Viera as the next new race~ Show your support

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Originally Posted by Senn

Yes we can.


Cool.

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It's like you don't even read everything I write and that makes it frustrating to even argue with you. So I'll say it plainly: childlike Viera (which are comparable to the Miqo'te children, not Lalafell. I'll keep repeating this since you seem to be ignoring this) as a playable race is a bad idea and it is jarring when you have one gender look like adults and the other look like they should still be going to elementary school and it gets worse when you think how Viera 'happen.'

I'm fine with the childlike Viera actually being the children NPCs of Viera. Of course, that means the males will also have to be tall and look like adults (but can still shorter than the females).

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Originally Posted by Eimian_Eda

On topic: Tall, elegant Viera for one clan; shorter, cutesy clan for the other.

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Unfortunately, this would be like adding -2- new races rather than one. That's the reason why both Au Ra have tall hulking monstrous males and little waifu china doll females, rather than one having tall hulking males and females, and the other having short china dolls.

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Originally Posted by Vexander

Unfortunately, this would be like adding -2- new races rather than one. That's the reason why both Au Ra have tall hulking monstrous males and little waifu china doll females, rather than one having tall hulking males and females, and the other having short china dolls.

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Very true. Maybe SE will leave us pleasantly surprised ;)
I just feel there should be more meaningful (or at least more easily detectable) differences between clans.
Suppose if I had to choose, I'd prefer Tall Viera, but I'm not opposed to short either.

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Originally Posted by Eimian_Eda

Very true. Maybe SE will leave us pleasantly surprised ;)
I just feel there should be more meaningful (or at least more easily detectable) differences between clans.

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This I can agree with. The difference between Midlanders and Highlanders is VERY noticeable, but everyone else, it's just different eyes and color palettes for skin/hair.

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Originally Posted by Nestama

It's like you don't even read everything I write and that makes it frustrating to even argue with you. So I'll say it plainly: childlike Viera (which are comparable to the Miqo'te children, not Lalafell. I'll keep repeating this since you seem to be ignoring this) as a playable race is a bad idea and it is jarring when you have one gender look like adults and the other look like they should still be going to elementary school and it gets worse when you think how Viera 'happen.'

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You: short/cute male vieras would be weird because like.. imagine a tall female viera having a short husband up to her knees/waist (lol?) and it'd be WEIRD

Me: -shows video of lalafell and roegadyn wedding-

You: but dude that like doesn't count!

lol ok ;););)

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Originally Posted by Nestama

It's like you don't even read everything I write and that makes it frustrating to even argue with you. So I'll say it plainly: childlike Viera (which are comparable to the Miqo'te children, not Lalafell. I'll keep repeating this since you seem to be ignoring this) as a playable race is a bad idea and it is jarring when you have one gender look like adults and the other look like they should still be going to elementary school and it gets worse when you think how Viera 'happen.'

I'm fine with the childlike Viera actually being the children NPCs of Viera. Of course, that means the males will also have to be tall and look like adults (but can still shorter than the females).

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I agree in that no playable race should ever look Child-Like, and that Lalafell toe that line dangerously as is. That said, I don't find female Au Ra to look, 'Childlike,' so much as, 'Youthful, Refined, and Elegant,' and that is something I would like to see embodied in a male Viera. They don't need to be -that- short, they can certainly be of a height with male Miqo'te. Give me a Viera that looks like Tidus, rather than one which looks like E-Yumi-San from the Conjurer's Guild, and I'll be happy.

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Originally Posted by Vexander

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I'd be ok with male viera being female au ra height. I'd also like them to be slim.
The female viera can be taller than that.

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Originally Posted by Vexander

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I never really said Au Ra female were childlike (though there will be children NPCs in SB). They're roughly meeting the age of 18 with their appearance, but it's jarring when they're much shorter than the males (who what, match the tallest Roegadyn female in height? while the female can be shorter than a Miqo'te female), who also look like they can look like they're in their late 20's. I've been arguing that I find it creepy when one gender of a race can look well over 20 (maybe older), while the other stops at the age of 12.

If the males do end up being short, then I'd like them to still look like adults, or at least, between 18-20 years old (entering adulthood). That way it won't be creepy. Just... about as jarring as the Au Ra, probably (depending on the size difference)

Seeing that no one has ever seen a Male before and only heard about it in the lore, what they could look like is totally up in the air. Personally I would be ok with have Females taller then the males. They'd be the only race in the game that would be like that so far and adds a little uniqueness to the game

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Originally Posted by Jadub2k

Seeing that no one has ever seen a Male before and only heard about it in the lore, what they could look like is totally up in the air. Personally I would be ok with have Females taller then the males. They'd be the only race in the game that would be like that so far and adds a little uniqueness to the game

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I concur with this statement.