New races, A compiled list!

[AsmallLeprechaun]

First and foremost this is Star wars, Just the name it self imply's ALOT of races, and i really wish that we could play more, I feel bioware should start implementing new playable races via the cartel market, Set at the begining of release at 5-10$ especially for the more desirable ones. Secondly This is star wars and we already have a platform of races to build off of! The cathar which is the next playable race is an awesome one to bring out. I have personally went through as many races as i could look at and found the most humanoid looking races that would have the least clipping issue's along with a couple of races that could have more then 1-2 clipping issues but that wouldn't be a game breaker in people picking the race. I mean look at the twilek, there is a million clipping issues, and people still play it

 

In Star wars, there is over 40 MILLION races around the galaxy and the most prominent is the Humanoid and near humanoid. There is currently 54 races inside the game of SWTOR, with the addition of 8 playable ones, That makes 62 races inside the game total, out of 40 million! I think it would greatly appeal to players of all types with more playable races.

 

 

Here is my list

 

*= Most desired, least clipping issues

 

 

The Anzati *******

This humanoid race with white complexion and long tentacles from their face with a long nose

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Anzati

 

 

 

The Aqualish

An green alien looking humanoid With large black eyes, and to white vertical tusks

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Aqualish

 

 

The Arkanian **********

With the release of Arkanian armor it would only see fit to add these humanoid with pure white eyes and hair into the game

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Arkanian

 

 

The Barabel

A green reptile looking humanoid with elongated face and wide jaw, Has a tail so armor might be tough but one i thought i would throw around and see what people though

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Barabel

 

 

The Bothan

A Dog like humanoid with horizontally elongated face

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Bothan

 

 

The devaronian

A humanoid looking primate with horns

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Devaronian

 

 

The Dressellian

A large headed...slug looking humanoid

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Bothan

 

 

The Duros

A Blue alien humanoid

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Duros

 

 

The Elomin

An almost Zabraak looking humanoid

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Elomin

 

 

The Gotal

A almost goat looking humanoid with horns

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Gotal

 

 

The Gran

A three tentacled with eyes alien

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Gran

 

 

 

The Gungan****

Who doesn't wanna play jar jar binks?!?!?!

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Gungan

 

 

 

The Ishi Tib

An almost Lizard like head with a beak

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/I*****ib

 

 

 

 

The Klatooinian

An almost red bulldog appearance

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Klatooinian

 

 

 

The Nikto

A reptilian humanoid

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Nikto

 

 

The Rodian

Reptilian humanoid

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Rodian

 

The Theelin

Near human with horns on the side of there face

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Theelin

 

 

The Sullustan

Large round ears with a tapered skull and large black eyes with a 'facial jowl' or dewflap

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Sullustan

 

 

 

The Zygerrian

A number of boney spurs on their face, almost cat like appearance

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Zygerrian

 

 

The Chev

Short blond or white head hair, No facial hair and heavy brows with pale skin

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Chev

 

 

The Enchani

Near human looking Light skin, White hair and silver eyes

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Enchani

 

 

 

The Weequay

Vote 1

Humanoid with thick, leathery skin that ranged in color from tan to dark brown. Their faces were lip less with a frill along each of their jowls

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Weequay

 

 

The Wookie*********

Chewie is the most awesome ever!

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Wookie

 

 

The Zeltron ****

Pink to deep red sometimes even black humanoid, Smelled great. some telepathic abilitys

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Zeltron

 

The Shistavanen

A wolf like humaniod with claws and fur

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Shistavanen

 

The Falleen

Vote: 1

an exotic, cold-blooded reptomammalian species

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Falleen

 

 

Now this is a list of races i could find that are the most fitting into SWTOR today, now i'm not a game designer and wouldn't know exactly how these clipping issues happen, But I compared all of the SWTOR playable races and these are the ones most similar in that appearance, Although some are a tad bit out there, But just would be amazing to play, Like the wookie, or weequay.

 

Let me know what you all think! Would you be willing to pay 5$ for a new race?

 

Was there any races i didn't mention that you would enjoy playing? Keep in mind it has to be as close to a humanoid as possible, Because that's the template they have been using

 

EDIT:

If you like to vote, id like to know which is the most popular. just say i vote for 'the race you choose' Ill keep a talley added up next to its name

My vote goes to the weequay

Edited April 5, 2013 by AsmallLeprechaun
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[JPryde]

I would agree with many of your suggested races.... funnily safe for the two you highlighted most.

 

For one: many StarWars fans would rather completely remove JarJarBinks and his whole race from the universe (the real one, not the starwars only), than play such a pathethic species.

 

Wookiees... seriously, why are people so obsessed with wanting to play a half-intelligent brutal mammal, who many times behaves, like he was just lured out of the woods with a slice of bread ?

My reasoning against Wookiees: Wookiees would never ever ever be allowed a high ranking position within the empire and they are not force sensitive, by decree of the master of the (starwars) universe. (Lowbacca was a mistake, not a prime example!). The legacy system however would eventually open all species for all classes and having purebloods by the dozens within the Jedi tempel is bad enough already. We really do not need Wookiees with lightsabers or as agents (btw, does the camouflage cover body oder as well ? Wokkiees STINK !)

 

I would happily pay 5$ for the written guarantee, that Wookiees will never be allowed as playable race. (I would accept them as replacement for the target dummys though)

Edited April 4, 2013 by JPryde

[Callaron]

Wookiees... seriously, why are people so obsessed with wanting to play a half-intelligent brutal mammal, who many times behaves, like he was just lured out of the woods with a slice of bread ?

My reasoning against Wookiees: Wookiees would never ever ever be allowed a high ranking position within the empire and they are not force sensitive, by decree of the master of the (starwars) universe. (Lowbacca was a mistake, not a prime example!). The legacy system however would eventually open all species for all classes and having purebloods by the dozens within the Jedi tempel is bad enough already. We really do not need Wookiees with lightsabers or as agents (btw, does the camouflage cover body oder as well ? Wokkiees STINK !)

 

I would happily pay 5$ for the written guarantee, that Wookiees will never be allowed as playable race. (I would accept them as replacement for the target dummys though)

 

I'll throw in my support there, I've always DESPISED the race - even on KOTOR I had to reign myself in when playing Lightside to keep myself from going on a killing spree each time I got to Kashyyk and the walking carpets moaned and grunted at me for hours on end.

The mere thought of running FPs with one of them and hearing their stupid grunting each time they win a conversation roll... ugh...

And yeah, Empire side that would never fly for sure.

[AsmallLeprechaun]

Personally, I would play both because im a very comical person and i think it would be hilarious to play either in a serious note on star wars, But the points you brought up are very good ones, My thing with this post is that there is so many races available to be plucked for the taking and implemented into the game. They don't have to completely make up their own race/origin, Although I wouldn't be completely opposed to that.

[Wolfninjajedi]

Though noting, Bothan isn't really wolf like. Now wolf like would be these guys..

 

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Shistavanen

 

Which can work.

Edited April 4, 2013 by Wolfninjajedi

[AsmallLeprechaun]

Though noting, Bothan isn't really wolf like. Now wolf like would be these guys..

 

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Shistavanen

 

Which can work.

 

 

 

I agree, Ill change the Bothan and add this one

[Beltane]

I vote for Falleen.

 

I already RP a Mirialan as a Falleen, and a human as an Anzati, but it would be nice to have more customization options to play with different races.

[Vitas]

I would agree with many of your suggested races.... funnily safe for the two you highlighted most.

 

For one: many StarWars fans would rather completely remove JarJarBinks and his whole race from the universe (the real one, not the starwars only), than play such a pathethic species.

 

Wookiees... seriously, why are people so obsessed with wanting to play a half-intelligent brutal mammal, who many times behaves, like he was just lured out of the woods with a slice of bread ?

My reasoning against Wookiees: Wookiees would never ever ever be allowed a high ranking position within the empire and they are not force sensitive, by decree of the master of the (starwars) universe. (Lowbacca was a mistake, not a prime example!). The legacy system however would eventually open all species for all classes and having purebloods by the dozens within the Jedi tempel is bad enough already. We really do not need Wookiees with lightsabers or as agents (btw, does the camouflage cover body oder as well ? Wokkiees STINK !)

 

I would happily pay 5$ for the written guarantee, that Wookiees will never be allowed as playable race. (I would accept them as replacement for the target dummys though)

 

Wookiees can be force sensitive as can all sentient beings. Lucas just didn't want any more Wookiee Jedi created at the time. However since then we've had a number of new Wookiee Jedi possibly meaning that Lucas has lifted the decree:

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Gungi

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Ruhr

 

I wouldn't mind seeing a Wookiee playable but of course I'd imagine there would be some restrictions to comply with the lore, especially in the Empire.

Edited April 5, 2013 by Vitas

[AsmallLeprechaun]

Im hoping they'll start doing races alot more, Im going to buy the cathar even if i dont use it, JUST to support the concept of new races. Gooo weequay!

[Izorii]

I agree with a lot of your suggestions and support all the work you put in. Unfortunatly I think the office response is wait on Cathar who might make it out sometime this year.

[Dragonesque]

I appreciate all the wiki links to races because a lot of people, unless specifically a fan, don't recognize race names.

 

There is, however, a better thread for this open already with an incredible number of responses.

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=479757

 

GOOOOOOOOO TOGRUTA

 

*Edit: I understand the thread I linked is in GD but it does receive much more traffic there and the discussion and votes are ongoing.

Edited April 6, 2013 by Dragonesque

[dovid-r]

I would agree with many of your suggested races.... funnily safe for the two you highlighted most.

 

For one: many StarWars fans would rather completely remove JarJarBinks and his whole race from the universe (the real one, not the starwars only), than play such a pathethic species.

 

Wookiees... seriously, why are people so obsessed with wanting to play a half-intelligent brutal mammal, who many times behaves, like he was just lured out of the woods with a slice of bread ?

My reasoning against Wookiees: Wookiees would never ever ever be allowed a high ranking position within the empire and they are not force sensitive, by decree of the master of the (starwars) universe. (Lowbacca was a mistake, not a prime example!). The legacy system however would eventually open all species for all classes and having purebloods by the dozens within the Jedi tempel is bad enough already. We really do not need Wookiees with lightsabers or as agents (btw, does the camouflage cover body oder as well ? Wokkiees STINK !)

 

I would happily pay 5$ for the written guarantee, that Wookiees will never be allowed as playable race. (I would accept them as replacement for the target dummys though)

 

about that... see S5E6, 7, 8, and 9...there are clearly force-sensitive wookies out there. The problem lies with the fact that they don't speak english, which is a problem since they only have 8 character voices, regardless of species. Same goes for gungans, as well as many of the other races suggested here. Point well made and argued though, i do think there need to be more species choices.

[TheSeventhJedi]

I appreciate all the wiki links to races because a lot of people, unless specifically a fan, don't recognize race names.

 

There is, however, a better thread for this open already with an incredible number of responses.

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=479757

 

GOOOOOOOOO TOGRUTA

 

*Edit: I understand the thread I linked is in GD but it does receive much more traffic there and the discussion and votes are ongoing.

 

What he said ^.

[Tatewakan]

I realize I may be about to speak heresy, but how variations on a theme do we really need? Cathar are a cat-based race, I saw at least one other suggested playable race theat was cat-based. There are also 3 or more recommended dog-based races and innumerable color variations on humans and at least two versions of Trandoshan-like races. Why couldn't the desire for these variations simply be offered through the character customization process?

 

For example, Cyborg should be a set of applicable customizations applied to any race, not a distinct race unto itself. Cybernetic enhancements could be implanted on any race or species, sentient or otherwise, so why not simply make that part of the customization process? Similarly, white hair, white eyes, pink skin and hair,etc. could all be options for appropriate base character models.

 

New playable races should be distinct and different from existing races/models. This could be offered through subscriber vs. free-to-play, Legacy unlocks, Cartel purchases or any of a number of other mechanisms in the game.

 

As to romance, armor or language restrictions, most of these issues are superficial at best. Romance options can be closed between character races that are radically different from companion races or, forgive me for suggesting this but, base the romance option on the companion's own personalities - some races yes, some races no! Armor issues could be managed through clipping or simply indicating at character creation that certain slots would not be shown on the character in game. Language could be managed through subtitling. We already suffer through enough voiced and subtitled Huttese and other alien languages spoken by NPC's, why not do the same for PC's?

 

Variation of racial models would be far more interesting and enticing for existing and new players, alike than simple color and minor morphological variations on existing models. For existing models (e.g. human-based like humans, Ratataki, etc.) can be revitalized with more customization options. Along this last thought, one could set different templates for the same model that allow certainsuites of related characteristics (e.g. Pink skin with pink hair or white hair with white eyes, etc.)

 

Please don't just add more colors of the same tired models! Give us something new!

[SWLoveAngel]

I would agree with many of your suggested races.... funnily safe for the two you highlighted most.

 

For one: many StarWars fans would rather completely remove JarJarBinks and his whole race from the universe (the real one, not the starwars only), than play such a pathethic species.

 

Wookiees... seriously, why are people so obsessed with wanting to play a half-intelligent brutal mammal, who many times behaves, like he was just lured out of the woods with a slice of bread ?

My reasoning against Wookiees: Wookiees would never ever ever be allowed a high ranking position within the empire and they are not force sensitive, by decree of the master of the (starwars) universe. (Lowbacca was a mistake, not a prime example!). The legacy system however would eventually open all species for all classes and having purebloods by the dozens within the Jedi tempel is bad enough already. We really do not need Wookiees with lightsabers or as agents (btw, does the camouflage cover body oder as well ? Wokkiees STINK !)

 

I would happily pay 5$ for the written guarantee, that Wookiees will never be allowed as playable race. (I would accept them as replacement for the target dummys though)

 

still, Lowbacca isn't the only Wookiee that has been in books as a Force Sensitive or Jedi.

[AsmallLeprechaun]

I appreciate all the wiki links to races because a lot of people, unless specifically a fan, don't recognize race names.

 

There is, however, a better thread for this open already with an incredible number of responses.

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=479757

 

GOOOOOOOOO TOGRUTA

 

*Edit: I understand the thread I linked is in GD but it does receive much more traffic there and the discussion and votes are ongoing.

 

 

Thats awesome, Didnt realize it was there. Ill bump that one too