Viera can be different from Miqo'te.

[Norna]

A lot of people would love viera, I believe (the only naysayers I've seen have been the ones who want a beastly race, but with how this game handles gear, that would take twice or thrice as much development as making human-with-ears/horns/tails, which make them a bit less likely. Especially since this extra development would continue through the lifetime of the game, and only benefit those who play this one beastly race), including me.

But only if it means tall women with long, graceful limbs and big clawed hands and feet, and not a race in which the women basically are turned into short waifs (one of the proposed concept arts made me worried that they're trying to make something akin to a Lala'qote, but with an even shorter height than Auri females) while the guys are made as beastly as possible within the gear limits.

[Adire]

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I'm a naysayer who doesn't insist on beast races though I would like to see them.

I will naysay for the fact I believe they should make new races instead of rehashing for the sake of nostalgia. Let's make progress rather than regress.

[Fevelle]

I'm a naysayer who doesn't insist on beast races though I would like to see them.

I will naysay for the fact I believe they should make new races instead of rehashing for the sake of nostalgia. Let's make progress rather than regress.

Nostalgia isn't really regress, but I rather see Viera on a next title totally ambiented in Ivalice than in FFXIV. We have our own "universe" and lots of possibilities without using races from other universes.