Viera race

I'd be fine with Viera not because they're cute bunnies but because they're a nice mix of savage and elegant that no race really has at the moment. Elezen are elegant, but too classy and noble. Roe/Highlanders are tough but in a rough/more human way. The original concept art of female Au Ra was pretty much exactly what I want, but they were turned into small cute waifu bait.

If they introduce another race with the same "feel" as Viera, that isn't Viera, I'd be just as happy. But Viera is already popular and they've shown concept art of them that looks pretty nice, so. I may as well hop on the bandwagon.

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Originally Posted by DarkSlayerGrimm

any new tall & appealing race that would bring people away from miqote I would very much welcome it<3. Femroes look awesome nobody plays them, elezenettes look amazing nobody plays them, and when you are playing as a Elezen on a server thats 95% miqote things are rather bland and you feel out of place playing as any tall race surrounded by short auri and miqote.

why does noone like playing tall races ಠ_ಠ

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Because we're not cute enough. I like standing out honestly. I don't want to blend in and be another face in the crowd.

As for adding Viera to the game please no. We already have enough cutesy races. We need more races like Roegadyn, Elezen, and Highlanders.

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Originally Posted by DeadRiser

Their lore is awesome.

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Which will not be present in XIV, if they're added.

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Originally Posted by Enur

I dont get why people think its easy to add a new race. Wow can do it because gear (except hats, shouldergards and belt buckles) is litteraly i texture slapped on the character model. In ffxiv they would have to remodel every single piece of armor for it to work. That much work leads to shortcuts (miqote tails and au ra horns) which you all are going to complain about and want fixed.


I dont think it would be feasible to add a new race. Id rather have more interesting armor and foes to fight.

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I'm pretty sure races, boss encounters and gear are all designed by different teams. Like you can't ask lawyers to do the work of engineers just because you don't like lawyers. I'm perfectly fine with no new races, but I don't see any reason why not to have them. And if they end up looking interesting I will create a character with them. Or fantasia.

New race? Umm, yes please!? Who doesn't want a new race?

You seriously want more nose, mouth, eyes, and eye brown options on current races over an entire new race?

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Originally Posted by DeadRiser

"I would love for them to add a beast race that isn't half human"

They already stated anything they would add would be humanoid because of the development time to make gear fit on the different races.

I myself do want Viera, they have been my favorite race since Final Fantasy tactics and XII. Their lore is awesome.

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I'm pretty confident we will get a bunny race, however I strongly doubt we will get Viera. It'll be a new race, with a new name, with new lore, that just happen to look like that. That's what we'll get.

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Originally Posted by Vivi_Bushido

I'm pretty confident we will get a bunny race, however I strongly doubt we will get Viera. It'll be a new race, with a new name, with new lore, that just happen to look like that. That's what we'll get.

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Or we can get HUmmingways. They do exist in Eorzea, they are cute, they are more beast like than Viera. Everyone wins.

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Originally Posted by Balipu

Everyone wins.

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Not really. Not everyone likes cute things (lord knows we have too much cute stuff in this game), or likes rabbits... or both.

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Originally Posted by Nestama

Not really. Not everyone likes cute things (lord knows we have too much cute stuff in this game), or likes rabbits... or both.

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Yeah but the japanese players seem to like cute races. They win that. We win a race that looks more animal and less human. It's called a compromise.

If I had to choose between a tiny cute rabbit thing or a Viera (which at least have the option for females not to be whacked with the cute hammer), my vote would go to Viera. If there was a third option, such as more character customisation options for the current six races, I'd vote for that.