Teaser of the next FFXIV Race[Spoilers]

[reivaxe]

Doesn't appear to be ears.

I have seen them jiggle when she moves her head ... so my guess is still firm long ears cause horns don't move.

[Mugiawara]

I have seen them jiggle when she moves her head ... so my guess is still firm long ears cause horns don't move.

They could be padded down because she wears a hood too.

EDIT - To be honest, she's probably just going to be some sort of Reptile.
The tail is a throw off...I highly HIGHLY doubt that it's a Viera.
The Viera HAVE NO TAILS.

[Zantitrach]

I have seen them jiggle when she moves her head ... so my guess is still firm long ears cause horns don't move.

They don't wiggle at all in her fight scene. At one point she even looks straight downward and they maintain position.

[reivaxe]

SEs art department is very capable... thinking this is a braid is... well I guess its just false.

Not sure why you posted that image, I saw that before posting. Was even gonna note on how "team braid" looks at the clear bit of hair/ fur tuff that's the same color as the tail ... which would be kinda odd for a reptile to have body fur.

And are you implying that I don't think the artist are capable? I feel like the tail is a massive Red herring which is why I think the tuff of hair is important. I could tots see that as a braid much like the horse butt pics I posted.

True, she could have marsupial like features still simply because SE have the artistic freedom to bastardize the rules of nature anyway they wish. However the likely hood of that happening is rather small because if there is anything SE are fantastic at - it's following a theme.

Not sure how "changing a races appearance" from bunny to bunny with a selection of strange tails is small in chance but ehh...?

They don't wiggle at all in her fight scene. At one point she even looks straight downward and they maintain position.

That's why I said firm with jiggle. I watch her head things like a hawk in the reg talking cut scenes and they differently have give and animation on them from what I can tell. Much like how my characters hair and such have animation on them ... doesn't go flopping around realistically when she's doing stuff but you can tell it's there for the small interactions.

[Alberel]

Not sure why you posted that image, I saw that before posting. Was even gonna note on how "team braid" looks at the clear bit of hair/ fur tuff that's the same color as the tail ... which would be kinda odd for a reptile to have body fur.

You realise those are spines right? They're not hair or fur of any kind. Many reptilian species have spines along their backs and tails. Those two little protrusions at the base of Yugiri's tail only serve to further support the fact that she is reptilian.

Quite honestly the arguments to the effect of her being anything other than a reptilian race are just clutching at straws at this point. Do you truly believe she could be a viera-like race, or do you just desperately want her to be one...?

[Mugiawara]

Do you truly believe she could be a viera-like race, or do you just desperately want her to be one...?

The fact that she has a tail at all should tell you she's not a Viera.
Like I said, they don't not have a tail at all.
http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/20...an-d49hmd6.png

[Einheri]

There is a lack of a "ugly" race. With scales on the tail and horns/spines on the head I am hoping for a bangaa type race. Scales, claws, and some pointy teeth.

In FF12 the bangaa shared a common ancestry with lizardmen, but don't call them lizard men!

Is there a race in ff14 you can see the new race being based on? Something entirely new?

[jomoru]

There is a lack of a "ugly" race.

Nah Elezen exist.

[reivaxe]

You realise those are spines right? They're not hair or fur of any kind. Many reptilian species have spines along their backs and tails. Those two little protrusions at the base of Yugiri's tail only serve to further support the fact that she is reptilian.

Quite honestly the arguments to the effect of her being anything other than a reptilian race are just clutching at straws at this point. Do you truly believe she could be a viera-like race, or do you just desperately want her to be one...?

I do not read those random bits at the base of her tail as "spines" at all and as I have already said I feel that the tail's a huge red herring given that the huge things on her head clearly have animation on them making them "something other than horns".
Would be great to dial back the condescending tune. ;D

[Zantitrach]

I do not read those random bits at the base of her tail as "spines" at all

And plenty of people don't read them as hair "tufts".