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

[Mimilu]

You already can dress up like a bunny with the ears I mean you pretty much are a Viera with those ears.

And you can dress up like an dragon-demon-thing with the Ultima Horns, I mean you pretty much are an Au'Ra with those horns.

[Roegadyn_Bear]

And you can dress up like an dragon-demon-thing with the Ultima Horns, I mean you pretty much are an Au'Ra with those horns.

Au'Ra came before the horns though.

[Mimilu]

Au'Ra came before the horns though.

Did they?
Both the Horns and Au'Ra came out at the same time, when HW released (granted, players had access to the Auri way before they could get the Horns).
Viera were originally considered even after the release of the ears.
Who's to say the Horns weren't planned to be implemented before the Au'Ra idea was on the table?

[Roegadyn_Bear]

Did they?
Both the Horns and Au'Ra came out at the same time, when HW released (granted, players had access to the Auri way before they could get the Horns).
Viera were originally considered even after the release of the ears.
Who's to say the Horns weren't planned to be implemented before the Au'Ra idea was on the table?

Au'Ra, at least the female model, was available to an NPC before the release of Heavensward.

We'll never really know what Square-Enix intends to do in terms of a Viera-like race, but the demographic they tailor to that plays this game REALLY wants them and I'd be foolish to believe Square-Enix wouldn't eventually cave in to it.

[Colorful]

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SE also did say they went with a feminine choice for the females due to those being the most popular among the community. I did love the more demonic concept art for both males and females though, they looked unique and interesting. If we're just going to get more humanoid races with different ears I don't see the point in getting more races, if we get something like Lalafell but more beastly, or something similar to the Worgen from WoW then that would be awesome. There's a reason why WoW can do it quite easily, and that's because the chest piece is just a flat texture with giant shoulder pads that they can readjust unlike FFXIV's more intricate designs.

[Khalithar]

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I only recently saw that concept art myself, I'm rather disappointed we didn't get it. I'll have to agree with the thought of giving us something that isn't "cute" or "pretty." Not that I'm saying we need an "ugly" race, but something can be aesthetically appealing without being "cute" or "pretty."

[WinterLuna]

Arguments on this subject are pointless, because unless Yoshi literally says 'were never going to implement a Viera', it's a possibility. He may have been reluctant to show the fan art and he may not want to implement it at this moment in time, but that doesn't mean it's never ever going to happen.

Besides, if enough people request it, (and I mean enough..) I'm 99% sure SE will eventually implement it.

[Roegadyn_Bear]

There's a reason why WoW can do it quite easily, and that's because the chest piece is just a flat texture with giant shoulder pads that they can readjust unlike FFXIV's more intricate designs.

Conveniently very adjustable!

[Samcaesar]

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Not necessarily, I mean, I've seen plenty of the races just around the world and in duty finder (Sans Elezen I suppose lol), which disagrees with your anecdotal data, hence why it really can't be used. There's way to many factors that come into play with using anecdotal data in such an uncontrolled setting. For example, because you play Miqo'te, that means you might hang around people who enjoy the Miqo'te aesthetic more, which would also plop you into the same crowd that just adores the Au Ra most. And even then, while Roegadyn have existed in the game for much longer, you'd still think with how popular the Au Ra supposedly are, they'd still outnumber the Roegadyn at least. The game gives a free fantasia, the data for the Census was likely collected in either August or a week before the census was released (And as a personal note, I saw way more Au Ra right after Heavensward, but that decreased with time), and you're going to likely see the most major growth for a new race like the Au Ra immediately after its release.. Due to those issues, you can't just cast away the census's data as completely unreliable, it has to suggest something, as it's the closest to legitimate quantitative data that we've got. And while that comparison sounds valid, it doesn't take in account the sudden burst of people who want to/easily can be Au Ra (Anyone can be a writer, especially if you've seen a lot of the writing over the course of history, but to be a pilot requires a lot of special training), to which, I highly doubt many more people made a lot of Au Ra in between August and October, there's no reason to suggest that there would be a particularly massive population boom.

The only issue is there's still plenty of "active" bots who would still get count in the data.

[Colorful]

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It's a given that you'd see plenty of races around the world, I didn't claim that they were practically nonexistent. I do believe it's impossible to reasonably deny that there's at least double the amount of female Au Ra than there are female Roegadyn. As for hanging around with people that share the same preference in race as me, I'm not so sure if that's the case. Most people I know are fantasia maniacs and they're changing about what seems like every other day ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. The free Fantasia also came after the first month, it's highly likely that most players would have used it at that point, even if it was just to change something minimal like eye/skin colour. While there are plenty of female Roegadyn and Hyur, and think it's undeniable that for each one of those you see, you'll find 2 female Miqo'te, Au Ra, or Lalafell.

That's definitely true, but assuming that SE bans bots actively, it would be the difference between 2 years worth of bots and a month's worth of bots.