Viera can be different from Miqo'te.

[Yellow]

Get the bunny ears from MGP. You're now a Viera.

Female only.. are you serious?

[BrokenFox]

Think the GC ears/nails seal the deal on it

"You'll never play as a Viera, but you can dress up like one"

[BrokenFox]

Female only.. are you serious?

It's for the best. All concept art of male viera look absolutely retarded.

[Leogun]

Give them larger, more pronounced, animal-like paw/hands and feet with some customization for the length/point of their claws and you'd have some moderate differences. That being said, yes, there would be a need to re-design some of their armor to fit their shape but it's likely much easier to alter gloves/boots/sleeves of robes than body/leg armor and likely just as difficult to alter hats/helms.

[Samcaesar]

This ain't Ivalice. Please, stop trying to make this Ivalice. If you wanna play a game with Viera in it you have the entire Tactics series and 12. Implanting the Viera suddenly into the lore would show a poor dedication to actually building a world that is uniquely FF14's Hydaelyn.

The Viera already have weird feet (Their most animal like feature lol), which is the big reason why devs said "no" to a beastman race. Sorry, but if they modified foot wear for the Viera and kept their "No beastman rule because of weird feet" people would be plenty mad and reasonably so. Besides the weird feet, they're incredibly similar to just tall people. They're too close to Elezen in posture, attitude, and appearance. You could dye the bunny ears your hair color and be an Elezen or Roegadyn and you'd probably easily be able to roleplay as one.

[Soge01]

Get the bunny ears from MGP. You're now a Viera.

Not the same. I like the elegant and mature appearance the Viera have. A simple pair of bunny ear gear cannot copy that.

[Leogun]

This ain't Ivalice. Please, stop trying to make this Ivalice. If you wanna play a game with Viera in it you have the entire Tactics series and 12. Implanting the Viera suddenly into the lore would show a poor dedication to actually building a world that is uniquely FF14's Hydaelyn.

Is FFXIV in Vana'Diel? If not, then what's the difference between making a race like the Viera and calling it something else like what they did with the current races?

[RyuRoots]

This ain't Ivalice. Please, stop trying to make this Ivalice. If you wanna play a game with Viera in it you have the entire Tactics series and 12. Implanting the Viera suddenly into the lore would show a poor dedication to actually building a world that is uniquely FF14's Hydaelyn.

The Viera already have weird feet (Their most animal like feature lol), which is the big reason why devs said "no" to a beastman race. Sorry, but if they modified foot wear for the Viera and kept their "No beastman rule because of weird feet" people would be plenty mad and reasonably so. Besides the weird feet, they're incredibly similar to just tall people. They're too close to Elezen in posture, attitude, and appearance. You could dye the bunny ears your hair color and be an Elezen or Roegadyn and you'd probably easily be able to roleplay as one.

Well, every Tactics series game except the one good one. :P But I agree with pretty much everything else.

[stanrir]

However, if their bodies were covered with fur, but still humanoid I would imagine even with different facial features they could work and be successful as a race.

this is actually a really good idea, give them super bunny like facial features and cover them in fur and you have something that will look completely different than the miqos I'm down for that!

[Colorful]

Is FFXIV in Vana'Diel? If not, then what's the difference between making a race like the Viera and calling it something else like what they did with the current races?

No, FFXIV is not in Vana'diel, entirely separate. They made the current races similar to FFXI races to make it easier for FFXI players to transition over to a new game, while having a sense of familiarity. That's a legitimate reason for it, Viera on the other hand would serve no purpose but to appeal to those who want to turn FFXIV into Final Fanservice Online.