Viera can be different from Miqo'te.

[Soge01]

Well, adding in a race or two that people liked a lot from other Final Fantasy games series isn't bad. Personally, I've wanted to play with my own Viera character since FFXII. Fan service or not, I think it'd be a great idea to include them in XIV and giving people a wider option of what kind of character they want to play as. Not trying to say SE should allow putting every fan favorite race into the game, but just adding one or two just to make what few fans want it happy should be fine. ^^

[Freyyy]

Viera on the other hand would serve no purpose but to appeal to those who want to turn FFXIV into Final Fanservice Online.

Isn't it already the case ?

[Colorful]

Isn't it already the case ?

It's not quite the Final Fantasy theme part yet, but I'm sure a few people here wouldn't mind them introducing Cloud and Lightning to the MSQ...

[Kurogaea]

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.

Ok, Miqo'te was fanservice for XI (This isn't Vana'diel). Just about everything in xiv now is fanservice. Gold Saucer (This isn't Midgar), the witch from FF1 (This isn't Melmond), The lalafell with the cat ear hoodie, Krille (This isn't FF5), Lightning appearing (do I even have to). Adding a Viera wouldn't even change anything but add more lore and a new species to the mix. Turn ffxiv into fanservice? Too late. Now find another reason.

[Colorful]

Ok, Miqo'te was fanservice for XI (This isn't Vana'diel). Just about everything in xiv now is fanservice. Gold Saucer (This isn't Midgar), the witch from FF1 (This isn't Melmond), The lalafell with the cat ear hoodie, Krille (This isn't FF5), Lightning appearing (do I even have to). Adding a Viera wouldn't even change anything but add more lore and a new species to the mix. Turn ffxiv into fanservice? Too late. Now find another reason.

I found it silly enough when Au Ra just appeared and it was all like "Yeah, they were always here, no big deal". I mean, do we even know what they are? All I've read is that they're succubus like, well, then are they related to succubi? It seems like SE themselves don't know.

Gold Saucer? The lore for that made sense, so it's accepted. Matoya was a stretch, but again she didn't pop out of thin air like Viera would, Krile in FFXIV is more than different enough from Krile in FFV and Lightning was ridiculous which is why I hope they don't pull more of that.

But again, in the end SE has already decided on a race. They said they decided on Au Ra very early on into FFXIV ARR, so it's safe to assume they've chosen one for 4.0. If it's Viera? Well, I'll deal with it. If it's not, you'll have to deal with it (but instead we'll see more "Why not Viera?!?!!" threads). Not point in discussing what's already decided.

[Kurogaea]

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This is a general discussion forum where we're free to discuss topics like this (just pointing this out). And a good reason to talk about Veira's here is so others can share their ideas and opinions about the race, not shoot down any opportunity to talk about it. If you don't like the idea of people talking about this, there's always a new thread you can find interest in.

[Colorful]

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My point that if it's already decided, and talking about it won't change that. Besides, the only discussion going on in here is "I don't want it", "I want it", "How can you want it?" and "How can you not want it?". Not that I'm helping to change that.

That being said, I definitely wouldn't mind a race with bunny ears that's different from Viera. To give an example, a race with height in between that of a Lalafell and the shortest female Au Ra but with bunny ears. Maybe even have them be furry, why not? We have skin, kinda scaley, but no furry race yet. Now that I think about it, what I'm describing is pretty much Moogles from FFXII but taller and without the pom pom.

[Ghastly]

I want no fur on them. The art they showed of the viera is how I want them to look. They even have 2 tribes, if SE really wants FF to last like FFXI lasted they really should think about how to go about the future of expansions. Viera expansion is there.....anything else is making the same mistake (in my opinion) of not choosing them.

[Colorful]

This post is unrelated to my stance with Viera, but I just wanted to respond to something because it makes little sense.

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Please do tell me how a single race is going to be the life or death of FFXIV? FFXI didn't have Viera, but it lasted over a decade. Why? Because it built up a loyal fanbase, not due to excessive fanservice, but because they built a great world, great lore, great environments, not because they pandered to the crowd that would claim the game would not last if they didn't add their favourite Final Fantasy race. Genuine question, how did you even make the connection? Unless I'm reading into your post too much, in which case I apologize.

[Kurogaea]

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Nothing is fully decided with SE. An april fools joke was minion battles and guess what, we have it now. Yoshi saying it'd be too similar to miqo'tes is obviously a lazy answer as anyone would shrug it off with pinpoint reasons as too why they're different. We're not telling them to give it too us as most are joking with "GIVE US VIERA SE" or something, just stating our reasons and debates as to why we want this. No point, well theres no point discussing inventory space, yet its wanted to be increased by alot of people, so they make discussion threads about it.