[Suggestion(?)] Viera ears: An edit and opinion

Hi there forums! Been a while. Been busy with life (and stress...)

Anyway, I was looking at the Viera we have in FFXIV, and I couldn't help but notice that their ears are pretty close together, placed on the top of their heads. I went and looked at the FFXII variants, and saw that their ears were further apart, the ears placed closer to the side. Wondering how it would look like if our FFXIV Bun Bun's had their ears like that, I went and made this quick (not very good) edit in Photoshop.

https://img2.finalfantasyxiv.com/acc...934.1651778441

https://img2.finalfantasyxiv.com/acc...934.1651778441

Now, personally I think I'd prefer the ears to be closer to the sides of the head. To me it feels a little more, I don't know, natural? (As natural as bunny ears can look on a humanoid anyway XD) I could be wrong though. What do you guys think?

(... For those few who were expecting me to post a playable Ivalice Moogle/Loporrit thread last December, I'm deeply sorry. Depression, Photoshop locking and life got in the way. I am working on it though. Again REAAALLLY soryy T_T )

no, please. I like my ears the way they are T-T

The second one looks like a owl

https://www.passaro.org/wp-content/u...da-750x405.jpg

There was a thread like this not too long ago (including some high quality art by yours truly), so I'll reiterate what I said there: yeah, you're absolutely right that Viera ears are weirdly placed

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Originally Posted by Adamantini

no, please. I like my ears the way they are T-T

The second one looks like a owl

https://www.passaro.org/wp-content/u...da-750x405.jpg

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ouch... I tried my best you know X'D

Cute owl though :D Is it an Eagle owl?

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Originally Posted by Tsiron

There was a thread like this not too long ago (including some high quality art by yours truly), so I'll reiterate what I said there: yeah, you're absolutely right that Viera ears are weirdly placed

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Ooo nice! I shall look at it!



I personally feel the ears are a little too high up on the head, but if my version is too extreme too, perhaps the ears could be placed in an area between where they are now and how I put them?

Edit: Looked at the art Tsiron! Awesome concept art! Agree 100% with your idea :D

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Originally Posted by ApprenticeSmithy

ouch... I tried my best you know X'D

Cute owl though :D Is it an Eagle owl?


I personally feel the ears are a little too high up on the head, but if my version is too extreme too, perhaps the ears could be placed in an area between where they are now and how I put them?

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Hmm, IDK. Here em Brasil we call these ones by "coruja orelhuda", it's like "eared owl" or "owl with big ears".

Even though it doesn't make sense for the ears to be so high on the top of the head, I particularly liked it that way.

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Originally Posted by Adamantini

Hmm, IDK. Here em Brasil we call these ones by "coruja orelhuda", it's like "eared owl" or "owl with big ears".

Even though it doesn't make sense for the ears to be so high on the top of the head, I particularly liked it that way.

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Cool! It really is a lovely owl!

As for the ears, that's cool too! Everyone has their own opinion. Now you got me wishing we had more options for the ear placement XD more options is always good

I never saw anything wrong with viera ears since creating mine.

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Originally Posted by ApprenticeSmithy

Now you got me wishing we had more options for the ear placement XD more options is always good

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It would be nice to have the possibility to change some racial traits, like moving horns, ears, etc. But there's a reason I don't see this happening: SE is very lazy.

Three years to deliver what they promised for Hrothgars and Vieras, and look what came: Earless wigs. For vieras, they didn't even adjust the forehead size, which makes most of both races continue to use the old models.

Now imagine if they had to adjust their hair for every ear fit. Something I'd imagine them doing back in the day, but nowadays, they'd rather cut off the ears of the Miqo'te, than support an already well-established race, let alone the new races.

I support this

The viera from FFXII (ivalice) look 10000x better than the ffxiv Viera- I want more armor & hairs that are made for Viera
I don't want the existing XIV hairs- they look horrible & aren't adjusted properly.

More than anything though, I want the Ear design they have. I want the spots & the ear placement fixed.

TBH playing around with the creator the only thing that bugged me was the lack of a floppy bunny ear option where the ears lay down the sides from the base. The closest we have is that crimped or hinged style that bends halfway.

But we're also missing another point. We have a huge race that can't wear hats, a medium race that can't wear hats... we now need a tiny race that can't wear hats... >.> lol

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2b/41...a7476e7b53.jpg
Give us helicopter ears, you cowards!

A slightly less extreme one would be better, but otherwise, I am only now realizing how the ears bugged me... not to mention, being spaced further apart would probably make it easier for SE to have them clip through some hats.