhemmer]

As much as I would adore Burmecians, they really just aren't going to happen without catastrophic compromises to their original look. But, I'd be very down for another smol race. Would hope for some form of expressive identity for them that isn't just being between Lalafell and female Au Ra size, though.

That said, I'm still waiting for female Hrothgar, *checks date* 908 days after they were promised (or 1,692 days since Hrothgar as a whole were introduced).

[xbahax92]

We dont need more races. We need more customization.

[Khryseis_Astra]

We dont need more races. We need more customization.

True, though I don’t know just how much we’ll ever get. It would be nice to have more sliders for various things to create a truly custom look. Or barring that, more face and body options to give a lot more variety. Still holding out some hope they will add a few new things to the character creator to show off their graphic updates.

As a Lala myself, I can understand OPs frustration. It’s my favorite (assuming we never get Hilda’s half-Elezen ears added to Hyur…), and I love the look, but there should be a range between ultra cute sprite and war-hardened dwarf! lol I’d like to see big lush beards for the males and some burly muscle tone, for the bust slider to actually do something for the females, and different body style options across the board for all races. As OP says, not everyone who wants to play small wants to be seen as cute or comedic, and we definitely don’t want to be infantilized.

Maybe this is an area where adding more sub-races could help? There’s already 2… doubling that could go a long way to adding more variety, and add in lore reasons to explain the difference in appearance. But really I think I’d just rather see more options added to what we already have: more face types, more body types, more hair and facial hair options. Enough that everyone playing the same sub-race doesn’t look almost exactly alike except for color choice options.

[Limecat]

I still think they need to add a qiqirn in a Burmecian dancer outfit somewhere.

[Poporito_Popoto]

Always glad for more races to punt.

[Avoidy]

On the topic of infantilization that's been mentioned early in this thread: Honestly, just give lalafell players an option (maybe ticking a box in character settings) to use the 1.0 walking animations and lalas would go from looking like they're waddling around in a diaper to having an actual stylish walk that fits their true nature. There's a certain video of Momodi in 1.0 ... if you know, you know. Her hips actually sway a little when she walks, and it's got soul, is all I'll say. But then ARR came out and we've had the diaper waddle ever since. Feelsbadman. I'd have made a lala if not for that, because I like being small in fantasy games.

[Kuroka]

The furry in me wants some cute little furballs... but yeah, they used roe for Hrotgar and elezen for viera... some other small race would be nice, even if its just something like Orks, actual dwarfs or even moogle...

[CidHeiral]

I'd definitely vote for FFXII Moogles. Not only does it add a second small race but it would add a second distinctly non-human race as well which the game sorely needs.

Plus I think they look pretty neat! Presumably there would be a variety of options in the character creator so you don't have to be as "cute" if you're an edgelord.