Anyone switched from viera back to their original race

I’m thinking of it and want to know why others did

I did because of the limited customization. Which is a shame. I really love the Viera otherwise.

I never switched to Viera because they're too supermodel-y and I don't think I'd feel like myself in that kind of body.

I very much enjoy the race and the high quality facial textures but after a year of nothing, the lack of customization when compared to every other race (Except for Hrothgar) just got me to change back.

I did. Tried it like a few days, had it for a half year since i stopped playing. When i came back i changed it off. It just confirmed my tastes, i don't like very tall girls

I suppose the resting bitch face bunny is kind of fun to try out but it sorta gets old quick and with no new hairstyles and limited hat options, it gets put on the backburner.

I have a fantasia problem and so I've swapped a few times to Viera over the year. Miqo'te will always just feel like "me", with Lala as a very close second, and so while it's fun to try other races, I do always switch back eventually.

Now, specifically regarding Viera - I find Viera harder for me to dress to my liking. And while I appreciate the subtlety to their emotes/personalities, I prefer something more animated and lively in the long-run.

I'm kind of ashamed to admit this but I have a fantasia problem. I've spent a lot of money on it and I've changed this character's race like four or five times. But ultimately I went back to her original look, which is a Highlander. The reason is kind of funny. I guess this could kind of be considered a spoiler so I'll hide it.

During the latest dungeon when you are fighting all those WoLs from different shards, they all look so badass. Some are even bosses. And I thought, these Warriors of Light are now facing off against the champion of the Source, the 14th member of the Convocation, and slayer of the Unsundered. And look at us. Running around half naked with basically our pajamas on.

So, it was back to Highlander for good. :p

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Originally Posted by Lium

I'm kind of ashamed to admit this but I have a fantasia problem. I've spent a lot of money on it and I've changed this character's race like four or five times. But ultimately I went back to her original look, which is a Highlander. The reason is kind of funny. I guess this could kind of be considered a spoiler so I'll hide it.

During the latest dungeon when you are fighting all those WoLs from different shards, they all look so badass. Some are even bosses. And I thought, these Warriors of Light are now facing off against the champion of the Source, the 14th member of the Convocation, and slayer of the Unsundered. And look at us. Running around half naked with basically our pajamas on.

So, it was back to Highlander for good. :p

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I ran 5.3 as my Lala, and it felt so wrong. lol. I don't RP in any way, and I don't typically get bothered by immersion concerns, but something about that ridiculous potato trying to act all serious and tough did not work for me.

Apologies to all you Lala mains, I love you, promise!

I played throught the 5.0 as a Viera and I loved most of it. I love the height, the built and the "resting bitch" face. I loved to look mature without the strange neck of an Elezen or the mass of muscles from a Roe. I would have been fine with the lack of hats too..but the lack of hairstyles just made me switch back..I dont change it up daily with my Au Ra but its nice to be able to do that if I want it..and with the Viera I had one hairstyle I liked..and that was too low..

I'm jealous of some of the viera hairs. Namely that big fluffy ponytail. Just wish I could use it on my blueqo'te.

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Originally Posted by KoroushSensei

I’m thinking of it and want to know why others did

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Yeah, about.... 10 times or so, maybe more. I switch back and forth. This time I'm a Rava. Mostly depends on my mood.

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Originally Posted by Skivvy

Apologies to all you Lala mains, I love you, promise!

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Suuuuure you do. Of course we believe you... :)

Really though, I could never fantasia. After this long I am waaaaay too attached to my current self. I'll change my outfits and hair and stuff but Jenna Starsong will always be a female lalafell. I'd need an alt if I ever wanted to play a different race.

I switched from Viera because I missed my hats and hairstyles.

I have no intention of changing for now. I adore my bunny. I used to be a miqo and while I did love her, I found that the viera emotes suit who I think my character is far better.

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Originally Posted by Alleo

..but the lack of hairstyles just made me switch back..

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However this is turning into an issue for me.

I have tried to change hairstyle many times and only what I'm using now works for me. It's frustrating because there are hairstyles I used on my miqo that I know I would absolutely use on my viera if I could. Best part? None of those I want would clip into the bunny ears. It just makes me even more annoyed to be aware that the adjustment for a large amount of the non racial hairstyles would be minimal at best. It's been over a year now and still no freaking update. Sigh. At this point I'm not expecting anything new until at least 6.0 :(

I REALLY want to love viera. Tactics Advance was even my very first Final Fantasy game. I went viera as soon as Shadowbringers dropped and loved being tall (min height viera are for cowards) and having muscles while still looking like a gorgeous supermodel.

I don't often wear hats or helmets anyway, but I feel a little frustration regardless when I feel like I'm being limited. The head gear that viera did get seemed like they did a shoddy job of having it realized. Certain things float above their head much more noticeably than with other races and I think some of that's due to the types of hairstyles that viera have. There would either be a significant amount of clipping or my glasses or flowers float 6 inches off my face/head. I also really liked the ponytail hairstyle with the bangs and it's probably my favorite hairstyle in the game, but I love changing myself up a lot and hyur has so many more options than viera does. If viera received a significant amount of new hairstyles, I would switch back in a heartbeat.

I love my Viera, and I'm glad that at least my circlets and glasses are wearable, but as someone who swtiched genders every so often it does feel limiting... especially when there's like, 3 hairstyles I actually like (bangs included). Not to mention my beautiful turbans I can no longer use...

In short, not changing, but does feel limited.

I did, literally only because I wanted to see how her "older self" (femRoe) would look like with the Karen hairstyle, but may change eventually again. I love my bunny Esmeralda.

I changed my alt from kitty to bunny and I am happy would be cool if I could make her brother in game I have a whole story for her

At times I miss my Highlander lady, with her high energy animations and ability to wear nice hats. But no, I'm pretty much set on my character's appearance in a permanent fashion now.

Yeah, I switched. My girl was stunning but the customization weirdness got to me right away. What’s frustrating is if I didn’t know Viera lacked so many options verses the other races, I doubt I’d be bothered at all since they have the very best defaults.

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Originally Posted by MorionQ

Yeah, I switched. My girl was stunning but the customization weirdness got to me right away. What’s frustrating is if I didn’t know Viera lacked so many options verses the other races, I doubt I’d be bothered at all since they have the very best defaults.

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Pretty much. I still think they are the best looking race (both rava and veena), it just really stings how limited they are, and how long it's been since they stated that we would get updates. Like, it's gotten to a point where I don't even think the covid excuse really applies. It was already like 7 months before covid, and now another 7 months. It's getting pretty ridiculous. I don't even think they even said we were gonna get a lot of new hairstyles for viera (or updates to hrothgar), since they would be race specific. I'd be happy if they'd even release them one at a time, rather than all at once, well I assume they have been working to release them all at once.. or I hope they have some already finished..

I was baffled to see all the unlockable hairstyles aren’t compatible. Did SE really hate the Au Ra horns clipping that much?

I went back to Keeper of the Moon like a month after turning into a Veena. Reached a point where the lack of hairstyles, and lack of good hairstyles (from the ones available), was too bothering to ignore

What I am now isn't my original, but it is the second race I have ever played as. I didn't even last a month on Viera and I really wanted to for longer, but the limitations bothered me too much. Plus they are too tall for my tastes.

Started Au Ra, then went Viera, then went back, then went back again. I missed being tall, and I prefer the more reserved emotes. I only used like three hats anyway, but I do miss my tail sometimes.

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Originally Posted by TheMightyMollusk

Started Au Ra, then went Viera, then went back, then went back again. I missed being tall, and I prefer the more reserved emotes. I only used like three hats anyway, but I do miss my tail sometimes.

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Tail is the biggest thing I don't like about those races! Au ra, and miqo'te. Especially miqo'te, at least the au ra tail clipping isn't too bad. I'd play Hyur over miqo'te normally if they had better animations in general, a lot because of the tail.

I did the reverse lol.

My alt since SB was a hot white chick, Highlander.

Last night I fantasia'd her to a hot ebony chick, viera.

Why I did u ask?, Cause she needed a new look after being the same race for 2 years, id post before and after picks but can't find the option to.

I switched back and forth many times and went Viera 3 times before returning to my first race, Miqo.

As a Viera, I really liked 2-3 hairstyles :(
That’s a shame because their emotes were fitting my irl self quite good (I’m in my thirties and I loved looking more mature in game).

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Originally Posted by lolicon09

I went back to Keeper of the Moon like a month after turning into a Veena. Reached a point where the lack of hairstyles, and lack of good hairstyles (from the ones available), was too bothering to ignore

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It really annoys me because if Viera had wide customization options and better hairstyles they'd probably be my forever race. I love their aesthetic. Being locked out of things earned or bought was the deal breaker.

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Originally Posted by SturmChurro

Tail is the biggest thing I don't like about those races! Au ra, and miqo'te. Especially miqo'te, at least the au ra tail clipping isn't too bad. I'd play Hyur over miqo'te normally if they had better animations in general, a lot because of the tail.

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I think Au Ra tails are less noticeable about clipping because they go out from the back a bit further before curling down, so they project out from gear more than Miqo'te tails that start straight downward. Haven't looked closely at Hrothgar tails to see how they compare.

I always wanted to play as Viera so I didn't change back ever since the release of 5.0. However, I feel like the current hairstyles are very limiting; they could implement some from FFXII, like Jote's or Mjrn's, and include their flowiness. Another detail that sometimes bothers me is that the majority of all the available hairstyles look very stiff, especially as far as wind and movement are concerned.

I did it because I can't wear my Y'shtola hair or Matoya hat- I really think mog station items or anything related to a special ingame code should have been implemented as wearable when Viera & Hrothgar were released

I'm a fantaholic but never switched back to viera. I became one as soon as Shb hit but i missed all those beautiful hairstyles from miqo or au ra. After a few month I couldn't resist my old miqo and changed back. On viera i like only 2 or 3 hairstyles. Way to less because I'm changing my hairstyle rather frequently. Sometimes several times a day.

It kinda makes me angry that SE relaeses new hairstyles and viera are getting nothing.

I will switch back to viera - one day if they lift up the hair restrictions.

It's silly that i can't even use the hairstyles I've earned in pvp or from the gold saucer or I bought from the mogry store.

Only for the new Summerhat, i will go back to bun eventually though since i'll always end up missing the other race (misisng lizard on bun, missing bun on lizard)

I don't care for the hair because i rarely change it to begin with

I switched back to my Miqote once, but went back to Viera. They're super limited, but I like how mine turned out too much.

Hairstyles don't especially bother me, I stuck with the same Miqote haircut for years, and never really changed my Hyur's way back when.
The lack of hats does annoy me though, although there is a precedent there as my Midlander had that hairstyle that looks terrible in hats so I never wore any back then either.

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Originally Posted by LyraMaru

It's silly that i can't even use the hairstyles I've earned in pvp or from the gold saucer or I bought from the mogry store.

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And if we are to believe them we may never be able to use them, they've flip flopped on adapting a few existing styles to only getting unique ones, so who knows where they stand on it now.

I changed with my Husband to Viera asap as SHB came out. I really love Viera, especially Fran.
But after two days I changed again, because I didn't have the hairs i liked and I was pretty pissed off that SE didn't manage to model their shop items for Viera. And I also found the emotes a bit "stiff" for my taste .. may also be because I only played AuRa before. I would consider switching to Viera again when they get the hair and hats under control. But so I'll stick with Miqo / AuRa: /

I was a Viera for a spell while I was experimenting with races outside of Lalafell.

But I inevitably went back. I'm very fond of being short and couldn't imagine myself sticking to the taller races.

That and I wear dwarf glams religiously.

I did, mostly 'cuz of the limitations in creation (mostly unable to use paid-for hairstyles/earned ones), and the limitations out in the world (Helmets in particular, and I wish they were able to find a better way to do the ears -- I assumed it'd be like miqo'te but swept back or something, versus straight clip through them)

And their ear anims felt so stiff that they sorta seemed like uh, cardboard and didn't really move with any of the emotes to express anything like miqo's do.