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(12-22-2014, 05:52 PM)Berrod Armstrong Wrote: [...]Not to mention the majority of players don't seem to really object to the style. We're a minority after all, us roleplayers. [...]Hah. You're not paying much attention, are you?
A selection of quotes from various places on the Internet:
http://massively.joystiq.com/2014/12/22/...t-reveals/
Quote:I was pretty disappointed in the new race, even though it's pretty much what i expected, humans shaded/sized up with a token difference that in other games could be a cosmetic accessory. I was hoping something more akin to a Ronso, Banga, etc. I understand maintaining a certain shape is necessary to not give the art/modeling team complete anyeurisms with every new set of gear, but give me something a more out there.
http://massively.joystiq.com/2014/12/20/...-for-heav/
Quote:not a particularly huge fan of the new race, or rather, the ridiculous gender dimorphism they got going on there... I mean really now.. but hey... still better than the cats *shrug*
Quote:The Au Ra look surprisingly humanoid. The description on Gamer Escape mentions a long tail, but it's only visible in the concept art and on one of the females in the Au Ra quartet screenshot. I expected more bestial from that dragonoid description, what with being the first new player race since FFXI launched.
Quote:To be honest, I'm a bit disappointed in the Au Ra. The guys look beastly, but the girls just look like cute little Hyur. It's hard to even see their horns and tails. I guess Roegadyn women being the least popular race/gender combo means any new races will have traditional gender disparities like this. Kinda sad.
Quote:Quote:Au Ra race is disappointing for me. Not a fan of everyone looking basically like a human, with certain themes attached to them.Totally this. I really wanted an Ivalice Alliance kind of new race. I would squeal out loud if an FFXII style Moogle became playable.
Quote:What a boring-looking race. Why bother sticking other races in your MMO if they're just going to be human+random animal parts?
http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/2...ace_au_ra/
Quote:Quote:Same, I was wishing for something truly beastly.Quote:I am admittedly disappointed. I was hoping they'd go full reptilian, rather than just human with some extra bits glued on.Agreed. But I'm hardly surprised. We had one human race and four more also-human-but-slightly-different races. It's just annoying that this one is even less different that the ones we already had.
Quote:Also very disappointed, but in the end... I guess it's what I should have expected. 11 and 14... neither has ever had races that were not essentially human + 5% of something else. Hell most are just human but with a different build or pointy ears.
I think what annoys me more is how Viera clearly won the player poll for what was desired as a race, aaaaand SE said fuck off and just did something else. But hell even Viera are just human + 5% bunny.
But meh, it's just very obvious that if you want very differing races that are not sort of anime-safe, FF14 is not the MMO for you. This race certainly does nothing to draw me back into the game, personally, but I hope plenty of people do enjoy it and are excited.
http://kotaku.com/check-out-final-fantas...451919/all
Quote:Okay, I am officially underwhelmed. I was hoping for Chemist as a new healer.. and the new race looks dumb /sigh Guess I'll have no issue staying a Lalafell Scholar
Quote:This is so weird, they don't even look like they're the same race. The girls are extremely shorter, and well... basically nothing matches between female and male.
Quote:The men look way better/cooler than the females. They need to make them both equally badass.
Quote:New race just looks like roegadyn an elezen put together... So stupid. Oh with dumb horns added. <sigh> I knew I shouldn't have got my hopes up.
Quote:The female version is a disappointment... They don't fit together with the males , in fact they don't even look like they are he same race. You could have left out or remove the females and said that they only have males who mate with other species.
I could go on, and on, and on. But it's pretty clear that a fairly sizable portion of the playerbase is not happy with or interested in the Au Ra as they stand.