"Goku was the only character" pretty much says exactly why not to do that.
Not everyone needs a unique transformation. I main a human in Xenoverse because the auto-ki regeneration is super handy.
If Kaio-ken is made just as good as Super Saiyan/fusion/whatever (even if it differs in function), then it doesn't need to be exclusive to humans as humans with Kaio-ken will be equal to Saiyans regardless of whether said Saiyan uses Super Saiyan or Kaio-ken.
I absolutely loathe the idea of losing options for no good reason.
What I say is that Humans should have exclusive access to Kaioken x50 and Kaioken x100, while Namekians get a Super Namek 'form', Buus get 'Super' (I want to see Super Dumplin, dammit!) and Freezas get Freeza's new transformation, to make up for the fact that Saiyans get Super Saiyan 1 and two. I'd expect Xenoverse 2 to come along with Super Saiyan 3 for OC saiyans, too, but that's wishful thinking.
So, it'd go:
Humans: Kaioken, x3, x20, x50 and x100
Saiyans: Kaioken, x3, x20, Super Saiyan, 2, 3
Namekians: Kaioken, x3, x20, Super Namek Fabulous Power Release Unleashed
Majins: Kaioken, x3, x20, Super Buff Majin
Freezas: Kaioken, x3, x20, Magical Golden Dildo Form
edited 7th Mar '15 6:16:13 PM by IAmNotCreativeEnough
himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimariIf we're keeping races, I want hybrid templates!
Do like me and pretend that humans are actually androids or something along those sorts. The game even supports it, with the ki regeneration and all.
edited 7th Mar '15 6:17:55 PM by IAmNotCreativeEnough
himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimariWell, humans basically cover Androids as well. I'm fine with them in Xenoverse, it's no worse than the other race problems.
Heroes doesn't have them as the same thing, it just doesn't have them.
I don't think it works better at all. Having Earthlings in Xenoverse doesn't actually detract from anything because Saiyans can use all the CaC options Earthlings can get.
edited 7th Mar '15 6:24:37 PM by Saiga
What about 8, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 19? 20 had a human brain, but. Not much else.
That's actually the problem I had.
Too similar, in a lot of ways. Not very distinctive.
I mean. I haven't tried the character customization stuff with humans as much, but if they had options that made them more androidy, I'd change my tune.
edited 7th Mar '15 6:27:48 PM by unnoun
They don't even get to represent themselves in the game.
I think it's good that their aesthetic options are similar. I wouldn't want to have certain hairstyles or eye types only available to one of them just to keep them separate, or anything.
As far as I've seen the only Android-y thing is the Android 17 & 18 eye type. I meant more in terms of gameplay, with them having auto-ki regen and being powerful in "base".
edited 7th Mar '15 6:30:40 PM by Saiga
Oh, yeah. That would have been nice. I think I prefer lack of tails to Ultimate Tenkaichi's forced tails, though. I wish there was an option.
You can have a Saiyan tail by equipping a Saiyan suit that has the tail wrapped around the waist, but there's sadly no option for a loose tail.
I also think zenkai implementation was neat. The only time I've seen it before was in some of the old RPGs where Saiyans could get extra level ups from finishing a battle on extremely low HP. Come to think of it, that could have been in Xenoverse or a future sequel as well.
edited 7th Mar '15 6:33:18 PM by Saiga
Except the Kaioken can be taught to anyone in theory and the person that uses it in canon is a Saiyan. Making it human only makes no sense.
And giving the Frieza Race transformations is moot since you can already make them look like a final form Frieza anyway.
They wouldn't different forms like Frieza does anyway.
Just give the mystic transformation as an alternative to the non Saiyan races.
edited 7th Mar '15 7:13:51 PM by Cortez
I would go with Saiga's idea, just abandon the concept of individual races and include customization elements from all of them.
If I want to make a normal Saiyan but give them human-style clothes and such, I should be able to. If I want to make a Namekian with Buu-style holes, a Saiyan tail, and Frieza's stupid purple markings, I should be able to as well.
Oh, I only saw your final list of things at the end. I think 10 players on one-screen would be a complete nightmare with things like in-game transformations, and make the combat far too chaotic. I honestly think it should be restricted to four players on screen, as right now Xenoverse's multi combat does not work nearly as well as one-on-one.
I also have to disagree on each form having different Supers and Ultimates. This is honestly something that annoys me, I think they should carry over with some exceptions like "Kamehameha" becoming "Kamehameha x10" in Super Saiyan 4. It really annoyed me in Spike games that Super Saiyan 2 Goku has a boring moveset because he can't use anything used by his other forms. Same problem happens with Super Saiyan 2 Vegeta and any other character who has a form they didn't use unique moves in.
What do you mean by entire movesets for CaCs? We already have that. I don't think making multiple movesets for them is a good idea, too much development time. Just give them their starting moveset like in Xenoverse and let them equip other character's movesets like in Ultimate Tenkaichi.

Nuuuuuuu don't race lock things that aren't race locked. Especially when they're only used by races other than that race!