Viera don't even have the high heels they're supposed to have.

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03-23-2019, 12:45 PM
Rollout

Viera don't even have the high heels they're supposed to have.

Go look at the Dancer video. You can see she's wearing normal shoes and her feet are flat on the ground.
03-23-2019, 12:46 PM
Jumquat

and why is this a problem?
03-23-2019, 12:49 PM
RitsukoSonoda

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Originally Posted by Jumquat

and why is this a problem?

Well atleast in the FFTA and FFXII lore somewhere I remember reading the heels on Viera Footwear was actually the heel of their foot which came to a point like that naturally.
03-23-2019, 12:50 PM
Rollout

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Originally Posted by Jumquat

and why is this a problem?

Because that's how the Viera anatomy works. They don't have flat feet, they have a naturally high heel and they need something to support it.
03-23-2019, 12:52 PM
Burningskull

To me it looks like the heel is clipping into the ground to account for the job animations. Could be wrong tho.
03-23-2019, 12:53 PM
Roda

Quote:

Originally Posted by RitsukoSonoda

Well atleast in the FFTA and FFXII lore somewhere I remember reading the heels on Viera Footwear was actually the heel of their foot which came to a point like that naturally.

What noooo no no no nope nuh-uh no way.
They're digitigrade and the heels are just like arch support.
Heel coming to a point is... gross. o.0
03-23-2019, 12:54 PM
Sigma-Astra

Please say this is a troll topic.
03-23-2019, 01:22 PM
Nihility

Quote:

Originally Posted by RitsukoSonoda

Well atleast in the FFTA and FFXII lore somewhere I remember reading the heels on Viera Footwear was actually the heel of their foot which came to a point like that naturally.

https://static.zerochan.net/Viera.full.10963.jpg

official FFTA artwork. Notice how there are just as many wearing normal shoes or even flats as there are with heel spikes?
It's a fashion choice, nothing more
03-23-2019, 01:34 PM
LeoLupinos

If they don't have the high heels, then what's the super big problem with adding Viera since they are just fit for Hyur body? Wasn't the high heels the motive for them to not add Viera before? Why do we need to sacrifice Male viera if female viera does not bring anything new to justify that whole gender lock mess? Arent hrothgar just Roegadyn bodies too? It's feeling really cheap for me. I close my eyes and in front of both races and I can only see "Saving resources" everywhere.

I'm yet to have the moment of "Oh, that's why they went with this gender lock decision".
Lore will not justify it, it's not real, just make the lore the way you want. Stop to using it to cover cheap moves.
03-23-2019, 01:35 PM
Insainbutterfly

THANK YOU SOMEONE ELSE NOTICED THIS.
03-23-2019, 01:38 PM
EaMett

As an FYI they said they had to rework how gear works when they implemented Viera. It's been well known that heels were a sticking point, I'm assuming they fixed this so the dancer flat foot is just one type of shoe, you'll be able to get them standing up on heels too.
And as a bonus maybe we'll get a butt slider?

I expect other races to get better heel options as well.
03-23-2019, 01:42 PM
reivaxe

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Originally Posted by Burningskull

To me it looks like the heel is clipping into the ground to account for the job animations. Could be wrong tho.

Same.
It's a wait and see from me. I mean, I didn't assume every single footwear would be high heeled anyway.
03-23-2019, 04:13 PM
Amaya-Asha

I wasn't sure till read this thread thought i have a look.
If you watch the trailer you will see she has heels on her shoes 4:54 minutes in the video. Its not stiletto but modest size heel for dancing.
03-23-2019, 04:37 PM
Nihility

Quote:

Originally Posted by EaMett

As an FYI they said they had to rework how gear works when they implemented Viera. It's been well known that heels were a sticking point, I'm assuming they fixed this so the dancer flat foot is just one type of shoe, you'll be able to get them standing up on heels too.
And as a bonus maybe we'll get a butt slider?

I expect other races to get better heel options as well.

When Yoshi revealed viera he specifically mentioned helmets had to be reworked for viera
Didn't actually mention anything about footwear.

Heels already exist in game you know? The Eastern socialite shoes are the tallest ones currently. The way gear works in this game it's just completely replacing the body part and takes skin color to fill a dye channel so no reason they can't exist
03-23-2019, 05:23 PM
Niqote

Luckily you can just glamour and dye your Viera RSE shoes if its your preferred aesthetic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8JE4-T-i0s
03-23-2019, 05:29 PM
YatoShishi

we complain about high heels now?
03-23-2019, 06:00 PM
linay

Quote:

Originally Posted by EaMett

As an FYI they said they had to rework how gear works when they implemented Viera. It's been well known that heels were a sticking point, I'm assuming they fixed this so the dancer flat foot is just one type of shoe, you'll be able to get them standing up on heels too.
And as a bonus maybe we'll get a butt slider?

I expect other races to get better heel options as well.

In the Tokyo keynote, they specifically pointed out the heads that are unique for the two new races (probably something to do with redesigning head gears), not Viera's heels.