FFXIV 2nd expansion: Viera-like race still a possibility?

[Nestama]

Judging on how Yoshi-P said they were pretty much a Miqo'te with rabbit ears and heels... unlikely. Heck, he didn't even want to show off the Viera concept art :T

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-...n-sense/.91021

A couple months ago, you showed off the new race, the Au Ra… but you also showed concept art of the Viera, who appeared in Final fantasy XII and other games. Why did you decide against their inclusion as a playable race?

The issue with the Viera is that, if you look at them, they're basically humanoid save for their long rabbit ears and their heels. We already have a mostly humanoid race with animal ears in the Mi'qote. When we looked at those initial Viera concepts, it just seemed like a Mi'qote with bunny ears instead of cat ears. It simply wasn't different enough. Especially when we did the male designs… they didn't look beastly enough, they were just a little too cute. We wanted to make something that was original to the Final Fantasy series, and to do that, we decided to step away from the Viera.

I was actually strongly against showing the Viera concept art at the event we unveiled the Au Ra at. I knew that people would be like “why didn't you include them?!” [laughs] We feel we have a good thing with the Au Ra, though. If you don't like them, though, let us know and we'll take it into consideration with the next race we bring in.

I mean, the same can be said about the female Au Ra, but there's the reason why Viera may never become playable in this game and to be frank, I am glad. Viera would add nothing new to the game (and you can already make a fake Viera with the bunny ears).